The project WellPower: Combating Burnout in Youth Work was designed to support youth workers in managing stress and preventing burnout through non-formal education, self-care strategies, and peer learning. Youth workers often face emotionally demanding and mentally exhausting situations that can negatively affect their mental health. Over time, such continuous stress can lead to burnout, making it difficult to stay organised, regulate emotions, and manage complex situations effectively. This not only impacts their personal well-being but also reduces the quality of support they can provide to young people. Burnout can result in serious emotional and physical health issues such as anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue, which directly influence their ability to perform their professional roles with empathy and resilience. The project was implemented to help prevent burnout and to ensure that youth workers remain healthy, motivated, and effective in their work. The issue is widespread - according to the article Adm Policy Ment Health (2012, 39(5):341–352), between 21% and 67% of professionals providing psycho-emotional support, including youth workers, experience high levels of burnout. The WellPower project was based on research emphasising the importance of addressing burnout and promoting mental health among youth workers. Studies such as Psychosocial Work Factors Affecting Mental Health of Young Workers (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2023), ‘You Don’t Get Ditched’—Young People’s Mental Health and Youth Work (Youth, 2023), and Understanding Youth Worker Job Stress (Journal of Youth Development, 2020) underlined how psychological strain and insufficient coping mechanisms can seriously undermine both personal well-being and service quality. Inspired by these findings, the project team developed a practical, solution-oriented training course that equipped youth workers with effective tools and methodologies to prevent and combat burnout. WellPower: Combating Burnout in Youth Work aimed to empower youth workers with strategies for self-care and resilience while encouraging an international exchange of experiences and best practices. Through the training sessions, participants learned how to manage stress, identify early signs of burnout, and apply non-formal education techniques to maintain long-term mental health and professional balance. The main aim of the WellPower project was to promote the use of non-formal education as an effective approach to preventing burnout and strengthening mental well-being among youth workers. By engaging participants in experiential learning, the project increased awareness, provided practical self-care strategies, and fostered supportive professional networks that continued beyond the duration of the project. During the implementation of the project WellPower: Combating Burnout in Youth Work, we successfully reached the main objectives that had been set at the beginning of the initiative. Raise Awareness: We helped youth workers recognise the early signs of burnout and understand its effects on both their personal and professional lives. Through interactive workshops, discussions, and reflection activities, participants gained deeper insight into how stress manifests in their daily work and how it influences their motivation, communication, and relationships with young people. This awareness proved essential for promoting early intervention and encouraging self-reflection among youth workers. Provide Tools: We provided participants with practical and effective strategies for stress management and self-care, based on five non-formal education methods - integrative, creative, intercultural learning, open-space, and study visit methodologies. These tools were applied during the training sessions, allowing participants to experience them in practice and adapt them to their own professional contexts. As a result, youth workers developed personal self-care routines and learned how to integrate non-formal techniques into their daily work with young people. Build Community: We successfully established a sustainable network of youth workers and partner organisations to maintain cooperation beyond the duration of the project. This was achieved through the creation of dedicated online platforms, including a WhatsApp group (https://chat.whatsapp.com/G7XN7yWgbcHExfMSavEZvc), where participants could share experiences, resources, and opportunities for future collaboration. This communication channel remained active after the project ended and continued to serve as a space for mutual support, exchange of good practices, and further professional development.