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Healthy Body and Mind: A Practical Guide for Youth Well-being
A practical guide created during an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange, offering tools, activities, and ideas to promote healthy lifestyles, mental well-being, self-care, and active participation among young people.
Aims of the tool
This guide aims to:
- promote healthy lifestyles among young people;
- raise awareness about mental and physical well-being;
- encourage self-care and healthy habits;
- support youth workers and educators with practical non-formal learning tools;
- foster active participation, inclusion, and peer learning;
- provide methods that can be adapted and used in local youth work activities.
Description of the tool
Healthy Body and Mind: A Practical Guide for Youth Well-being was developed during the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange “My Main Objective: Healthy Body and Mind” (2025-1-PT02-KA152-YOU-000298490), which took place in Benfica do Ribatejo, Portugal, from 1 to 9 September 2025.
The guide was created by young participants and group leaders from Portugal, Greece, Romania, Germany and Croatia. It brings together practical methods, exercises, reflection tools and recommendations explored during the project.
The resource focuses on physical and mental well-being, healthy lifestyles, emotional resilience, inclusion, prevention of bullying, self-care and active participation. It includes non-formal education activities that can be easily adapted and used by youth workers, educators, youth leaders and young people in different learning environments.
The guide aims to support young people in developing healthier habits, improving well-being, strengthening social skills and promoting respectful and inclusive communities. It also provides practical tools that can be used in youth exchanges, training courses, local youth activities and educational settings.
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Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5803
This tool is for
Young people aged 13–30 Youth workers Youth leaders Volunteers Educators and trainers Youth organisations Schools and informal youth groups Young people with fewer opportunities
and addresses
Social Inclusion, Intercultural Learning, Personal Development, Peer education, Youth Participation
It is recommended for use in:
Youth Exchanges
Materials needed:
Most activities included in the guide require only simple materials such as:
Flipcharts
Markers and pens
Sticky notes
Printed worksheets (optional)
A projector (optional)
Open indoor or outdoor space
Internet connection for some online activities
Many activities can also be implemented with minimal resources.
Duration:
The guide contains activities of different lengths, ranging from 15-minute energisers and reflection exercises to workshops lasting 60–120 minutes.
The activities can be used individually or combined into longer educational programmes, youth exchanges, training courses, local workshops or non-formal learning sessions focused on well-being, inclusion and healthy lifestyles.
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Youth Line Portugal
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Kateryna Shepeliuk (on 22 June 2026)
and last modified
21 June 2026
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