A three-year effort is underway to strengthen leisure activity leaders' competence in Jönköping county. From September 2025 to August 2028, Kommunal utveckling is driving the project together with the county's municipalities, Region Jönköpings län, and with support from the European Social Fund. An important part is a new commissioned education of 10 higher education credits developed by Linköping University, adapted for leisure activity leaders and combining theory, practice, supervision, and experience exchange.
The training covers digitalization and new meeting places, mental health and treatment (especially for young people with NPF), and cross-sectoral collaboration. Through it, knowledge about leadership, relationship-building, and how young people's participation can be utilized is strengthened. Malin Wulff, a leisure activity leader at the meeting place Brunnen and one of the twelve in Jönköping municipality currently undergoing training, said, 'The training has just begun.
The training has just begun. That we have a follow-up researcher from Jönköping University in the project feels valuable. Since we are developing the work in our own activities, it also becomes a clear connection to what we do every day. Additionally, it is rewarding to meet other leisure activity leaders from the county and exchange experiences.
That we have a follow-up researcher from Jönköping University in the project feels valuable. Since we are developing the work in our own activities, it also becomes a clear connection to what we do every day. ' Linda Jansson, unit manager at the culture and leisure administration, stated, 'Leisure activities are one of the municipality's most important safety-creating arenas.
' The specific outcomes or improvements expected from this training effort have not been detailed, and the total number of leisure activity leaders targeted by this three-year effort beyond the initial twelve is unclear.
Leisure activities are one of the municipality's most important safety-creating arenas. Investing in leisure activity leaders' competence is investing in the future.