Rauma’s summer entrepreneurship subsidy

Summer Entrepreneur Program

The application period for the Summer Entrepreneur Program in Lace City in 2025 begins on Monday, February 2.  

The Summer Entrepreneurs 2025 campaign is the summer entrepreneurship program of the city of Rauma, targeting young people from Rauma. In 2025, residents of Rauma born between 2004 and 2009 can apply to the program.

The Summer Entrepreneurs 2025 campaign is also used to support summer employment for foreign students living and studying in Rauma. These students can apply to The Summer Entrepreneurs program if they were born between 2000 and 2009.

Summer entrepreneurship offers an alternative to traditional summer jobs. The implementation is managed by Rauma City Development.

30 enthusiastic aspiring entrepreneurs will be selected to participate in the summer entrepreneur activities based on their applications. Selected young individuals have the opportunity to receive a summer entrepreneur support of 480 euros from the city of Rauma. The support is granted if the criteria for support allocation are met.

Please note that you cannot receive both the summer job voucher and the support from the Summer Entrepreneur Program.

The programme offers young people:

• The opportunity to test your business idea
• Tools, support and a learning environment to refine your business idea
• Information on different aspects of entrepreneurship and different ways to try
• The strong support of a summer entrepreneur mentor throughout the summer
• A network to start a business

The aim is to help young people in the region to find employment through entrepreneurship during the summer. The City of Rauma has been offering young people the opportunity of summer entrepreneurship for several years (2018-2024). This popular and well-established model will be continued in 2025. Among the summer entrepreneurs are a tattoo artist, a gardener, a horse club instructor, a military exhibition organiser, a drone and photographer, a music teacher, a summer café owner, a rickshaw renter, a computer assistant and a clap shop owner.

The 2025 Summer Entrepreneurs will cease their activities in the autumn.