With this project, we wanted to support youth workers in building their capacity to work with young people affected by stress, trauma, and emotional difficulties. Across many European communities, youth workers are often the first line of support for young people facing challenges such as war-related displacement, family difficulties, exclusion, or long-term stress. Yet, many youth workers do not receive enough training or tools to work in a trauma-sensitive way. Our main aim was to contribute to improving the quality of youth work by introducing a stronger focus on emotional well-being and trauma-responsiveness in non-formal education. We wanted to offer both theoretical understanding and practical tools to youth workers and peer educators from different countries, backgrounds, and communities. We had three main objectives: - To deepen youth workers’ conceptual understanding of trauma-responsive youth work. This included exploring what trauma is, how it affects young people’s behaviour, emotions, and relationships, and why trauma-informed approaches are important in youth work. We worked on understanding how stress and trauma can show up not just in dramatic or visible ways, but also through difficulties in emotional regulation, communication, trust-building, and motivation. - To equip participants with practical tools and methods that are useful in non-formal education settings. These tools included mindfulness and grounding practices, somatic and embodiment-based exercises, group reflection methods, storytelling, nature-based learning, and emotionally safe communication tools. The idea was not to turn youth workers into therapists, but to give them the confidence and skills to recognise emotional states, build safe spaces, and support young people in a sensitive and respectful way. - To foster cooperation between participants and partner organisations around the topic of trauma-informed youth work. We created space for exchange between organisations working in very different realities, such as rural areas, conflict-affected regions, urban marginalised communities, etc. Through this, we wanted to plant seeds for future collaborations, joint actions, and stronger support networks. We also encouraged participants to reflect on how to bring the learning back to their local work, and how to continue growing as a community of practice.