Young Volunteers Association

Learning Together Youth Initiative is an informal youth group based in Türkiye, active since 2024, bringing together professionals working in youth work, education, and personal development. Our team includes youth workers, trainers, facilitators, and practitioners with hands-on experience in working with diverse target groups.

Among our members is a published author with more than 15 personal development books focusing on learning to learn, mindful reading, career development, resilience, positive thinking, and turning challenges into opportunities. Through books, workshops, and school visits, we actively engage with young people, educators, and youth workers to support personal growth and lifelong learning.

We work closely with young people from diverse backgrounds, including migrants, young people with fewer opportunities, and those affected by social exclusion or digital overuse. Through our field experience, we have developed effective learning models that support self-awareness, focus, emotional resilience, and meaningful engagement in learning processes.

Our approach combines experiential learning, reflection, dialogue, and practical tools that foster personal development and social inclusion. We believe learning becomes truly meaningful when it is connected to real-life experiences and shared values.

Through this project, we aim to exchange experiences with European partners, co-create innovative learning approaches, and strengthen youth work across borders. We believe that meaningful cooperation grows through trust, shared values, and collective learning.

Together, we aim to build inclusive, innovative, and sustainable learning environments that respond to the real needs of today’s young people.

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Young Volunteers Association has 5 current projects:

  • Transformative Learning and Mind Skills for Youth Workers Training Course Antalya/Turkiye

    A youth initiative promoting learning, self-awareness, and personal growth through innovative and inclusive youth work practices.

    We're looking for:
    5 more partners
    Deadline for this partner request:
    2026-01-15
    This project takes place:
    from 2026-10-01 till 2026-10-08
    and relates to:
    Training and Networking
    This project can include young people with fewer opportunities.
  • Civic Shield: Youth for Human Security and Democratic Resilience

    A youth exchange exploring NATO’s human security agenda, civic resilience and youth-led civil engagement across Euro-Atlantic countries.

    We're looking for:
    8 more partners
    Deadline for this partner request:
    2026-08-08
    This project takes place:
    from 2027-08-01 till 2027-08-08
    and relates to:
    Youth Exchanges
    This project can include young people with fewer opportunities.
  • From Walls to Bridges: Building Trust Through Youth Dialogue Between Armenia and Türkiye

    Seeking an Armenian NGO for an Istanbul–Yerevan youth dialogue project promoting trust, peaceful communication and long-term cooperation.

    We're looking for:
    3 more partners
    Deadline for this partner request:
    2026-07-23
    This project takes place:
    from 2026-09-15 till 2027-07-10
    and relates to:
    Transnational Youth Initiatives, Strategic Partnerships
  • Looking for Long-Term European Partners – Erasmus+, Youth Projects and Strategic Cooperation

    Turkish youth NGO seeking long-term European partners for Erasmus+, ESC and strategic projects on inclusion, rights, youth participation and capacity building.

    This project takes place:
    from 2027-05-09 till 2028-05-09
    and relates to:
    Youth Exchanges, Training and Networking, Transnational Youth Initiatives, Strategic Partnerships, Capacity Building, Meetings between young people and decision-makers
    This project can include young people with fewer opportunities.
  • Strengthening Youth Workers Supporting Children and Young People Affected by Parental Loss, Separation and Family Vulnerability

    Training youth workers to safely and sustainably support children and young people affected by parental loss, separation and family vulnerability.

    We're looking for:
    4 more partners
    Deadline for this partner request:
    2026-09-18
    This project takes place:
    from 2027-10-01 till 2027-10-08
    and relates to:
    Training and Networking
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Young Volunteers Association

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Young Volunteers Association is

a Non-profit/Non-Governmental Organisation
based in Turkey (İstanbul)
  • Turkey İstanbul
and interested in:
  • Youth Exchanges
  • Training and Networking
  • Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Capacity Building
  • Meetings between young people and decision-makers
Young Volunteers Association in 160 characters:

Youth NGO in Türkiye since 2004, working on equal opportunities, human rights, inclusion, volunteering and youth participation with disadvantaged groups.

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Short URL to this project:

http://otlas-org.salto-youth.net/25693

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