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By on June 27, 2019

Reduce screen time, young people can charge their own batteries here through 200+ activities throughout the summer.

Sparks Generation, a digital platform that helps young people find their thing, their so-called Spark by creating inspiration within a large number of interests and highlighting free trial-on-opportunities, has now listed over 200 free activities around Greater Stockholm that various organizers organize throughout the summer.

The range comprises everything from street art, brännboll (like baseball but different), dance, taekwondo, photo, trampoline, parkour, excursions to the beach to songwriting courses and urban hip hop. The activities listed weekly throughout the summer are available at Botkyrka, Haninge, Järfälla, Sundbyberg, Tensta and at Fryshuset.

Sparks Generation is a non-profit organization that acts as a door opener between young and inclusive and fair associations, where young people develop, feel inner joy and community. With the help of selected rolemodels such as Penny Parnevik, the siblings and the YouTube stars Wilma & Emil Holmqvist, Sparks highlights new, known and unknown activities in sports, culture or school subjects.

During the summer, Sparks Generation lists on its website over 200 proposals for various activities around Stockholm that young people can participate for free of charge. For example, Fryshuset arranges a variety of activities that you can try this summer such as basketball, Thai boxing, street art, photo courses and Excursions just to name a few.

Alexandra Krook founder and CEO Sparks Generation explains:
– We want to help young people find and develop a passion, a so-called Spark, which gives joy, motivation and meaning in their spare time. Research from, among others, Angela Duckworth American researcher, shows how important it is for one’s own development and well-being. Having an interest that you have chosen to engage yourself in, have leaders and buddies that help you grow and become part of a community, proves to have a positive impact on self-confidence, grades and creates better prospects.

Sparks Generation has, through its own focus groups and interviews, gained insight that many young people do not know what is offered and often it also takes some time to find what you really like. The best way is simply to try it out. Communication with the target group, 10-15 year olds, is done at @sparksgeneration on Instagram, on Youtube and via the website.

– On the website we inspire and guide all the fantastic opportunities offered outside the screen. Only in Greater Stockholm there are over 200 absolutely wonderful activities. So basically you can try something every day throughout the summer vacation. Our ambition is to grow nationally so that we can help even more young people find their thing and become their best self, concludes Alexandra Krook.

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