{"id":19496,"date":"2022-05-20T13:49:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T10:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helsinkimissio.fi\/helsinkimissio\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:21:53","slug":"helsinkimissio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helsinkimissio.fi\/en\/helsinkimissio\/","title":{"rendered":"HelsinkiMissio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section  class=\"block block-hero-element container-fluid has-yellow-background-color has-bg block block-hero-element-- block-hero-element__desktop-background\" style=\"background-image: url();\">\n    <div class=\"block-hero-element__mobile-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-sm-10 col-md-12 col-hd-12 mx-auto\">\n                    <div class=\"row  block-hero-element__wrapper block-hero-element--text-left   not_front_hero padding-zero\">\n                        <div class=\"offset-1 col-sm-10 col-md-10 col-lg-5 col-xl-5 block-hero-element__text-area block-hero-element--text-vertical-position-center\">\n                            \n\n    <h1 class=\"colored-heading no-background new\">\n                                <p class=\"has-background bg- has-red-background-color has-white-text-color\"> HelsinkiMissio <\/p> <br>\n                                <p class=\"has-background bg- has-red-background-color has-white-text-color\"> \u2013 no one <\/p> <br>\n                                <p class=\"has-background bg- has-red-background-color has-white-text-color\"> needs to be <\/p> <br>\n                                <p class=\"has-background bg- has-red-background-color has-white-text-color\"> alone <\/p> <br>\n            <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone, anywhere, can feel lonely. Whatever their gender, position, age or orientation, anyone may experience loneliness at some stage in their life \u2013 perhaps once, perhaps several times, either mildly or intensely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HelsinkiMissio works so that one day no one will continue to feel lonely. However, we cannot achieve this on our own. We all need to help. Join us \u2013 together we can overcome loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\" offset-1 col-sm-10 col-md-10 col-lg-5 col-xl-4 block-hero-element__image-area block-hero-element__image-area--center\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helsinkimissio.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/600x900_Hero_Naiset_kohtaavat.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-no-lazy=\"1\">                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"block  block-content-wrapper container-fluid \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row  flex-start col-12\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start; \">\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                                    <main class=\"entry-content\">\n                        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Together we will overcome loneliness<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HelsinkiMissio is a politically and religiously unaffiliated social organisation. Our mission is to reduce loneliness and increase well-being. We have been around for 140 years. We know loneliness and how to overcome it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We work with almost one hundred professionals and a thousand volunteers. Each year, we meet, support and help tens of thousands of people. We offer services that are reducing loneliness nationally, as well as opportunities for you to get involved and to meet others as a volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite everybody to take action against loneliness. Our goal is that nobody feels all alone.<\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/main>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section  class=\"block full-width block-kahdenpalstan-nosto-2 container-fluid has-background bg- has-pink-background-color has--text-color\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-10 col-xl-12 mx-auto\">\n                <div class=\"row\">\n                    <div class=\"image_text_lift left\">\n                        <div class=\"col-xs-4 col-sm-12 col-md-10 col-xl-4  image_text_lift__img_container  offset-1 \">\n\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helsinkimissio.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/600x900_Nosto_Nuoret_Puistossa.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"image_text_lift__img\" alt=\"Yksin\u00e4inen poika puistossa\" loading=\"lazy\">                            \n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"col-xs-4 col-sm-12 col-md-10 col-xl-4 image_text_lift__position offset-2 middle\">\n                            <main class=\"entry-content \">\n                                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nearly half of all Finns experience or at the very least have sometimes experienced feelings of loneliness. Some 14 per cent experience loneliness either all of the time or quite often. Long-term loneliness permanently weakens one\u2019s well-being and health.<\/h3>\n\n\n                            <\/main>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"block  block-content-wrapper container-fluid has-background has-white-background-color has-background bg- has-white-background-color has-dark-blue-text-color\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row  flex-start col-12\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start; \">\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                                    <main class=\"entry-content\">\n                        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We work to reduce loneliness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We work to improve well-being.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We meet people compassionately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For nobody to feel all alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Values<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With our values, expertise, respect and curiosity, we focus on each person as an individual. Our shared values are present in all our activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We meet people in whatever way suits them, and take action according to their needs. Using a research-based approach, we act in response to information given to us by our clients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We strive to act with justice, equality, and ethically, and to do so with mutual respect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We take a bold approach to our work, while striving to develop it and take on new methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n                    <\/main>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33231,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"952,899,1089,909","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-19496","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HelsinkiMissio &#8212; HelsinkiMissio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anyone, anywhere, can feel lonely. 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