Play-Learn-Recharge

The programme creates space for participants to share and learn methods that already work well in their organisations, with a special focus on games, interactive tools and engaging activities that can be directly adapted to youth work practice. At the same time, the project responds to a real challenge in the sector: stress, overload and burnout among those who support young people on a daily basis.

The main aim of the project is to create a supportive international learning space where youth workers, volunteers and youth leaders can exchange effective youth work tools - especially games and gamified methods - while strengthening their mental health and preventing burnout in their professional and voluntary work.

The project aims to:
- enable participants to present and learn practical tools, games and methods that have already proven effective in their organisations;
- strengthen peer learning, mutual inspiration and the exchange of good practices among people active in youth work;
- improve participants’ confidence in using gamified, participatory non-formal learning methods with young people;
- raise awareness of mental health, emotional balance and burnout prevention in youth work contexts;
- provide participants with practical strategies and activities that support self-care, reflection and sustainable engagement in their roles;
- build new connections and encourage future cooperation among participants and organisations.

PLAY-LEARN-RECHARGE is open to participants who are actively involved in working with young people and who are interested in both practical youth work methods and personal wellbeing.

This project is especially relevant for participants who want to return to their organisations with new tools, fresh inspiration and practical ideas for making youth work both more engaging and more sustainable.