In 2020, the Foundation initiated cyclical online meetings with young people under the name “Active Youth”, during which young people INSPIRE each other, which often results in their grassroots initiatives conducted with the help of non-governmental organizations. One of such meetings took place on January 5, 2022 at SAN in Łódź. Young people deliberated on the initiative addressed to the needs of people with disabilities/ fewer opportunities, whose limitations exclude them from participating in such programs. Before the meeting, the youth participated in a discourse with a person, who deals with the education of disabled people, talked about aspects of environmental education for disadvantaged groups, and defined the following deficits: - school programs focus on the development of basic skills in disabled youth and not on shaping pro-ecological attitudes - forms of outdoor or in class activities focus mainly on shaping the habits of segregating rubbish or the benefits of saving energy and water - the concept of recycling and especially upcycling is unknown in such groups - conventional teaching mode lacks space to implement an attractive form of spreading awareness and disseminating the benefits of the circular economy, provided in accessible way. From their own experience and cyclical work with similar youth, the initiators diagnosed certain barriers in the functioning of young disabled people, whose strong correlation on the path of non-formal education could help people exposed to social exclusion: - mental barriers (doubts about your own abilities) - personal barriers (the need for contact with other people and shaping relations with the environment) - motivational barriers (the ability to motivate yourself to act, often combined with the need to exceed your own limitations) - external factors (e.g., external support) So during the meeting the youth raised the issue of including these groups in awareness-raising workshops on recycling waste and changing the lifestyle towards sustainable development in the form of artistic workshops, unleashing the creativity of vulnerable groups. According to the volunteers, the project improved the situation of people with fewer opportunities by achieving the following goals: • developing the passions and interests of participants through attractive artistic workshops in the spirit of sustainable development • increasing intercultural and ecological awareness • strengthening European cohesion • protecting human rights and freedom • preventing social exclusion • promoting the idea of group and individual volunteering in line with the idea of peer volunteering With regard to our experience in working with young people, initiatives of young people aimed at mutual support or the search for alternative solutions are extremely necessary. Thanks to meetings with like-minded peers, young people significantly increase their sense of self-confidence, motivation, readiness to take on new challenges, self-esteem, and many other skills or competences that can be acquired through learning by doing and experiencing, which means non-formal education.