There is a famous saying that 'health is wealth'. Health is at the core of our being, which enables us to lead fulfilling lives. Feeling healthy, both from the physical aspect, and mentally allows us to participate fully in our community which in turn makes us able to make a difference or a change. Which is also one of our scouting objectives; making a difference. One of the UN sustainable development goals (SDG) is focused on mental health and wellbeing. The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'Wellbeing' as "the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy", however as youths we have come to an agreement both during discussions in between the scout unit and along various online joint activities with other foreign scouts (the participants of this project), that wellbeing is more complicated than its simple definition and that as youths we sometimes struggle to maintain our wellbeing. Bullying, anxiety and other mental health issues, body image, feeling useless or not good enough, caving into pressure and expectations from parents/ teachers/ youth leaders/ friends/ etc all have a negative impact on our mental wellbeing. At the same time it can also have an effect on our physical wellbeing. Feeling less motivated might make us less likely to get out of the house for fresh air and exercise, body image issues might make us develop unhealthy eating habits (or worse get into eating disorders). We also feel that often it is difficult to talk about these problems with others, which makes the struggle worse. The participants observed within our respective groups, depression, anxiety and youths expressing themselves as being a burden on the group. We are also aware that within our Maltese scout group, a youth who was always seen smiling , had been found in possession of suicide notes. For these reasons we wanted to carry out this Youth Exchange project with other scouts, to set up a scout camp over a week and to organise activities together to learn more about taking charge of our own wellbeing and creating a safe space to learn from each other. Needs we wanted to addressed In line with different international on-going campaigns on mental health and social wellbeing awareness, we decided to go for this project which can be used by other scout groups and youth groups at a national and international level. Following all this, we have broken down the concept of wellbeing not in just how happy we feel, which can be a momentary issue (subject to when and where we are), but also how satisfied we are with ourselves, with our whole life , with our achievements and most importantly the need of how to cope with failures, rejections, and how we control our feelings. The older we get, the more pressure and expectations are placed on our shoulders and the more responsible we are expected to be. It is sometimes difficult to cope with these feelings and we might also compare ourselves to each other and see others doing better than us, which might make us feel not good enough or less than others. Through this project we wanted to address how to be in charge of our mental and physical wellbeing. We have planned out activities which helped us learn about both while also doing activities we love as scouts - learning by doing - for example through canoeing. All activities focused on mental or physical wellbeing (or both). From meetings we had with professionals and also during active workshops on a recent campaign 'Stop the Violence' which was a EU funded project , we have been given the understanding that measuring our wellbeing in order to be able to take action is not a straight forward 'one size fits all' approach. We have decided to use a holistic approach of measuring Body and Mind wellbeing with the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS). We think this was a good way to help us put our feelings into a measurable way, which helped us to better understand our feelings, and if comfortable, to share them with others. Sometimes speaking to a trusted friend, parent or youth leader is enough to make the problem seem smaller and easier to face. Project Objectives Our project objectives were: - Bringing together 48 young scouts from 6 countries to learn about mental health, physical health and overall wellbeing - Spend 6 days together learning in informal ways about health and wellbeing and drafting 6 action plans to be followed up in each participating country (one action plan per country) - Presenting our project results to decision-makers in our respective countries