🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
Together for More Resilient Futures
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
15-22 August 2026 | Oberhausen / Essen (Ruhr Area), Germany
❗️What Is This Training About?
An Erasmus+ training course exploring resilience, well-being, creativity, and intercultural learning through urban art, mindfulness, community engagement, and nature-based approaches.
ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
“Together for More Resilient Futures” is an Erasmus+ youth project focused on resilience, well-being, creativity, and intercultural learning. The project aims to support young people from diverse backgrounds, including participants with fewer opportunities, through non-formal education, artistic expression, mindfulness, and community-based learning.
The project consists of two connected international mobilities, and selected participants are expected to participate in both activities.
Activity 1 — Germany Urban Art, Community & Well-being
Ruhr Area (Oberhausen/Essen), Germany
15–22 August 2026
The first mobility focuses on urban art, creativity, and well-being. Through methods of non-formal learning, participants will explore how creative expression and community engagement can strengthen resilience and social connection.
The programme includes:
- Mindfulness and self-awareness workshops
- Intuitive drawing and creative expression
- Street art and collective mural creation
- Reflection circles and intercultural learning activities
- Visits to self-organised initiatives and creative communities
- Group discussions on resilience, inclusion, and well-being
- Community-building and peer learning activities
Activity 2 — Portugal Nature, Water & Resilience
Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal
3–12 November 2026
The second mobility is a youth exchange focused on resilience through nature connection, water-based activities, and intercultural exchange.
Participants will:
- Connect with young people from different cultural backgrounds
- Explore how nature and water activities support resilience and well-being
- Participate in mindfulness sessions, nature walks, and creative workshops
- Develop teamwork, communication, and self-confidence
- Reflect on personal growth and transformation
The activity is designed especially for young people facing social, economic, or cultural barriers, including young people with experiences of migration or social exclusion.
The methodology is based on experiential learning, peer learning, creativity, participation, and intercultural dialogue.
Participants are expected to actively engage in all sessions and contribute to creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment.
Application deadline: 5 June 2026
Application form: Application Form
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 24 participants
from Germany, Portugal
and recommended for
Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Young people, volunteers, participants with fewer opportunities, young people with migrant or refugee backgrounds and young people facing social or economic exclusion.
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Village Together e.V. (Others)
NGO / Non-profit organisation
Co-organiser(s):
- My Madeira Island (Youth NGO)
📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Village Together e.V. team
Website: https://village-together.org/
E-Mail:
Phone: ...
💶 Costs
Costs
Participation fee
There is no participation fee.
Accommodation and food
Accommodation, meals, and programme activities will be fully covered by the Erasmus+ Programme.
Participants will be accommodated in shared rooms during the activity.
Travel reimbursement
Travel costs will be reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance band rules and the approved project budget. Detailed reimbursement information will be provided to selected participants before the activity.
Green travel options are encouraged whenever possible.
📜 Certificate
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:
https://youthworkshub.org/15122
⚠️ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 5 June 2026
Date of selection: 15 June 2026
