Grant for day trips with unaccompanied young people

The Hammer and the Red Cross Youth Club received a grant from Youth Fund to go on at least six day trips outside the capital region with unaccompanied minors who are here seeking asylum and with a group of young people from Hafnarfjörður. The project aims to give young people the opportunity to get to know each other, enjoy the Icelandic nature together and become empowered. Four trips have already been made, and they have all been a great success.

^{Here you can see part of the group on Djúpalónssandur during a trip around the Snaefellsnes Peninsula, where the group took in the power of the Snaefellsjökull glacier.}

In the second allocation of 2020, applications were received Youth Fund a total of 19 applications for grants totalling kr. 18,015,000. The Ministry of Education and Culture, on the recommendation of the Board of the Youth Fund, decided to grant six projects a total of kr. 5,505,000. The Hamarsins and the Red Cross of Iceland's Youth Club 'Komum út að leika' project received a grant of kr. 1,000,000 at the allocation. Rannís Youth Fund It has the role of strengthening projects run by youth clubs and youth organisations, thereby increasing their ability to offer a wider range of activities for their members, i.e. children and young people aged 6-25. 

The Hammer is for all young people with all sorts of interests.

Hamarinn is a youth centre for young people aged 16-25. in the old tax office at 14 Suðurgata, which operates on the values of equality, friendship and well-being. The Hammer has excellent facilities for events, and young people are encouraged to hold concerts, visual art exhibitions, meditate and reflect, or play Dungeons & Dragons late into the night in the space on their own terms. Hamarinn always has a cosy atmosphere and is the perfect place to play pool, watch series, play chess, pick up the guitar, play games, or just chill out and have a chat. Hamarinn works in close partnership with the Red Cross and runs an organised social programme for young people who are refugees and for young people from foreign backgrounds. All young people are welcome at Hamarinn, and the staff are on hand to help with anything on the minds of Hafnarfjörður's young people, in both Icelandic and English.