🇪🇸 Erasmus+ Training Course in Spain 🏃 Learning Through Movement and the Outdoors in Youth Work 🌿

What if learning could happen through movement, play, and the open air rather than sitting still indoors? Level Up is a fully funded Erasmus+ Training Course on Spain's Mediterranean coast, inviting youth workers to explore how movement, body expression, outdoor spaces, and gamified non-formal education can become powerful tools for learning, self-expression, and connection.

About the Training

Level Up: Learning Through Movement is a training course designed to explore how learning in open-air environments and through movement can improve youth work practices and create more engaging, inclusive, and meaningful learning experiences. Rooted in traditional education but drawn to nature, it brings learning to life by using the outdoors as a resource and outdoor spaces as educational tools.

Organised by YEP Association in Cambrils, Spain, the course brings together youth workers from different countries to explore learning through movement, body expression, group dynamics, non-formal education, and personal development in an intercultural environment. Through interactive activities, group dynamics, and creative workshops, you will discover new ways of communicating, collaborating, and learning beyond words, and how movement can help create stronger connections, inclusion, and personal awareness.

Key Learning Areas

🌱 Outdoor and Experiential Learning: understand the benefits of outdoor learning, reflection, and interaction with different environments

🎮 Gamification and Active Participation: use game dynamics and challenges to increase motivation, engagement, and teamwork

🧠 Learning by Teaching (Feynman Method): strengthen understanding and retention by teaching concepts to others in a simple, practical way

🤝 Team Building and Group Facilitation: develop leadership, cooperation, communication, and facilitation skills for youth work contexts

♿ Inclusive Learning Approaches: explore methods that adapt to different learning styles, abilities, and participants' needs

The Mission Objective

🗺️ Explore the outdoors as a learning space

👟 Practise practical tools you can adapt and use back home

💬 Reflect together with youth workers from six countries

🏠 Bring it back home and design at least one local activity with young people

🏆 Create real impact in your community

Who Can Apply

🎂 Youth workers and young people aged 18 and over, with no upper age limit, interested in learning, sharing, and growing together

🧠 Open-minded, team-spirited, ready to step out of the comfort zone, and willing to learn and contribute

🗣️ Advanced English for group communication and teamwork

🌍 This training welcomes participants from 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇷🇴 Romania, and 🇳🇱 Netherlands (2 participants per country, 12 in total), with an emphasis on inclusion and diversity, including people with fewer opportunities

Project Timeline

📝 Before the mobility (June to July 2026): applications open, submit your application and get selected

💻 Preparation phase (August to September 2026): needs and expectations gathered, travel validated, participant group created

🎓 Training course in Cambrils (30 September to 6 October 2026): learning, movement, outdoor challenges, reflection, and international connections

🏠 After the mobility (October to November 2026): apply what you learned and design and implement at least one local activity with young people

The Venue

🏨 You will stay at Hotel Port Eugeni in Cambrils, a welcoming Mediterranean town on the Catalan coast (Tarragona province), with accommodation, meals, and activity spaces close together

🛏️ Shared rooms (2 to 4 people) with private bathroom and daily cleaning

🍽️ Three meals a day plus coffee breaks, with support for dietary needs

🏖️ The beach, promenade, harbour, and town centre are just a short walk away

Travel and Reimbursement

Accommodation, food, and travel are covered by the Erasmus+ programme. Each country has a maximum reimbursable amount, and green travel is encouraged. Indicative travel budgets per person:

💶 Spain €56, Italy €309, Greece €309, Netherlands €309, Latvia €395, Romania €395

Do not book any ticket before YEP approves it in writing, keep every original travel document (boarding passes, tickets, and invoices), and bring your European Health Insurance Card.

Getting There

✈️ The easiest option is Barcelona El Prat (BCN), with a direct BusPlana bus to Cambrils, or a train connection via Barcelona Sants and the R16 regional train. Reus (REU) is the closest airport, with a bus to Cambrils town centre. Check-in on 30 September is between 16:00 and 19:00.

What to Pack

🎒 ID card or passport and European Health Insurance Card, comfortable clothes for changing weather, swimwear, comfortable shoes plus an indoor pair, a notebook, a reusable water bottle, personal toiletries and any medication, pocket money, and a snack or item from home for cultural sharing

Want to understand exactly what Erasmus+ covers before you apply? Read this first: https://youthworkshub.org/8398/

How to Apply

Read the infopack, then complete the online registration form honestly, so the organisers can build a balanced and supportive group. For questions, you can reach YEP Association via Instagram.