Welcome to Tingsryd Municipality! Välkommen! Welcome! !بيحرت soo dhawow! khosh maden! Contents Tingsryd municipality p. 1 Citizens’ advice bureau p. 1 Meeting places p. 2 Schools and childcare p. 3 Finances p. 4 Healthcare p. 5 Housing p. 6 Societies, clubs and activities p. 7 Authorities p. 8-9 Good to know p. 10 Contact p. 11-12 Tingsryd Municipality About our municipality Tingsryd is a vibrant, attractive and care for children and the and modern rural municipality, elderly. The district is character- in the midst of a strong region of ized by a small-scale agricultural growth. Here we have engaged landscape with over 200 lakes. citizens, active industry, rich societal life and ample opportu- Within an hour’s radius of nities for human interactions. Tingsryd municipality is home to nearly 300,000 people and within More than a third of the popu- two hours is one of Europe’s lation of Tingsryd live in rural regions of growth: Malmö / areas. In each of the seven lo- Copenhagen. Also nearby are calities of Konga, Linneryd, Ryd, Linnaeus University in Växjö, Rävemåla, Tingsryd, Urshult and and Blekinge Institute of Väckelsång are found basic serv- Technology, and The University ices including schools, businesses of Karlskrona and Karlshamn. Citizens’ advice bureau If you have questions about school, accommodation, or need help filling in forms we can help you! At the Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Tingsryd municipality (Torggatan 12) you can get help with most things, and find out where to turn should we be unable to help. Please call 0477 441 00 The Citizens’ Advice Bureau opening hours: Mon 08:00 to 18:00 Tue-Fri 8:00 to 16:30 Open at lunchtime every day 1 Tingsryd Municipality Meeting places There are different kinds of meet- retired, youth or immigrant, or You can also register your interest ing places in Tingsryd whose goal have lived a long time in Sweden. in holding a lecture. is to create conditions for people You can always book a room if you with different cultural and ethnic want to do an activity here. At the meeting place, you can backgrounds to meet and learn also get to know other people and from each other. What to do at the meeting place? exchange experiences. You can get help with most things: What is a meeting place? contact with authorities, help with You are most welcome to all of Meeting places are open to every- forms, leisure activities, help with our municipal meeting places! one. No matter if you have recently Swedish, use a computer or read arrived in Sweden or are Swedish, a newspaper. 2 Schools and childcare Moving to a new country is not International classes Learning Center- easy, neither for parents nor for There are international classes for Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) children, and can sometimes lead pupils who have recently arrived At the Learning Center, adults to misunderstandings and even to Sweden. Here the school works who have recently arrived to conflicts between parents and to prepare students for entering Sweden can study Swedish for children. In Sweden, children have a normal Swedish school class, Immigrants (SFI). With the rights just like adults, and it is tries to provide students with exception of the month of July, important that these be respected. a sufficient knowledge of the teaching is conducted throughout Swedish language, and gives them the year and is tailored to you and an understanding of how Swedish your knowledge of the language. society and school work. These classes are available at Dacke Applications are available at School in Tingsryd, Örmoskolan Tingsryds Learning Center or can in Konga and Trojaskolan in Ryd. be printed out from the Learn- ing Center’s website. Besides Secondary School Swedish, you can also study other Wasa School is the municipal subjects such as mathematics, secondary school and is located in English, history, etc. Tingsryd. Tingsryds municipality also has one of the most modern music schools in the country, AMB (Academy of Music and Business). Those who have a passion for music have the opportunity to study everything from playing instruments to learning about the business of the music industry. Preschool and school Admission is granted based on In Tingsryd there are schools and work samples as well as on grades. kindergartens in every municipal district.There is a service warranty whereby one is guaranteed a place in a preschool / recreation center within one month of applying. The schools are free and lunch is included. Each semester a parents’ meeting is held and it is important that you as a parent come to the meeting and listen to the information being imparted. 3 Finances Do you live in Tingsryd municipal- Establishment Benefit child with no penalty. In such ity and have trouble supporting Once you have received your case it is important that you yourself? If so, you may be entitled residency permit you have the report the child’s illness to to assistance in the form of a sup- right to receive an establishment Försäkringskassan. port grant, which is need-based. benefit. In order to receive the full benefit you must take part in Paying bills Livelihood grant different activities such as SFI or The establishment benefit should When applying for a livelihood doing some kind of internship. be used first and foremost for grant one has both rights and paying rent and bills and should responsibilities. Before applying Absence even be sufficient for buying we ask that you do all you can on The establishment benefit is groceries for one month. The your own to support yourself. You dependent on your presence municipality cannot help you to should have, for example, actively in school or at your place of pay your bills if you have used searched for work. If applying due internship. If you or your child your money for something else. to unemployment, you must be reg- is ill, you must report it to your istered at the job center. You should teacher at SFI. If you miss school Interest be prepared to accept the job market without a valid reason, you will Once you have gotten a place and educational measures offered to receive no benefit for the period to live you can borrow money you. You have no right to livelihood of unexcused absence. For this from CSN with which to furnish support if you make no attempt reason it is important that you your apartment. The loan is to be to contribute to your own liveli- always report your absence to repaid with interest. The interest hood. For more information contact your teacher if you are ill. You covers administrative costs such individual and family welfare in the have the right, however, to be as salaries for those who work municipality at 0477-44100. at home and care for your sick with this. 4 Healthcare Doctor’s clinic longer accept cash payments. There are clinics in both Tingsryd In such case you can pay with and in Ryd within the Tingsryd a bank card or by invoice. Keep municipality. Here one can see in mind that there is a service a doctor, dentist, midwife or charge for invoices. nurse. You may choose which of the clinics you would like to Ambulance go to. If you can’t make it to the In all emergency situations clinic on your own due to illness, you should dial 112, and the a doctor, nurse or midwife can emergency services will send come home to you instead. The an ambulance. One should only nearest hospital is in Växjö request ambulance service if the situation is an emergency. Interpreters We often use telephone interpreters. These are people unknown to you and who have confidentiality. All that you say will remain between you and those you speak with. 1177 Call 1177 for information about Different kinds of support are various illnesses. On the web- available for people with mental site for healthcare information or physical disabilities. Elderly (www.1177.se) information is care is for those who might need available in many different lan- help in the home, special accom- guages. modation, a personal security Booking appointments alarm or food delivery. You must always book an appoint- Pharmacy ment in order to see a doctor. It is There are pharmacies adjacent to Individual and family care is important that you come in time the clinics in Tingsryd and Ryd responsible for investigations to your appointment. If you can’t where you can buy medicine and concerning, and administration of come to your appointment you pick up prescriptions. financial assistance, investigations must cancel it at least 24 hours into reports of concern pertaining before your appointment time or Elderly care, care for the disabled, to children and drug addicts, as you will have to pay the full cost individual and family care well as implementing support and of the visit. Paying for the visit The municipality is responsible for treatment measures for children, can be done on site or by invoice care for the disabled, the elderly, adults and addicts. which is sent home to you. Many individual and family care. clinics and dentists’ offices no 5 Accomodation If you are looking for accommo- disposal. It is important that you disturbances within the apartment, dation you can contact keep the waste recycling room clean. in the stairwell, or in the courtyard. Tingsrydsbostäder who own You should be considerate of your apartments in many parts of the Balcony neighbors and try to be more quiet municipality. You might also Balconies are nice to have, but you between the hours of 22:00 and 07:00.