🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
Art-Mind
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
18-26 October 2026 | Antalya, Türkiye
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❗️What Is This Training About?
ART-MIND: The Mindful Canvas (18-26 Oct 2026) in Antalya, Türkiye, is an Erasmus+ training for youth workers. It equips participants with art-based, non-verbal methods to tackle the youth mental health crisis and build safe spaces.
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ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
Context and Background The "ART-MIND: The Mindful Canvas" training course addresses the pressing needs of youth workers and the young people they serve in the face of a growing youth mental health crisis. Today, young people face a significant increase in anxiety, stress, and isolation. Traditional, talk-based youth work methods often have limitations when it comes to facilitating deep emotional expression. This project responds directly to the lack of practical, creative tools available to youth workers by introducing art as a medium for healing and communication. The 9-day training will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from October 18 to 26, 2026.
Project Objectives By blending non-formal education with creative expression, the project aims to:
- Equip youth workers with a new toolkit of art-based, non-verbal methods.
- Develop skills in creating psychologically safe spaces using a trauma-informed approach.
- Enhance competence in facilitating sensitive emotional processes.
- Promote self-care and resilience as professional practices to prevent youth worker burnout.
- Enable youth workers to take on more active roles in supporting the well-being of the most vulnerable youth.
Provide equal opportunities for expression for young people who face communication barriers or social exclusion due to anxiety.
Target Audience This training is explicitly designed for professionals and volunteers active in the field of non-formal learning and youth work. We are looking for 32 participants (youth workers and young people) from Finland, Türkiye, Romania, Poland, and Italy.
Ideal applicants are:
- Youth workers (18+ years old) who are experienced in the field, willing to discover art-based methods, and ready to actively participate.
- Committed to the project's entire lifecycle, which includes sharing our handbook, organizing local follow-up activities, and supporting/attending the online webinar after the mobility.
- We strongly encourage the inclusion of participants with fewer opportunities (arising from economic, social, or geographical issues) to ensure a diverse and inclusive learning environment.
Methodology and Commitment The training is deeply rooted in non-formal education principles. Participants will engage in hands-on, experiential learning through art, focusing on creating safe spaces and processing emotions without relying solely on verbal communication.
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 30 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers
Accessibility info:
This activity and venue place are accessible to people with disabilities.
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Martı Gençlik Derneü (Youth NGO)
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📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Kemal Erdem Coşar
E-Mail:
Phone: +905549395553
💶 Costs
Participation fee
There is no participation fee.
Accommodation and food
The participants will be hosted at a 4-star hotel in Kemer, Antalya. The food will be served by the hotel 3 meals a day along with 2 coffee breaks a day. All of them will be covered by the project budget for all the participants.
Travel reimbursement
The maximum amount for the each participants that will be reimbursed is as below (per pax);
Finland: 580 EUR
Poland: 309 EUR
Italy: 309 EUR
Romania: 309 EUR
Türkiye: 56 EUR
📜 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/what-is-youthpass
⚠️ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 4 September 2026
Date of selection: 18 September 2026
🔗 Official Link
https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/art-mind.15160/
🗂️ Documents
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