The Wellness Compass Outdoors training course (TC) was designed with clear and ambitious objectives to address the needs of youth workers and, by extension, the young people they support. The key objectives of our project were: + Support Youth Workers’ Well-Being and Mental Health: We aimed to enhance the personal well-being of youth workers by equipping them with strategies to manage stress, prevent burnout, and maintain good mental health. By focusing on self-care and resilience throughout the training, the project sought to ensure that participants can better support others without compromising their own wellness. + Strengthen Interpersonal and Facilitation Skills: Our project intended to improve participants’ soft skills – including communication, teamwork, leadership, and conflict resolution – and to boost their capacity to facilitate group activities. This objective was about making youth workers more effective in engaging and empowering young people (especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds) through improved interpersonal skills and confidence in leading non-formal learning sessions. + Promote Outdoor Learning and Environmental Awareness: We set out to utilize outdoor activities as a powerful tool for education and personal development. By introducing participants to nature-based learning methods, we wanted to improve their physical health, encourage an active lifestyle, and foster a greater appreciation for the environment. The idea was that by experiencing the benefits of outdoor education first-hand (through hiking, outdoor sports, etc.), participants would be more likely to incorporate these methods into their own youth work practice and pass on environmental awareness to their target groups. + Foster Inclusion and Cultural Exchange: Another goal was to create an intercultural learning space that promotes inclusion, tolerance, and understanding. With participants coming from six different countries, the course encouraged cultural exchange – participants shared aspects of their heritage and learned from each other. This objective was about building the attitudes and skills needed for working in diverse teams and addressing issues of discrimination or cultural barriers among youth. We wanted every participant to feel included and to gain competence in fostering inclusion back home. + Build Cross-Sectoral Cooperation and Ensure Sustainability: Finally, we aimed to strengthen the network and cooperation between partner organizations and to encourage sustainable follow-up initiatives. Participants and organisations were encouraged to collaborate across sectors (education, health, social inclusion) and to plan future projects together. The goal was to ensure that the impact of the training course would extend beyond the event itself, leading to ongoing partnerships and integration of the project’s outcomes into long-term strategies. All these objectives directly aligned with the broader goals of the Erasmus+ Youth programme by investing in the professional development of youth workers and ultimately improving the quality of support provided to young people, especially those with fewer opportunities. We entered the project with these aims in mind and a strong commitment to achieving them.