🌍🎯 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🇮🇹 Using Outdoor Games as a Tool for Empowerment Inclusion and Community Building 🤝 PLAY for Inclusion 🇮🇹

Project Type
Erasmus+ Training Course

Project Title
PLAY for Inclusion – Outdoor Games as a Tool for Empowerment

Location
Erchie, Italy 🇮🇹

Activity Dates
20–26 September 2026

Participating Countries
🇮🇹 Italy
🇫🇷 France
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇹🇷 Türkiye
🇲🇩 Moldova
🇺🇦 Ukraine

Target Group
Youth workers, volunteers, facilitators, activists
Age: 23+

Project Description
PLAY for Inclusion is an Erasmus+ Training Course focused on using outdoor games, physical activities, and sport-based methods as tools for empowerment, inclusion, and social cohesion. The project brings together youth workers from diverse backgrounds, including those working with young people with fewer opportunities, migrants, and people with disabilities.

Through experiential learning, outdoor activities, role plays, and reflection, participants will explore how sport and play can foster leadership, cooperation, empathy, mental well-being, and community engagement. The training strongly emphasizes non-formal education, inclusion, sustainability, and Youthpass competence development, ensuring that all methods can be transferred into daily youth work practice.

Objectives
🤝 Promote sport and outdoor games as tools for inclusion and empowerment
🏃 Use physical activity to foster dialogue, cooperation, and intercultural learning
🧠 Support mental well-being and healthy lifestyles through non-formal education
🌱 Develop Youthpass key competences with a focus on teamwork, leadership, and autonomy
🛠️ Equip participants with practical, replicable methods for local youth and sport contexts
🌍 Strengthen intercultural bonds and long-term cooperation among organisations

Planned Activities
⚽ Outdoor games and adapted sports for experiential learning
🎭 Role plays and simulations on leadership, empathy, and conflict management
🤝 Peer-to-peer exchange and co-facilitation
🧩 Reflection sessions linked to Youthpass competences
🎨 Creative and inclusive activities (art, theatre, music)
📊 Continuous feedback, evaluation, and documentation

Participant Profile
👤 Aged 18+
🌍 Resident of one of the participating countries
🏃 Interested in sport, physical activity, mental well-being, and inclusion
🤝 Motivated to explore sport as a tool for empowerment and community building
🗣️ Basic level of English
♿ Participants facing or having faced barriers to participation are especially encouraged

Accommodation & Food
🏠 Shared apartments in Erchie, Italy
🌳 Activities mainly outdoors, activity room in the local library
🍽️ Food and accommodation fully covered by Erasmus+
🥗 Vegan preferences and food intolerances fully respected
🚫 Alcohol and drugs strictly forbidden

Travel & Reimbursement
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed according to Erasmus+ rules
💶 Maximum reimbursement:
309 EUR – Türkiye, Moldova, Ukraine
417 EUR (Green Travel) – Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic
⚠️ No tickets may be purchased without organisers’ approval

Application Deadline
📅 1 May 2026

Application Form
🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3QRZ1mnX_yQ51IGApgjpvnW21la9iRGsGDUlvWha0IFmSMQ/viewform

Infopack
📘 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOLUu9WMGDizkLKonk3rkiUsAwTYCe-_/view

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