🇫🇷 Erasmus+ Training Course in France 🧱 Building Blocks of Climate Change — LEGO® Serious Play® for Youth Workers 🌍

Climate change education doesn’t have to be dry, lecture-heavy, or hard to replicate. “Building Blocks of Climate Change” is an Erasmus+ training course in Étrœungt, France designed specifically for youth workers who want to bring genuinely engaging climate education into their organisations — using LEGO® Serious Play®, cooperative games, and branching scenarios that actually work in real youth spaces.

🎯 About the Training Course

30 youth workers from across Europe will gather in northern France for 9 days of hands-on, creative, and practical learning. The goal is simple but ambitious: help youth workers design and deliver ready-to-use climate change education activities that can be easily adapted to their own communities — with or without digital tools, with or without a big budget.

Each national team leaves with one complete blended activity available in three formats: standard, short, and no-tech — plus a short guide for colleagues back home.

📋 Agenda

🤝 Day 1 — Team building, group agreements, Erasmus+ context, climate topic introduction and first creative activities

🧱 Day 2 — Hands-on activities, teamwork, facilitation practice, simple activity design and idea sharing

📖 Day 3 — Real-life situations, decision making, scenario creation, paper prototyping and peer feedback

🛠️ Day 4 — Activity development, simple digital tools, playtesting, feedback and reflection, ready-to-use materials

🎮 Day 5 — Cooperative learning, guided discussion, participation skills, small group activities and practical tools

🏗️ Day 6 — Combining methods, adapting to different groups, inclusion and wellbeing, local use planning and final preparation

🎤 Day 7 — Presenting results, exchanging feedback, recognising learning, planning local follow-up and closing session

🧠 What You’ll Gain

💡 Practical methods you can use immediately with young people

🧱 Hands-on experience with LEGO® Serious Play® — adaptable to many other educational contexts

🎲 Simple tools that work even with limited resources or no technology

🗣️ More confidence in facilitating group sessions

🌍 International exchange and fresh perspectives from youth workers across 9 different countries

💬 Stronger communication, facilitation, and cooperation skills

📦 What You Take Home

✅ A ready-to-use blended climate education activity in three formats — standard, short, and no-tech

📋 A short guide for colleagues in your organisation

🌱 New ideas for climate change education in youth work contexts

🔗 Connections and inspiration you can keep using long after the training

✅ Participant Profile & Tasks

This training is open to youth workers and NGO staff aged 18+. Each partner organisation sends 3 participants. Priority is given to those with fewer opportunities. Gender balance is recommended for each national group. All participants must be residents of the sending organisation’s country and able to prove this with documents.

Working language is English.

During and after the training, each participant is expected to:

📸 Publish 1 online post on a personal social media platform (photos, videos, testimonials, or materials from the mobility)

📣 Contribute to 1 online post per national team on the organisation’s social media

🏃 Run 1 pilot activity per national team within 60 days — in a real youth space, adapted to local constraints

✈️ Travel & Reimbursement

To reach Étrœungt, participants first travel to Lille in northern France via:

✈️ Airplane — Brussels, Lille, or Paris airports

🚌 Bus — Flixbus and other companies

🚂 Train — SNCF

⚠️ You must be in Lille at 20:45 sharp on 22 June — a bus will pick you up directly to the accommodation. No exceptions.

Maximum reimbursement amounts per person (note: 45€ will be deducted to cover the bus transfer from Lille to the project location):

💶 France — 285€ (green travel)

💶 Greece, Türkiye, Cyprus — 395€

💶 Croatia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain — 309€

Important reimbursement rules:

📄 Economy class tickets only — business class will not be reimbursed

🧳 Either 1 cargo luggage or 1 cabin luggage eligible — extra luggage will not be reimbursed

🚕 Taxis and private vans are not eligible

📱 Screenshots and mobile-format documents are not eligible unless no A4 alternative exists

📬 To request reimbursement, send all documents to hello@sunriseproject.eu with the subject line: Reimbursement Request for BBCC

For full reimbursement details, refer to the infopack.

💡 Not sure how Erasmus+ training courses work or what the programme covers for youth workers? Everything is clearly laid out here: https://youthworkshub.org/15096/

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇬🇷 Greece 🇷🇴 Romania 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇪🇸 Spain 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇫🇷 France

📅 Activity Dates

🗓️ 22 June — 30 June 2026

📍 Étrœungt, France

⏰ Deadline

As soon as possible!

📬 How to Apply

📝 Application Form: https://forms.gle/qpsHaoPsnzrB8aHe8

📎 Infopack: http://sunriseproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Building-blocks-of-climate-change-Infopack.pdf

📧 Questions or comments: hello@sunriseproject.eu

✋Important Notice

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