Fully funded Erasmus+ opportunities closing 15 August: 7 training courses and youth exchanges across 7 countries, all with travel and stay covered, and all closing on the same day. This is a strong round for anyone who works with young people or wants to spend a funded week or two learning something that sticks. There is a clear wellbeing thread running through it: a burnout-prevention training for youth workers in the Bulgarian mountains, a psychosocial-support and safe-spaces course in a Slovenian village, and a training in the Netherlands that reframes playfulness as a genuine professional tool. Alongside those sit three youth exchanges on the themes shaping this generation, regenerative agroforestry and climate action in Portugal, digital wellbeing and media literacy in Germany, and learning from history to stand against hate speech in Poland, plus a partnership-building event in Belgium connecting the youth-work and culture sectors. Whether you are a youth worker investing in your own resilience or a young person looking for a meaningful exchange abroad, there is a real deadline here with your name on it.
Who is each one for? The three training courses and the Belgian networking event are aimed at youth workers, trainers, facilitators and organisations. The three youth exchanges are for young people who want to learn by doing, in an international group, on a theme they care about. Formats run from around a week to ten days, and each is built on non-formal education: hands-on practice, reflection, and a peer network you keep long after you go home. Most are open to applicants from across several eligible countries, and a couple list a specific set, so read the eligibility line on each before applying. One practical note: the Netherlands training asks for a short video introduction as part of the application, and its programme is vegan and alcohol- and drug-free, so factor that in.
On funding, these are Erasmus+ mobilities, which means fully funded in the way that matters: accommodation and food during the activity are covered, and your travel is reimbursed up to a distance-based grant. You are not paying to take part. To join you generally need to be over 18 (youth exchanges may set their own age range, so check each) and connected to a sending organisation in your country, which the organisers can help you with. You can browse more fully funded Erasmus+ training courses, youth exchanges and volunteering across the site at youthworkshub.org. Every opportunity below closes on 15 August 2026, so this is a today decision, not a weekend one.
In This Batch
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — playfulness as a tool for youth work (Training Course)
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, Pirin — burnout prevention and wellbeing for youth workers (Training Course)
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia — psychosocial support and safe spaces for youth (Training Course)
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Mafra — agroforestry and land regeneration for climate action (Youth Exchange)
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Thuringian Forest — digital wellbeing and media literacy (Youth Exchange)
- 🇵🇱 Poland, Tatra Mountains — learning from history against hate speech (Youth Exchange)
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — connecting youth work and culture (Partnership-building Activity)
4 Training and Networking · 3 Youth Exchanges · 7 Countries · All Closing 15 August 2026
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
1. 🇳🇱 Erasmus+ Training Course in the Netherlands 🎈 Playfulness as a Tool for Youth Work ✨
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
What if playfulness was not a box of games but a mindset, rooted in curiosity, imagination, spontaneity, humour and connection? Over eight immersive days, youth workers, educators and facilitators explore how that mindset becomes a real resource for personal growth, meaningful relationships and professional practice. Through embodied movement, creative exploration, reflection, co-design and facilitation practice, you learn to build learning environments that respond to the real needs of a group rather than leaning on fixed methods, then keep experimenting back home with an online follow-up. A short video introduction is required to apply, and the programme is vegan and alcohol- and drug-free. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 🇪🇸 and 3 more. Apply here →
2. 🇧🇬 Erasmus+ Training Course in Bulgaria 🧘 Burnout Prevention and Well-being for Youth Workers 💚
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Burnout is one of youth work's most under-addressed challenges. This week-long training gives youth workers, trainers and mentors practical, embodied tools to recognise the early signs of burnout, protect their mental and physical health, and build sustainable self-care habits through non-formal education, coaching, movement, group reflection and peer support. Indoor sessions blend with outdoor activities in the Pirin mountains, making real space for both learning and rest. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇮🇹 🇹🇷 🇵🇹 🇷🇸 and 47 more. Apply here →
3. 🇸🇮 Erasmus+ Training Course in Slovenia 🧡 Psychosocial Support and Safe Spaces for Youth 🕊️
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
How can we better support young people through stress, anxiety, conflict or crisis? This hands-on training gives youth workers the fundamentals of psychosocial support and psychological first aid, communication skills for difficult conversations, ways to create psychologically safe spaces, and mindfulness, self-regulation and burnout-prevention practices. Expect crisis simulations, role plays, nature-based wellbeing activities and evening reflection circles around the fire, in a holistic village in Slovenia. Open to applicants from 🇸🇮 🇮🇹 🇧🇪 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 and 3 more. Apply here →
4. 🇵🇹 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Portugal 🌱 Agroforestry and Land Regeneration for Climate Action 🌳
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Get your hands in the soil at Planta Floresta in Mafra and help regenerate the land with young people from across Europe. Explore agroforestry and regenerative methods, spark creativity, and build resilient strategies for tackling climate challenges. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇸🇮. Apply here →
5. 🇩🇪 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Germany 📱 Digital Wellbeing, Media Literacy and Online Participation 🧠
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Ten days at the edge of the Thuringian Forest to pause, reflect and rethink what screens are doing to your attention and relationships. Media literacy, misinformation, algorithms, privacy and digital ethics, plus an offline city experience and a reusable toolkit built by the group. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇹🇷 🇷🇸 🇳🇱 🇮🇹 and 2 more. Apply here →
6. 🇵🇱 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Poland ☮️ Learning from History to Stand Against Hate Speech and Extremism 🕊️
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
How does history help us recognise propaganda, hate speech and extremism before they spread? Nine days in the Tatra Mountains with young people from five countries, building critical thinking, media literacy and real tools for peace and tolerance. Open to applicants from 🇸🇰 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇹🇷. Apply here →
7. 🇧🇪 Erasmus+ Partnership-building Activity in Belgium 🎨 Connecting Youth Work and Culture 🤝
📅 Deadline: 15 August 2026
Where the youth and culture sectors finally meet. This networking event brings together cultural operators, artists and collectives on one side and youth organisations using arts and subculture as a tool on the other, to spark new international collaborations under Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps. You bridge the two worlds by sharing good practices and resources, discover funding opportunities for cross-sectoral cooperation, get inspired by real inclusive projects, and build lasting partnerships for future international projects. Come ready to present your organisation and actively take part. Apply here →
Seven Erasmus+ opportunities, seven countries, one deadline. If you scrolled to the bottom, the odds are one of two things pulled you in: either the wellbeing thread, protecting yourself from burnout, learning psychosocial support, rediscovering playfulness as a professional skill, or one of the youth exchanges that turn a big theme into ten hands-on days, regenerating land in Portugal, rethinking your relationship with screens in Germany, or building tools against hate speech in Poland. This round is especially valuable for youth workers who spend so much energy supporting others that they rarely invest in themselves, and just as good for young people who want their next trip abroad to leave them with more than photos. The two things to check before you apply are the format and the eligibility: some are for youth workers, some for young participants, and each lists the countries it is open to.
None of these wait past 15 August 2026. So the move is simple: pick the one that fits where you are right now, whether that is a training you take for your practice or an exchange you take for yourself, confirm the eligibility and any extra step like the Netherlands video introduction, and send your application today. If you are new to Erasmus+ mobility or unsure how the funding and sending organisations work, browse more opportunities and get oriented at youthworkshub.org. And if you would rather these deadlines reach you with time to act, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where every new batch lands first.
