1. Explore youth well-being, participation and citizenship through play and socio-affective methodologies for self-expression. 2. Discover and develop diverse and inclusive creative tools and methods for youth workers to support young people with fewer opportunities in validating their experiences. 3. Reflect on the effects and impacts of the pandemic on young people (especially those with fewer opportunities) and their current needs, relationships and participation. 4. Encourage new ideas and motivation for creating connections and actions in local communities. It is essential to generate all of the face-to-face opportunities possible in these almost post-pandemic circumstances, to foster higher quality interactions, enhance well-being, create and nurture connections with others without the barrier of a screen, and leading towards a model of participation adjusted to new and updated needs and motivations. This activity will fit the needs of creating face-to-face opportunity for connection and cooperation, providing new tools and ideas for youth practitioners in their work, exchanging and empathising with lesser known realities (between countries who are not neighbouring and do not have so many opportunities to cooperate) in first-person, and generating future itineraries together between newly connected organisations. According to studies assessing burnout in people working in the social field, results indicate a current burnout rate of 39% and a lifetime burnout rate of 75%. Youth work specialises in helping vulnerable young people face life challenges during critical stages of their development. It is a complex and demanding role and factors influencing occupational stress have also been increased by the stress of the pandemic and economic crisis which affects funding and services. In this training all of the tools and methods that we "preach" we also practice directly with the practitioners during the training, allowing them to also feel the benefits personally before taking them with them. All of the competences, self-discovery and social exploration tools that the participants will take home to use in facilitation with their target groups, will also have been experientially and directly beneficial to the people who experience them during this training and therefore will have a positive effect on the individuals, the organisations they work in and people they work with. Playing games, experimenting with art, theatre and music, and being playful with peers are opportunities for young people to take risks and try new things. Making mistakes and learning from them can help them develop their confidence, talents, ideas, and personal identities. Play offers feelings of freedom, joy, and spontaneity that all people need, even in their adult lives—and can offer the mental health benefit of escaping from stress for even a few minutes. At every age, there is reason to play. Some of the emotional benefits of play are emotional resilience, self-esteem, self-confidence, reduced anxiety, self-worth, exploring feelings, self-expression, empathy, understanding the world we live in, dealing with fear in a safe environment, and problem solving. It stimulates the mind and boost creativity. You’ll learn a new task better when it’s fun and you’re in a relaxed and playful mood. Play can also stimulate your imagination, helping you adapt and solve problems. Sharing laughter and fun can foster empathy, compassion, trust, and intimacy with others. These non-formal methods are specifically introduced so that the youth practitioners and participants of the training will go home with new ideas of diverse quality techniques which are linked with coherent reflection and real-life context so that they can put them into practice on return to their local realities or in future European projects. We use socio-affective (emotion and context based) methods and provention (providing tools for group cohesion and positive transformation of conflicts) so that real human connections will be made between participants and they will be keen to continue forming part of a close-knit community towards the future, sharing consequent youth projects and mobilities together as well as continuing to exchange tools, ideas, practices and opportunities among them. There will be direct correlation with the partners' organisations and youth practitioners, by giving workshops on return in order to include colleagues and beneficiaries who could not attend the training as well as incorporating new tools and techniques, methodological and pedagogical approaches and inclusive guidelines into their local and international activities and regular work.