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Parik-säätiö

Kouvola, Finland

Employment & SkillsDisabilityMental healthAddiction
Operating foundationRegional reach
Profile last updated: October 17, 2026

About

Parik-säätiö is a foundation based in Kouvola, Finland working on employment & skills, disability, mental health +3 more.

Parik-säätiö is a Finnish foundation based in Kouvola that provides social employment, rehabilitation, training and day and work activity services. Its services serve working-age people with intellectual disabilities, mental health and substance-use rehabilitants, and young people. Its activities include work trials, work-based learning, interpreting services for people with communication disabilities, and recycling and furniture collection services through its Ekomaa shops. Parik operates in the Kymenlaakso region, with sites in Kouvola and Lappeenranta, and works in cooperation with the City of Kouvola's employment services.

Location

Kouvola, Finland

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Säätiö

Focus areas

social employmentrehabilitationwork trialinterpretingrecyclingKymenlaakso

Languages

FI

Causes & programmes

Causes

Employment & SkillsDisabilityMental healthAddictionArts & CultureEnvironment & Climate

Works for

People with disabilitiesUnemployed peopleYouth

How they work

Direct services

Programmes

Kaikumedia

Employment & Skills · Finland

Media and communications workshop offering work experience in video production, graphic design, printing and web maintenance, with a community-oriented online media service in Kouvola.

Ekomaa

Environment & Climate · Finland

Second-hand and recycling shops that sell reused goods and accept donations, run as part of Parik's work rehabilitation activities.

Nuotta

Employment & Skills · Finland

Youth workshop activity for young people in rehabilitation and work training.

Suurikokoisten jätteiden noutopalvelu

Environment & Climate · Finland

Paid collection service for bulky waste in Kouvola and Iitti, run with Kymenlaakson Jäte Oy.

Kulttuurilla osallisuutta

Arts & Culture · Finland

Project using art and culture to strengthen social inclusion, interaction and social skills.

Tulkkauspalvelut

Disability · Finland

Sign language, speech-impairment and deafblind interpreting services for people with communication disabilities.

Countries of operation

Finland

Funding & support

Ways to support

Corporate partnershipShop

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Kouvolan kaupunki, Kymenlaakson Jäte Oy, Kymenlaakson hyvinvointialue

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