The Routes to Resilience: Mental Health and Inclusion through DiscoverEU project aims to strengthen the capacity of youth workers to respond effectively to the growing mental health challenges faced by young people and to promote more inclusive youth work practices. By equipping professionals with new tools, innovative methods, and cross-border cooperation opportunities, the project will contribute to creating supportive environments where all young people—especially those with fewer opportunities—can thrive. The need for such a project is urgent. Across Europe, young people are reporting rising levels of stress, anxiety, and social isolation. These challenges are particularly acute among those who face economic hardship, discrimination, disability, or other forms of exclusion. Youth workers are often the first line of support, yet they may lack the resources, training, or methodologies to adequately address these needs. By focusing on mental health and inclusion, this project fills a critical gap in youth work practice, ensuring that support is not only available but also effective, innovative, and empowering. The project has five main objectives. First, it seeks to strengthen mental health awareness in youth work by providing youth workers with knowledge, resources, and strategies to address mental health issues in their daily practice. By encouraging open discussions about mental well-being, the project will help reduce stigma and foster resilience among young people. Second, the project aims to enhance inclusion and diversity in youth work by developing approaches that ensure equal participation for all young people, regardless of their background. Particular attention will be given to supporting those who face discrimination, economic hardship, or social exclusion, as well as ensuring gender balance and cultural diversity in all activities. Third, it focuses on capacity building and professional development by training youth workers in non-formal education methods that foster resilience, emotional intelligence, and active participation. This will also include the use of digital tools and ICT-based learning to better engage young people in both online and offline settings. Fourth, the project encourages innovation in youth work practices by integrating creative approaches such as storytelling, art therapy, mindfulness, and peer learning. Through workshops and exchanges, youth workers will share and adapt best practices to their own local contexts, enriching their professional toolbox. Finally, the project aims to create sustainable networks and partnerships between organisations across Europe. By strengthening transnational cooperation and cross-sectoral collaboration, it will ensure that knowledge-sharing continues well beyond the lifetime of the project. Expected results include increased competence among youth workers in supporting young people facing social and economic challenges, the development of a toolkit of best practices and methodologies, stronger cooperation between partner organisations, and greater visibility of mental health and inclusion in youth work policies and practices. The project also directly supports Erasmus+ horizontal priorities. It promotes social inclusion by focusing on young people with fewer opportunities, sustainability through innovative and responsible practices, digital transformation by integrating digital tools for learning and engagement, and youth participation by empowering young people to take an active role in shaping inclusive communities. Through these activities, the project will make a lasting contribution to youth work by ensuring that professionals are better equipped to promote mental health, inclusion, and resilience among young people. In the long term, it will strengthen Europe’s youth sector by embedding inclusive practices, supporting collaboration, and inspiring further initiatives that place young people’s well-being at the heart of youth work.