Break the Mold. Create Safer Spaces. Challenge Aesthetic Ideals.
📍 Location: Zeerijp, Netherlands
🧑🏫 Type: Erasmus+ Training Course
👥 Who: Youth workers (18+)
📅 Dates: 14–21 August 2025
🕐 Deadline: 7 July 2025
🌍 Eligible Countries: 🇧🇬 🇨🇾 🇫🇮 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇷🇸 🇪🇸
📎 Apply here: Application Form
📥 Info Pack: Download PDF
🎯 Why This Training?
Youth workers across Europe are witnessing how aesthetic pressure—fueled by unrealistic beauty standards and digital comparison—negatively impacts young people's mental health, self-esteem, and social well-being. This training aims to fight back through intersectional education, emotional reflection, and empowerment tools.
💡 Training Objectives
- Understand aesthetic pressure and its cultural/social roots
- Reflect on its impact on identity, mental health, and inclusion
- Develop skills to create safer and braver spaces
- Gain methods to address issues like self-esteem, body image, and self-perception
- Learn how to engage youth in conscious reflection
💬 What is Aesthetic Pressure?
It's the social expectation—amplified by media and social platforms—to conform to idealized, often unattainable, beauty standards. Its effects?
🌀 Low self-worth, comparison, mental distress, consumerism, and exclusion.
🛑 Important Note on Application:
AI-generated applications are strongly discouraged and may lead to disqualification. The organisers value honesty, lived experience, and genuine motivation.
👀 Who Should Apply?
Youth workers, educators, and facilitators who:
✔️ Are over 18
✔️ Reside in one of the listed countries
✔️ Want to explore aesthetic pressure and social inclusion
✔️ Are committed to creating impactful, inclusive youth spaces
🏠 Venue: B&B Boerderij De Diek’n, Zeerijp – a calm, rural setting perfect for reflection and dialogue.
🧾 All Costs Covered:
✔️ Accommodation & food
✔️ Travel reimbursement per Erasmus+ rules
✔️ Youthpass certificate awarded
📧 Contact for questions: Please refer to the info pack for full organiser details.
