This project was born out of an alarming realization: while current crises (ecological, democratic, social) strengthen young people's desire to act, they also exacerbate their psychological vulnerability. As a national network of youth and student associations, Animafac is on the frontline to observe that associational engagement sometimes turns into a sacrificial culture and can easily lead to activist burn-out, eco-anxiety, or online tensions, as shown by our previous European higher education cooperation project entitled Wise. Animafac, an association led by groups of multi-engaged youth, is therefore particularly sensitive to this issue: how to find a balance between various commitments and the requirements linked to education or professional integration. Throughout this project, we noticed that the question of mental health is complex because it sometimes overlaps with the broader question of well-being as well as activist burn-out. Although these themes are closely related, they remain distinct. Consequently, the solutions needed to address this problem are multifaceted. Our goal is to break this vicious circle by sustainably transforming associational culture. We want to turn the associational space into a place that protects and promotes mental health. To achieve this vision, the project pursues three interconnected objectives: Equipping and protecting young people: Enabling volunteers and activists to acquire concrete skills to experience their commitment "healthily" (time management, the right to disconnect, stepping back from anxiety-inducing topics). Transforming structures: Supporting youth associations so they can adapt their governance, integrate monitoring mechanisms regarding their members' mental health, and prevent workload overload. Producing shared resources: Co-constructing concrete diagnostic tools (such as an activist burn-out barometer) and establishing partnerships with listening professionals to redirect young people experiencing distress. Partnerships with associations specializing in care, mental health, disability, and queer gender identities allowed us to fully explore the issue in relation to specific audiences. We observed that the problem does not present itself in the same way depending on the audience. This consortium proved highly enriching for all the achievements, events organized, and deliverables produced during the project, notably the activist burn-out barometer. The objectives of the project were as follows: The impact of this initiative is designed at multiple scales, from the individual to the youth sector as a whole, both inside and outside student campuses, in order to raise awareness, inform, train, and enable them to act in favor of community care—specifically peer-to-peer support. The goal was thus to disseminate best practices in health and burn-out prevention. The targets were therefore twofold: individuals themselves, and groups gathered as a community or otherwise. At the scale of young participants The primary impact is human. By participating in our co-construction sessions, workshops, and training, young people are able to speak out freely and break the taboo surrounding activist malaise. They develop self-protection psychosocial skills that allow them to engage in a calmer, more balanced, and therefore more sustainable way, while avoiding and preventing burn-out. At the scale of associations and their networks The project drives a change in collective practices within our governance structures in student and youth organizations. By adopting diagnostic tools and resources to support them on these issues, associations become capable of detecting signals of activist exhaustion among their volunteers at all levels. In doing so, they safeguard their core teams and stabilize their workforces over the long term. At the scale of the youth sector and society By widely disseminating the resources created and highlighting the protective role that associations can play, this project contributes to a global awareness. It demonstrates that youth mental health and well-being are not adjustable variables, but rather the sine qua non conditions for active, resilient citizenship and a living democracy.