Kukunori
@kukunori.fi
Kukunori – Innovating a Better Future for All!💡🌍
We are a creative development community that brings together people and organizations to drive positive change and enhance human wellbeing in societies worldwide. Join us!👇
https://www.kukunori.fi/eng/
We are a creative development community that brings together people and organizations to drive positive change and enhance human wellbeing in societies worldwide. Join us!👇
https://www.kukunori.fi/eng/
We kicked off 2026 with inspiring discussions on social innovation and bold ideas together with ENTU Master’s students. Thank you for the invitation and for a great discussion with future changemakers!
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
We kicked off 2026 with inspiring discussions on social innovation and bold ideas together with ENTU Master’s students. Thank you for the invitation and for a great discussion with future changemakers!
Through the EU4Health-funded REMESOS project, the GFP peer support model is being adopted across Europe.
In Portugal, Kukunori supports NGO Misericórdia da Amadora as they prepare to use GFP to strengthen wellbeing & inclusion in socially challenged areas of Lisbon. 🇵🇹❤️
In Portugal, Kukunori supports NGO Misericórdia da Amadora as they prepare to use GFP to strengthen wellbeing & inclusion in socially challenged areas of Lisbon. 🇵🇹❤️
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Through the EU4Health-funded REMESOS project, the GFP peer support model is being adopted across Europe.
In Portugal, Kukunori supports NGO Misericórdia da Amadora as they prepare to use GFP to strengthen wellbeing & inclusion in socially challenged areas of Lisbon. 🇵🇹❤️
In Portugal, Kukunori supports NGO Misericórdia da Amadora as they prepare to use GFP to strengthen wellbeing & inclusion in socially challenged areas of Lisbon. 🇵🇹❤️
From Finland to Europe! 🌍
Guided Functional Peer Support (GFP) model is spreading to Greece, Slovakia, Portugal & Bosnia Herzegovina as part of the EU-funded REMESOS project! 🎉
Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunori-exp...
#REMESOS #EU4Health #Kukunori #MentalHealth
Guided Functional Peer Support (GFP) model is spreading to Greece, Slovakia, Portugal & Bosnia Herzegovina as part of the EU-funded REMESOS project! 🎉
Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunori-exp...
#REMESOS #EU4Health #Kukunori #MentalHealth
Kukunori expands GFP-model to four new countries in Europe - Kukunori
Over the next 3 years, GFP will be implemented in Greece, Slovakia, Portugal, and Bosnia Herzegovina, supporting community-based approaches to strengthen mental health.
www.kukunori.fi
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
From Finland to Europe! 🌍
Guided Functional Peer Support (GFP) model is spreading to Greece, Slovakia, Portugal & Bosnia Herzegovina as part of the EU-funded REMESOS project! 🎉
Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunori-exp...
#REMESOS #EU4Health #Kukunori #MentalHealth
Guided Functional Peer Support (GFP) model is spreading to Greece, Slovakia, Portugal & Bosnia Herzegovina as part of the EU-funded REMESOS project! 🎉
Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunori-exp...
#REMESOS #EU4Health #Kukunori #MentalHealth
💬 Online conversations can connect us – or divide us.
This #WorldMentalHealthDay 10.10., we join @gamian-europe.bsky.social in asking:
How can we build dialogue that replaces stigma around mental health with empathy and understanding? 💚 Let’s break the silence, not each other!
This #WorldMentalHealthDay 10.10., we join @gamian-europe.bsky.social in asking:
How can we build dialogue that replaces stigma around mental health with empathy and understanding? 💚 Let’s break the silence, not each other!
It connects us. It drains us.
It shapes how we see mental health. 💬
Launching 10 October: Breaking the Stigma report.
Let’s make empathy go viral. 💙
#BreakingTheStigma #MentalHealthAwareness #worldmentalhealthday2025 #WorldMentalHealthDay
It shapes how we see mental health. 💬
Launching 10 October: Breaking the Stigma report.
Let’s make empathy go viral. 💙
#BreakingTheStigma #MentalHealthAwareness #worldmentalhealthday2025 #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
💬 Online conversations can connect us – or divide us.
This #WorldMentalHealthDay 10.10., we join @gamian-europe.bsky.social in asking:
How can we build dialogue that replaces stigma around mental health with empathy and understanding? 💚 Let’s break the silence, not each other!
This #WorldMentalHealthDay 10.10., we join @gamian-europe.bsky.social in asking:
How can we build dialogue that replaces stigma around mental health with empathy and understanding? 💚 Let’s break the silence, not each other!
Finnish innovation, the GFP model, was listed among EU’s best practices in mental health. The twist? It’s not therapy or a service – but people coming together beyond diagnoses, building wellbeing through action, community & peer support.
Read more (blog in FI) 👉 www.kukunori.fi/mika-ihmeen-...
Read more (blog in FI) 👉 www.kukunori.fi/mika-ihmeen-...
Mikä ihmeen GFP? - Kukunori
Blogissa Markus Raivio kertoo, mistä GFP-mallissa on kyse – ja missä kaikkialla ohjattua toiminnallista vertaistukea on mahdollista soveltaa!
www.kukunori.fi
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Finnish innovation, the GFP model, was listed among EU’s best practices in mental health. The twist? It’s not therapy or a service – but people coming together beyond diagnoses, building wellbeing through action, community & peer support.
Read more (blog in FI) 👉 www.kukunori.fi/mika-ihmeen-...
Read more (blog in FI) 👉 www.kukunori.fi/mika-ihmeen-...
This week we joined the Nordic Foundation Conference in Helsinki – a space for new ideas and collaboration across Nordic foundations.
In the panel discussion, our Executive Director Raivio reminded us:
✨ Everyone wants to do meaningful things, and no one wants to be alone.
In the panel discussion, our Executive Director Raivio reminded us:
✨ Everyone wants to do meaningful things, and no one wants to be alone.
September 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This week we joined the Nordic Foundation Conference in Helsinki – a space for new ideas and collaboration across Nordic foundations.
In the panel discussion, our Executive Director Raivio reminded us:
✨ Everyone wants to do meaningful things, and no one wants to be alone.
In the panel discussion, our Executive Director Raivio reminded us:
✨ Everyone wants to do meaningful things, and no one wants to be alone.
“What do you love about your life?”💚
Through their Happiness Project, Fionn & Jonathan Angus have interviewed 800+ people around the globe. Now it’s Kukunori's Markus Vähälä’s turn to share his answer – and his love for building inclusive communities:
youtu.be/PaEDOxZ95zs?...
Through their Happiness Project, Fionn & Jonathan Angus have interviewed 800+ people around the globe. Now it’s Kukunori's Markus Vähälä’s turn to share his answer – and his love for building inclusive communities:
youtu.be/PaEDOxZ95zs?...
What do you love about your life, Markus Vähälä?
YouTube video by Fionnathan Presents: The Happiness Project
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“What do you love about your life?”💚
Through their Happiness Project, Fionn & Jonathan Angus have interviewed 800+ people around the globe. Now it’s Kukunori's Markus Vähälä’s turn to share his answer – and his love for building inclusive communities:
youtu.be/PaEDOxZ95zs?...
Through their Happiness Project, Fionn & Jonathan Angus have interviewed 800+ people around the globe. Now it’s Kukunori's Markus Vähälä’s turn to share his answer – and his love for building inclusive communities:
youtu.be/PaEDOxZ95zs?...
🌊 Waves Gathering united people from around the world to explore how we can face today’s challenges together.
What stood out to us at Kukunori:
✨ Shared joy and mutual care are powerful things.
✨ Transformation happens when communities act together.
✨ Frameworks don’t lead change – people do.
What stood out to us at Kukunori:
✨ Shared joy and mutual care are powerful things.
✨ Transformation happens when communities act together.
✨ Frameworks don’t lead change – people do.
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🌊 Waves Gathering united people from around the world to explore how we can face today’s challenges together.
What stood out to us at Kukunori:
✨ Shared joy and mutual care are powerful things.
✨ Transformation happens when communities act together.
✨ Frameworks don’t lead change – people do.
What stood out to us at Kukunori:
✨ Shared joy and mutual care are powerful things.
✨ Transformation happens when communities act together.
✨ Frameworks don’t lead change – people do.
Are you 18–35, into games and still figuring out your next move? Time to level up your life! 🎮
Roso Games is a game dev project where you learn coding, design & teamwork while building skills that open new paths for future studies and worklife. 👉 Read more and apply: www.rosogames.fi/en/
Roso Games is a game dev project where you learn coding, design & teamwork while building skills that open new paths for future studies and worklife. 👉 Read more and apply: www.rosogames.fi/en/
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Are you 18–35, into games and still figuring out your next move? Time to level up your life! 🎮
Roso Games is a game dev project where you learn coding, design & teamwork while building skills that open new paths for future studies and worklife. 👉 Read more and apply: www.rosogames.fi/en/
Roso Games is a game dev project where you learn coding, design & teamwork while building skills that open new paths for future studies and worklife. 👉 Read more and apply: www.rosogames.fi/en/
The world is changing fast – old ways won’t solve future challenges. 🌍 At WAVES 25 event, we’ll pause, rethink & co-create. On Sept 12, join the Education & AI inquiry track with Tim Logan & Erika Kuittinen. 🌊 Check out the program: wavesgathering.com/program-25/
September 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The world is changing fast – old ways won’t solve future challenges. 🌍 At WAVES 25 event, we’ll pause, rethink & co-create. On Sept 12, join the Education & AI inquiry track with Tim Logan & Erika Kuittinen. 🌊 Check out the program: wavesgathering.com/program-25/
🌧️⚽ Rain soaked the field, but spirits stayed high! Kukunori Cup 2025 was played with "sisu" and joy. Huge thanks to all teams, players & referees – let’s keep walking football alive with games, training and fair play all year round! 💚 #walkingfootball
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🌧️⚽ Rain soaked the field, but spirits stayed high! Kukunori Cup 2025 was played with "sisu" and joy. Huge thanks to all teams, players & referees – let’s keep walking football alive with games, training and fair play all year round! 💚 #walkingfootball
The world famous happiness ambassadors in the happiest country in the world 🌍 ✨
Fionn Crombie Angus & his father Jonathan visited Finland and Kukunori with their Happiness Project. Thank you for the inspiring conversations – let’s continue to explore opportunities in search for good life for all! 💚
Fionn Crombie Angus & his father Jonathan visited Finland and Kukunori with their Happiness Project. Thank you for the inspiring conversations – let’s continue to explore opportunities in search for good life for all! 💚
August 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The world famous happiness ambassadors in the happiest country in the world 🌍 ✨
Fionn Crombie Angus & his father Jonathan visited Finland and Kukunori with their Happiness Project. Thank you for the inspiring conversations – let’s continue to explore opportunities in search for good life for all! 💚
Fionn Crombie Angus & his father Jonathan visited Finland and Kukunori with their Happiness Project. Thank you for the inspiring conversations – let’s continue to explore opportunities in search for good life for all! 💚
🌊 What if innovators, businesses & communities met not with answers, but with open questions?
That’s WAVES 25 – a living lab for changemakers, Sept 11–13 @ Finland. Together we navigate global shifts through workshops, dialogue & leading visionaries!
Read more, join the #waves 👉 wavesgathering.com
That’s WAVES 25 – a living lab for changemakers, Sept 11–13 @ Finland. Together we navigate global shifts through workshops, dialogue & leading visionaries!
Read more, join the #waves 👉 wavesgathering.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🌊 What if innovators, businesses & communities met not with answers, but with open questions?
That’s WAVES 25 – a living lab for changemakers, Sept 11–13 @ Finland. Together we navigate global shifts through workshops, dialogue & leading visionaries!
Read more, join the #waves 👉 wavesgathering.com
That’s WAVES 25 – a living lab for changemakers, Sept 11–13 @ Finland. Together we navigate global shifts through workshops, dialogue & leading visionaries!
Read more, join the #waves 👉 wavesgathering.com
Bold. Unfiltered – and unforgettable. Annual Outsider Art Festival hits Helsinki 14–24 Aug – celebrating music, visual arts, film, poetry and literature from society’s margins. Kukunori proudly stands for equality and positive change. 🫶 Learn more and join the event! outsiderart.fi/en/outsider-...
Outsider Art Festival, Ajankohtaista | OAF
Outsider Art Festivalilla on ilmaisia ja maksullisia tapahtumia. Ohjelmaa on sekä livenä että online-muodossa.
www.outsiderart.fi
August 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bold. Unfiltered – and unforgettable. Annual Outsider Art Festival hits Helsinki 14–24 Aug – celebrating music, visual arts, film, poetry and literature from society’s margins. Kukunori proudly stands for equality and positive change. 🫶 Learn more and join the event! outsiderart.fi/en/outsider-...
Team Kukunori is taking a summer break – it’s time to enjoy the Finnish summer, light, rest, and the company of loved ones. 💛 Meanwhile, check out our podcast (in Finnish) with inspiring discussions centered on human well-being: open.spotify.com/show/1NZykcC...
Wishing you a wonderful summer! 🌼
Wishing you a wonderful summer! 🌼
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Team Kukunori is taking a summer break – it’s time to enjoy the Finnish summer, light, rest, and the company of loved ones. 💛 Meanwhile, check out our podcast (in Finnish) with inspiring discussions centered on human well-being: open.spotify.com/show/1NZykcC...
Wishing you a wonderful summer! 🌼
Wishing you a wonderful summer! 🌼
This week, we launched the new GFP-platform, scaling an award-winning Finnish peer-supported mental health model globally! 🌍 Want to learn more and rethink mental health beyond institutions? Contact @markusraivio.bsky.social , Executive Director of Kukunori: [email protected]
June 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This week, we launched the new GFP-platform, scaling an award-winning Finnish peer-supported mental health model globally! 🌍 Want to learn more and rethink mental health beyond institutions? Contact @markusraivio.bsky.social , Executive Director of Kukunori: [email protected]
Peer power! 🌟 A fresh batch of new peer supporters completed the GFP training at Kukunori's Kulttuuripaja Havis — ready to lead creative, community-driven youth groups in Havukoski, Vantaa! 💛 #GFP #CultureHouse #GuidedFunctionalPeerSupport #inclusion #youth #communities
June 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Peer power! 🌟 A fresh batch of new peer supporters completed the GFP training at Kukunori's Kulttuuripaja Havis — ready to lead creative, community-driven youth groups in Havukoski, Vantaa! 💛 #GFP #CultureHouse #GuidedFunctionalPeerSupport #inclusion #youth #communities
🌍 Inspiring visit from team Fundació iSocial, Barcelona, to Kukunori, Finland! We shared ideas on social innovation, inclusion & wellbeing tools like Pokka. Great dialogue across cultures, thank you for joining us! 💛 #Innotrip2025 #SocialInnovation #Inclusion #Innovation
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🌍 Inspiring visit from team Fundació iSocial, Barcelona, to Kukunori, Finland! We shared ideas on social innovation, inclusion & wellbeing tools like Pokka. Great dialogue across cultures, thank you for joining us! 💛 #Innotrip2025 #SocialInnovation #Inclusion #Innovation
🇬🇧 The first peer-led #CultureHouses based on awarded Finnish GFP model, are launching in UK with Kukunori's partners Community Music Wales & Chisenhale Gallery!
🎥 Watch Becky & Dan share their thoughts in the video and learn more of the collaboration:
www.kukunori.fi/gfp-model-ex...
#mentalhealth
🎥 Watch Becky & Dan share their thoughts in the video and learn more of the collaboration:
www.kukunori.fi/gfp-model-ex...
#mentalhealth
June 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🇬🇧 The first peer-led #CultureHouses based on awarded Finnish GFP model, are launching in UK with Kukunori's partners Community Music Wales & Chisenhale Gallery!
🎥 Watch Becky & Dan share their thoughts in the video and learn more of the collaboration:
www.kukunori.fi/gfp-model-ex...
#mentalhealth
🎥 Watch Becky & Dan share their thoughts in the video and learn more of the collaboration:
www.kukunori.fi/gfp-model-ex...
#mentalhealth
New podcast episode released! 🗣️ How can nature’s health benefits be experienced when access to the outdoors is limited? Markus and research professor Liisa Tyrväinen explore the intersection of nature, virtual technology, and #mentalhealth - tune in 👇🎧
www.kukunori.fi/metsaan-live...
www.kukunori.fi/metsaan-live...
Metsään livenä – vai diginä? Luontohyvinvoinnin uudet innovaatiot
Mitä on virtuaalinen luontokokemus, ja miksi luonto täytyy joskus viedä ihmisen luo – eikä toisinpäin? Podcastin vieraana alan johtava tutkija, LUKEn Liisa Tyrväinen.
www.kukunori.fi
June 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
New podcast episode released! 🗣️ How can nature’s health benefits be experienced when access to the outdoors is limited? Markus and research professor Liisa Tyrväinen explore the intersection of nature, virtual technology, and #mentalhealth - tune in 👇🎧
www.kukunori.fi/metsaan-live...
www.kukunori.fi/metsaan-live...
Kukunori’s innovative, peer-led GFP Model has been selected for the European Commission’s Best Practices Portal! 🌍✨We’re excited to expand its impact in mental health work across Europe – and beyond.
🔗 Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunoris-gf...
#MentalHealth #Innovation #GFP #Communities
🔗 Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunoris-gf...
#MentalHealth #Innovation #GFP #Communities
Kukunori’s GFP Model Chosen as Best Practice for Mental Health by the European Commission
The Guided Functional Peer Support Model (GFP-Model), developed by the Finnish non-profit organization Kukunori, has been selected to the European Commission's Best Practices Portal for Mental Health.
www.kukunori.fi
May 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Kukunori’s innovative, peer-led GFP Model has been selected for the European Commission’s Best Practices Portal! 🌍✨We’re excited to expand its impact in mental health work across Europe – and beyond.
🔗 Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunoris-gf...
#MentalHealth #Innovation #GFP #Communities
🔗 Read more: www.kukunori.fi/kukunoris-gf...
#MentalHealth #Innovation #GFP #Communities
Spring sun, walking football & strong community vibes @ Tikkurila, together with Eskot ry, Eläkeliitto & Finnish Romanifoorumi ☀️⚽ Walking football is all about inclusion, movement & joy. Want to try it? We’ll support you, check out
kukunori.fi/kavelyfutis or contact [email protected]
kukunori.fi/kavelyfutis or contact [email protected]
May 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Spring sun, walking football & strong community vibes @ Tikkurila, together with Eskot ry, Eläkeliitto & Finnish Romanifoorumi ☀️⚽ Walking football is all about inclusion, movement & joy. Want to try it? We’ll support you, check out
kukunori.fi/kavelyfutis or contact [email protected]
kukunori.fi/kavelyfutis or contact [email protected]
We’ve built economies around things. What if the future is built on ideas? 💡In our renewed #podcast, Kukunori’s Markus Raivio and Sitra’s Eeva Hellström discuss how intangible innovations can drive a new era of wellbeing and prosperity.
Listen episode 1 👉(FI audio) open.spotify.com/episode/5zZw...
Listen episode 1 👉(FI audio) open.spotify.com/episode/5zZw...
Menestystä ilman materiaa? Aineettomien innovaatioiden vallankumous
Hyvinvoinnin Tulevaisuus · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
We’ve built economies around things. What if the future is built on ideas? 💡In our renewed #podcast, Kukunori’s Markus Raivio and Sitra’s Eeva Hellström discuss how intangible innovations can drive a new era of wellbeing and prosperity.
Listen episode 1 👉(FI audio) open.spotify.com/episode/5zZw...
Listen episode 1 👉(FI audio) open.spotify.com/episode/5zZw...
Finland was represented by Kukunori's Markus Raivio @ Rehabilitation International Executive Committee meeting, with experts worldwide coming together for more inclusive societies. 🌏❤️
“Despite global challenges and divisions, the atmosphere was collaborative. Our shared goal united us strongly."
“Despite global challenges and divisions, the atmosphere was collaborative. Our shared goal united us strongly."
April 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Finland was represented by Kukunori's Markus Raivio @ Rehabilitation International Executive Committee meeting, with experts worldwide coming together for more inclusive societies. 🌏❤️
“Despite global challenges and divisions, the atmosphere was collaborative. Our shared goal united us strongly."
“Despite global challenges and divisions, the atmosphere was collaborative. Our shared goal united us strongly."
Together towards #WAVES25 on September 11–13! 🌊 markusraivio.bsky.social and Anita Patanen represented Kukunori at the Waves partner gathering at Puistokatu 4, Helsinki. Thank you to the organizers and all changemakers for the meaningful conversations and deep dialogue.❤️ #Community #SystemChange
March 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Together towards #WAVES25 on September 11–13! 🌊 markusraivio.bsky.social and Anita Patanen represented Kukunori at the Waves partner gathering at Puistokatu 4, Helsinki. Thank you to the organizers and all changemakers for the meaningful conversations and deep dialogue.❤️ #Community #SystemChange