“Seeds for Growth” was a project that aimed to support youth workers in both professional growth to increase the quality of their work and personal resilience and self awareness. Aim of our project was to increase the quality of youth work. We wanted to provide youth workers with professional support with methods of non-formal education as well as their mental abilities and self-care workshops and therefore we proposed different elements, various “seeds for growth” that we believe will be beneficial to them and will have a positive impact on the quality of their work with youth. The project objectives were: 1. To provide youth workers with knowledge and skills needed for high quality educational activities. a. Participants will learn tools to be able to effectively design educational activities and include needs analysis b. Participants will be introduced to principles of facilitation and will be trained in facilitation skills c. Participants will enhance learning styles and be motivated to include them in their educational programmes 2. To emphasise the significance of self-care for youth workers and support them in enhancing self compassion techniques. a. Participants will learn basics of self-compassion approach and will evaluate its use in their professional life b. Participants will be supported in growing their mental resilience c. Participants will be introduced to concept of well-being and will evaluate their own opportunities for progress in the topic 3. To support youth workers in coping with current challenges and provide them with effective communication tools. a. Participants will discuss current challenges and trends in youth work b. Participants will learn principles of nonviolent communication and will practise using them c. Participants will learn about the SCARF model to be able to create a safe environment within their target groups.