🔑 Key Information

Activity ⭐️ Title

The Human Toolbox

Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location

Training Course

23-30 September 2026 | Lousã, Portugal

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❗️What Is This Training About?

Rediscover the tools you already carry within. The Human Toolbox supports youth workers in exploring strengths, values, self-esteem and communication skills through non-formal education, personal reflection and peer learning.


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ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity

The Human Toolbox is a Training Course for youth workers focused on self-awareness, personal resources and professional growth. Through storytelling, autobiographical reflection, creative expression, experiential learning and peer exchange, participants will explore their strengths, values, life experiences and interpersonal skills.

The training addresses themes such as self-esteem, inner dialogue, empathy, creativity and authentic communication, helping participants recognize the resources they already carry within themselves and understand how these influence their work with young people.

Combining personal exploration with practical application, participants will also design and facilitate workshops, experiment with non-formal education methods, and develop tools that can be transferred to youth work settings. The course aims to strengthen both personal confidence and professional capacity, supporting youth workers in creating more meaningful, empowering and human-centred learning experiences.

FOCUS:

  • Self-awareness through rediscovery of own inner resources and skills.
  • Value of autobiographical events and moments, imperfection/inner negative self-talking and empathy
  • Pro-active workshops

GOALS:

  • To increase participants' self-awareness through the exploration and rediscovery of their personal resources, strengths and competencies.
  • To reflect on significant autobiographical experiences and life milestones as sources of learning, resilience and personal growth.
  • To explore the impact of self-esteem, inner dialogue and self-limiting beliefs on personal and professional development.
  • To strengthen empathy, active listening and authentic communication skills in relationships and youth work practice.
  • To foster participants' creativity, curiosity and confidence as resources for navigating challenges and supporting young people.

METHODS:

  • Storytelling;
  • Individual and group reflection
  • Experiential learning
  • Creative writing
  • Peer learning
  • Self-assessment tools

 

PARTICIPANT PROFILE:

  • Over 18 years old
  • A resident of most European countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, Romania, Czechia, France, Denmark, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Ireland, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, North Macedonia, Iceland, Norway, Serbia, Liechtenstein
  • Don’t need a visa to enter Portugal
  • Professionals and new aspiring: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, Educators 
  • Participation in all sessions
  • Interested in the project topic
  • Open to a multicultural environment
  • Willingness to keep up with all communication channels such as emails and whatsapp group, before, during and after the project
  • Actively participate in the follow-up and dissemination activities
  • Basic Knowledge of English

Training overview

This Training Course is

for 25 participants

from Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

and recommended for

Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, Educators

Working language(s):

English

Organiser:

Bloom Associação Sócio Cultural (Youth NGO)

BLOOM is a nonprofit organization founded in March 2008. BLOOM works in different regions of Portugal, mainly in the country side. BLOOM is managed by 11 people- members of the board plus social corps, who develop volunteer work inside BLOOM, in it’s 2 main delegations (Lousã and Figueira da Foz), to empower youngsters with and without special needs/fewer opportunities and local organisations.

BLOOM's main activities are related with mobility of youngsters. Since 2008 we are actively involved in different projects within the previous programme Youth in Action. BLOOM gained significant experience in planning and implementing activities supported by both Erasmus Plus KA1 and KA2 actions, as well as European Solidarity Corps. We are Coordinating, Hosting and Sending EVS/ESC volunteers; Hosted, participated in and supervised several Youth Exchanges for youngsters with special needs; Organized seminars and various Study Visits. We are mainly experienced in working with youngsters with different (dis)Abilities, however, we have a wide and strong network in equality, diversity and inclusion work with youngsters from an LGBTIQ+, and other minorities’ backgrounds. In the past few years BLOOM got involved in projects with a specific focus on social inclusion, safe learning environment and transforming hate.

Social Media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloomASC

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloom.erasmusplus/


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📥 Contact

Contact for questions:

Chris Theodorou

E-Mail:

Phone: +351 912 922 122

💶 Costs

Costs

Participation fee

NO Participation Fee

Accommodation and food

Accomodation and food is covered by Erasmus+ for the project dates from dinner on 23/09/26 to breakfast 30/09/26.

 

Accomodation: rooms of 2 or 3 based on gender.

Travel reimbursement

All traveling costs are covered by Erasmus+ in the form of reimbursement. Participants need to keep all invoices, boarding passes and bus tickets in the original form.

As this is an Accredited Erasmus+ project, the travel budget depends on the distance between the participant’s home city and Lousã.

 

Traveling Budget:

Use the Erasmus+ Distance Calculator to find out in which Travel Budget Category you fall under in case you are selected.

Start: type your city and choose from the drop down menu

End: "Lousã (administrative), Lousã, Portugal (PT)"

The travel budget categories are:

  • 10-99km (€28 or €56 Green Travel)
  • 100-499km (€211 or €285 Green Travel)
  • 500-1999km (€309 or €417 Green Travel)
  • 2000-2999km (€395 or €535 Green Travel)
  • 3000-3999km (€580 or €785 Green Travel)

 

*Green Travel refers to using only public transport from your home to Lousã and back such as buses and trains. By using a car or a plane, your travel is automatically not considered under the “Green Travel” category anymore.

📜 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): 10 July 2026

Date of selection: 20 July 2026

🔗 Official Link

https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/the-human-toolbox.15002/

Infopack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZQmW7ijvHly_b-_XywpZKa7WhiHQBZQW/view?usp=sharing 

Application Form: https://forms.gle/1r6n48wuQTssqvir8 

Deadline: 10/07/26

 

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