🌍 Project Overview

Welcome to FIT – Foundation for Inclusive Teams, an Erasmus+ Training Course designed to strengthen youth workers’ understanding of group dynamics, inclusive leadership, conflict management, communication, motivation, and team development.

This programme, hosted in Szczawno-Zdrój, Poland 🇵🇱, brings together youth workers from:
🇮🇹 Italy • 🇱🇹 Lithuania • 🇵🇱 Poland • 🇷🇴 Romania • 🇪🇸 Spain

Over 8 intensive days, participants will discover how inclusive teams function, how to prevent discrimination, how to facilitate healthier group processes, and how to design non-formal learning methods suitable for every team’s developmental stage.

📅 Activity Details

  • Dates: 12–19 December 2025 (6 training days + 2 travel days)
  • Location: Hotel Camelot, Szczawno-Zdrój 🇵🇱
  • Age Group: 18+ youth workers
  • Working Language: English
  • Funding: 100% (Erasmus+ travel reimbursement + accommodation + meals)
  • Deadline: 28 November 2025

🎯 About the Project

FIT – Foundation for Inclusive Teams is an Erasmus+ Training Course focused on equipping youth workers with practical tools, tactics and approaches for effective teamwork.

Through experiential learning, participants will explore:

  • Group development stages
  • Conflict resolution & communication
  • Motivation & group roles
  • Tools for inclusive facilitation
  • Strategies to prevent discrimination
  • Methods tailored to each team’s developmental needs

You will practice non-formal tools, test facilitation methods with real youth groups, and receive personalised feedback to strengthen your leadership and teamwork abilities.

🎯 Objectives

  • ✔️ Provide a deep understanding of group dynamics, development stages & group roles
  • ✔️ Equip participants with tools to resolve conflicts, improve communication & boost motivation
  • ✔️ Empower youth workers to prevent discrimination and create inclusive learning environments
  • ✔️ Encourage the use of non-formal methods tailored to team needs
  • ✔️ Offer hands-on tools to animate and lead team processes during the training in Poland

🧠 About the Activity

The Training Course includes:

  • Expert-led sessions on group and team dynamics
  • Learning-by-doing workshops
  • Real-time facilitation practice
  • Methods testing with youth
  • Feedback from experienced trainers
  • Inclusive team-building activities
  • Cross-country knowledge exchange

The programme brings together 25 participants (5 from each country):
🇵🇱 Poland • 🇱🇹 Lithuania • 🇮🇹 Italy • 🇪🇸 Spain • 🇷🇴 Romania

🏨 Accommodation

Participants will be hosted at:

Hotel Camelot – Szczawno-Zdrój 🇵🇱

  • Private bathrooms
  • WiFi & TV
  • Close to nature & hiking trails
  • Situated in a health-resort environment with mineral water springs
  • Next to Swedish Park, Castle paths, spa areas & forests

Meals include breakfast, lunch, dinner + coffee breaks.
Vegetarian & dietary needs will be accommodated.

Backup accommodation site (training rooms, support activities):
Bukowy Dworek → https://bukowy-dworek.eu/

Szczawno-Zdrój is an old spa resort surrounded by forests, mountains, mineral springs and mild climate — ideal for learning, reflection and group cohesion.

👤 Participant Profile

We are looking for:

  • Youth workers, youth leaders, volunteers, trainers, facilitators
  • Age 18+
  • People with little, medium or growing experience in teamwork
  • Anyone motivated to understand & improve group dynamics
  • People committed to inclusion, diversity & respectful participation

If unsure whether this TC is right for you → you can always ask the organisers.

✈️ Travel Information

Arriving via Wrocław Airport (recommended)

1️⃣ Fly to WRO – Wrocław Airport
2️⃣ Bus → Wrocław Główny (main train station) – 40 mins
3️⃣ Train → Wałbrzych Miasto (~1 hour, ~23.60 PLN)
4️⃣ Hotel is 10–15 minutes from the train station

Alternative: Arriving via Warsaw

Airports:

  • Warsaw Chopin (WAW)
  • Warsaw Modlin (WMI)

Transport options:
✈️ Plane → Wrocław
🚆 Train → Wrocław
🚌 Bus → Wrocław

Then train to Wałbrzych Miasto, same as above.

Arrive on 12 December before 18:00 → Dinner at 19:00 → First session at 20:00.

Organisers will assist you once they know your exact arrival time.

📦 What to Bring

  • Cultural items for International Evening (postcards, maps, food, drinks)
  • European Health Insurance Card
  • Info about your organisation
  • Warm clothes – Poland can be cold in December
  • Comfortable workshop clothing
  • Hiking-friendly shoes
  • Any personal necessities

🔗 Application Link

REGISTER: https://forms.gle/wZm1tJkEA8PBP5MeA
INFOPACK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFsAGSd2FpDsQvpt5KcHIjnEUyGF9hH3/view?usp=drivesdk

📅 Deadline for applications: 28 November 2025

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇮🇹 Italy
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇵🇱 Poland
🇷🇴 Romania
🇪🇸 Spain

⚠️ Important Notice

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