🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
Holding the Space: training course for emerging youth workers in building confidence and adaptability
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
1-8 November 2026 | Ommen, Netherlands
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❗️What Is This Training About?
Holding the Space is an Erasmus+ Training Course for emerging youth workers to build confidence, adaptability, and facilitation skills through experiential learning, applied theatre, game-based methods, and peer exchange.
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ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
Holding the Space – Building Confidence & Adaptability for Emerging Youth Workers is an Erasmus+ Training Course bringing together 30 participants from 10 European organisations in Ommen, the Netherlands.
The training is designed for emerging youth workers, facilitators, educators, trainers, volunteers, and youth leaders who already have some experience working with groups and want to strengthen their confidence as facilitators in non-formal learning settings.
While many youth workers are familiar with facilitation methods, they often face uncertainty when sessions do not go as planned. This training focuses on developing the facilitator behind the methods—building the confidence, presence, adaptability, and self-awareness needed to respond effectively to challenging group dynamics and unexpected situations.
Throughout the programme, participants will explore experiential learning through applied theatre, game-based learning, embodied practices, reflection, and peer exchange. Rather than learning fixed activities, participants will develop transferable facilitation competences that can be adapted across different youth work contexts.
Participants will:
- Build confidence in facilitating groups.
- Strengthen their ability to adapt to unexpected situations.
- Develop communication, emotional resilience, and reflective practice.
- Experience practical non-formal education methods that can be transferred into their own work.
- Exchange experiences and build lasting connections with youth workers from across Europe.
The training follows the principles of non-formal education, placing participants at the centre of the learning process through active participation, experiential exercises, reflection, and collaborative learning. It also promotes intercultural dialogue, inclusion, and peer learning within an international environment.
The activity is specifically intended for people actively involved in youth work and non-formal learning, including youth workers, trainers, facilitators, volunteers, educators, and youth leaders who are looking to further develop their facilitation practice.
We welcome applications from motivated participants who are eager to grow both personally and professionally while contributing to a supportive European learning community.
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 27 participants
from Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth coaches, Facilitators, educators
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Selkie Educational Foundation (Youth NGO)
Selkie Educational Foundation is a Dutch non-profit organisation that empowers youth workers and young people through creative facilitation, experiential learning, game-based learning, and participatory methods. We design and coordinate Erasmus+ projects that strengthen youth work, inclusion, and meaningful participation through non-formal education.
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📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Jennifer Kumer
E-Mail:
Phone: +31644062072
💶 Costs
Participation fee
We will cover accommodation and food expenses for the selected participants.
Accommodation and food
Organisation and costs for accommodation and food are covered by the Erasmus+ programme. The venue is located in Ommen, Netherlands and reachable by public transportation. Rooms will be arranged according to gender balance and shared between 2-3 participants. More details can be found in the infopack.
Travel reimbursement
All participating countries fall under the travel band distance (500 – 1999 km: 309EUR reimbursement limit)
📜 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): 6 September 2026
Date of selection: 13 September 2026
🔗 Official Link
🗂️ Documents
⚠️ Important Notice
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