Empowering Youth Workers: Building Resilience and Managing Stress

✔ Are you a resident of Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia or Spain?
✔ Is your life full of tasks and the to-do list is never-ending, with piles of unexpected challenges or complications?
✔ Do you feel that a moment of rest and reflection is needed?
✔ Are you interested in the topics of well-being, happiness, and mindfulness?
✔ Would you like to develop your competences on how to improve your well-being?
✔ Do you want to learn more about how to support the well-being of young people?
✔ Are you motivated to stop and reflect on your daily routine?
✔ Do you commit to incorporating new practices to improve your professional activities?
✔ Are you ready to meet amazing people from 10 countries, make new friendships and get inspired by their ideas and projects?
✔ Would you like to combine city and nature, staying a week at the lakeside with an all-year ski slope and thermal baths, yet just 3 km from the charming Poznań Old Town?
✔ And all this without any cost or just a small membership fee?!
If your answer is "Yes, this is me!", then...
... we have an offer for you!! :-)

We would like to invite you to participate in the “Empowering Youth Workers: Building Resilience and Managing Stress” training course that will take place in Poznań, Poland, in the period 22nd - 29th February 2024 and will gather 33 participants from organizations from 10 countries – Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.

At the training course, you will:

● enlarge your knowledge about mental health and well-being and which factors influence it;

● become more aware and able to use various tools and mechanisms for sustaining own and young people’s well-being;

● gain knowledge and practical tools to deal with stress and uncertainties in the new reality;

● acquire skills to boost own well-being and happiness;

● develop confidence to apply mindfulness in daily work;

● exchange ideas, good practices, inspirations, and share resources;

● plan a follow-up action to take place in your local community upon the course completion.

Profile of participants

Our ideal course participants are youth workers, peace activists, leaders, coordinators, and volunteers with an interest in the topic of well-being and its applications in their work within non-governmental organisations and with young people.

The most important for us is your motivation and willingness to explore, learn, and apply the ideas in your daily professional work.

There are a few formal requirements you need to meet to join the training course

1. You need to be a resident of one of the 10 project countries.

2. You must be able to communicate in English (the working language of the course).

3. You must be at least 18 years of age.

4. You need to attend the whole course duration (there is no possibility of making exceptions).

5. You commit yourself to organising a follow-up action in your local community/country upon the course completion (it can be e.g. a workshop, webinar, training, or other educational activity).

We explicitly encourage participants of all genders, abilities, and ethnic backgrounds to apply!

Application procedure

If you find yourself a suitable candidate for the course, please fill in the application form (https://forms.gle/Sg9mBYwNgqvsQPcA9) by 7.01.2024, 23:59 CET.

You will be notified of the selection results by 17.01.2024.

All those accepted will receive a detailed infosheet (incl. your travel and preparations).

We will also support you in the pre-departure phase together with our project Partner Organisations.

If some places remain available after 7.01.2024, we will continue accepting applications until the free slots get filled in.