Fully funded Erasmus+ training courses for youth workers are open now: 7 of them across 6 countries plus a free online webinar, each residential one covering your travel and your stay. This is a strong, wellbeing-and-participation-heavy round for anyone who works with young people. If you have never done one and are still unsure what a fully funded Erasmus+ training course actually involves, the short version is this: a small international group, a week or so of hands-on non-formal learning, and a set of methods you take straight back into your own practice, with the programme covering your costs. This batch spans participatory arts using music, theatre and movement in rural Italy; a youth-participation lab on the Portuguese coast; a myth-and-storytelling training inspired by the Hero's Journey in Spain; a course on healthy boundaries and burnout prevention in Bulgaria; a training on designing safe, empowering youth spaces in France; a free online webinar on sustainable sport communication; and a beginner-friendly course in Slovakia on running your first inclusive youth exchange.
Here is how to pick. If you are drawn to creative methods, the Italy arts course and the Spain myth-and-psychodrama training both welcome you with no previous artistic experience needed. If participation and democracy are your focus, Portugal's Civis Lab and France's Connect-Inform-Empower framework are built for you. If you are running low on energy, the Bulgaria course on assertiveness and boundaries exists precisely for youth workers who protect everyone but themselves. And if you are brand new to the programme, Slovakia's course walks you through your first inclusive exchange step by step. Most are aimed at youth workers, trainers and facilitators; the online webinar is open to anyone who uses sport in their work. On money, these are Erasmus+ mobilities, so exactly what Erasmus+ covers applies here: accommodation and food during the course, and travel reimbursed up to a distance-based grant. The online webinar is simply free.
In This Batch
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Valchiusella — SO.ART, participatory arts for youth community building · 📅 30 Aug
- 🇵🇹 Portugal — Civis Lab, new approaches to youth participation · 📅 31 Aug
- 🇪🇸 Spain, near Cartagena — Myth, Shadow and Self · 📅 31 Aug
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, Varna — healthy boundaries and assertiveness · 📅 31 Aug
- 🇫🇷 France, Grenoble — designing youth spaces that connect, inform and empower · 📅 31 Aug
- 💻 Online — sustainable sport communication (webinar) · 📅 1 Sep
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia — inclusive youth exchanges for newcomers · 📅 1 Sep
7 Fully Funded Erasmus+ Training Courses · 6 Countries + Online · For Youth Workers
🎓 Erasmus+ Training Courses
1. 🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🎭 SO.ART: Participatory Arts for Youth Community Building 🎶
📅 Deadline: 30 August 2026
Can music, dance and theatre become tools to build community and belonging? SO.ART brings 24 youth workers to a rural corner of Valchiusella to explore Community Music, Social Theatre and Creative Movement as pathways for inclusion and youth participation, including a real field session with a local youth group in Ivrea. No previous artistic experience needed, and travel, accommodation, vegan meals and activities are fully covered by Erasmus+. Apply here →
2. 🇵🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Portugal 🗣️ Civis Lab: New Approaches to Youth Participation ✊
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
How do you get young people genuinely involved in their communities and in democracy? Civis Lab gathers 25 youth workers on the Portuguese coast to create, test and validate fresh non-formal methods for youth civic and democratic participation, from dialogue facilitation to a ready-to-use digital toolkit. You earn Youthpass certification and join a lasting European network, with travel budget, accommodation and meals covered by Erasmus+. Apply here →
3. 🇪🇸 Erasmus+ Training Course in Spain 🎭 Myth, Shadow, and Self: Exploring the Hero and Heroine Within 🌊
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
What if myth could become a practical tool for your youth work? Inspired by Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey and Jungian psychology, this training gathers youth workers, educators and artists in a village between two seas near Cartagena to explore identity, fear and transformation through theatre, storytelling, movement, mindfulness and psychodrama. No previous artistic experience needed, three meals are free and travel is reimbursed by Erasmus+. Apply here →
4. 🇧🇬 Erasmus+ Training Course in Bulgaria 💚 Healthy Boundaries & Assertiveness in Youth Work 🧘
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
You support everyone else, but who's protecting your own limits? In "H-BASE" in Varna you tackle stress, emotional overload and burnout in youth work, building resilience, assertive communication and healthy boundaries through stress management, emotional regulation and self-care. Open to applicants from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and 5 more. Apply here →
5. 🇫🇷 Erasmus+ Training Course in France 🧭 Designing Youth Spaces that Connect, Inform & Empower ✨
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Creating activities is easy. Creating spaces where youth feel safe and take action is the real skill. In this 7-day training in Grenoble you learn the Connect-Inform-Empower Framework: building psychologically safe environments, facilitating media literacy and reflective dialogue, and designing participation that turns into ownership. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 and many more. Apply here →
6. 💻 Erasmus+ Online Webinar 🏅 Sustainable Sport Communication for Youth Work 🌱
📅 Deadline: 1 September 2026
Use sport as a tool and communicate it like a pro. In this "GreenSport 2030" webinar you explore effective communication strategies, stakeholder engagement and awareness campaigns at local and EU level for youth workers and trainers who use sport in their daily work, plus the AI-powered GreenSport Hub. Fully online and free. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and many more. Apply here →
7. 🇸🇰 Erasmus+ Training Course in Slovakia 🌍 Inclusive Youth Exchanges for Newcomers 🤝
📅 Deadline: 1 September 2026
New to Erasmus+ and working with disadvantaged youth? Start here. In "Youth Exchanges for ALL" in Slovakia you discover how to organise inclusive youth exchanges for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds: what's possible, what funding exists, and a step-by-step walkthrough to run your first one. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 and many more. Apply here →
Seven fully funded Erasmus+ training courses, six countries and one free online webinar, and a common thread that runs through almost all of them: your own growth as a youth worker. If you read this far, you already know which fits, whether it is rediscovering creativity through arts and myth, sharpening how you build youth participation and safe spaces, protecting your energy with healthy boundaries, or taking your very first, well-supported step into running an inclusive exchange. The courses lean into the priorities shaping youth work right now, wellbeing, inclusion, participation and creative method, so this is a strong moment to invest a week in your practice and come back with tools, a Youthpass and a European network. Most welcome you with no special background required; a couple list a specific set of eligible countries, so check each one before you commit.
The deadlines are close: the Italy course closes on 30 August, four more on 31 August, and the last two on 1 September, so this is a decision for this week. Before you apply, it helps to know exactly how to apply step by step and, since a strong application often comes down to your words, how to write a motivation letter that gets you selected. Then do one concrete thing: pick the course that fits the way you work, confirm you are eligible, and send your application before the window closes. And if you want rounds like this to reach you the moment they open, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where every new batch drops first.
