We founded EraYouth because each of us has watched, for years, the steady disconnect of young people from nature—with visible effects on wellbeing, attention and care for place. Our long-term mission is to reverse that trend by making short, movement-rich outdoor experiences a normal, weekly part of youth work. In our earlier solidarity projects, follow-up questionnaires showed >95% of participants strengthened their relationship with nature. Our recent needs survey among youth workers confirmed the urgency: 96.6% rate nature-connection as important/very important, 82.8% lack tools, and 65.5% cite lack of training as the main barrier. Therefore, we chose a training course (train-the-trainer) rather than a youth exchange: training ~25 practitioners multiplies impact to hundreds of young people through their regular programmes. What we want to achieve Objective 1 — Practical adoption. Enable youth workers to use nature as a weekly tool in schools, clubs and community settings. Graduates leave with ready-to-run, low-prep micro-activities (15–30 min) for yards/parks/short outings and a simple debrief that converts experience into values and habits. Target: ≥80% implement ≥2 nature-connection sessions within 90 days; ≥85% show a ≥1-point rise (1–5) in outdoor facilitation self-efficacy by course end. Objective 2 — Quality & safety outdoors. Install transferable routines: basic risk assessment, clear group rules, informed consent & media ethics, and weather/terrain judgement. Target: peer observations average ≥4/5 on safety, clarity, inclusion and timing during micro-teaching; every published method includes Go/No-Go guidance and risk notes. Objective 3 — Inclusion by design. Ensure every method has language-light guidance, mobility-friendly options and no/low-cost variants, so youth with fewer opportunities are not left out. Target: 100% of methods in our Compendium carry explicit inclusion notes and urban/rural adaptations. Objective 4 — Visible transfer to real groups. During the mobility, participants lead rotating stations with children and families from the Jeseník area (incl. Children’s Home Černá Voda) and collect quick youth feedback. After the course, each delivers a 60–90 min internal taster for colleagues and co-runs a regional show-and-share so methods spread inside and beyond their organisation. Target: ≥1 show-and-share per partner region within 60 days. Objective 5 — Open, reusable resources. Co-create a Starter Pack (8 tested activities) and a crowdsourced Bring-1-Share-1 Compendium (standardised one-pagers with aims, steps, debrief, safety, inclusion, materials), all CC BY and translated within 30 days into partner languages. Target: repository live with translations; ≥80% of participants publish a one-page case study after their three activities. Objective 6 — Scaled community uptake. Launch “Month in Nature”: four weekly micro-activities run by participants at local schools/children’s homes. Target: ≥4 institutions engaged per partner within 3 months; conservative youth reach ≥200 in six months Why this approach fits youth work Multiplier logic: a youth exchange would help ~25 individuals; a practitioner training helps hundreds through their weekly contact hours. Practice-first design: 70% of the course is hands-on outdoors (peer micro-teaching, field labs), not lectures—so adoption is immediate. Low-prep/low-cost: methods fit real constraints (short slots, limited budgets, mixed abilities). Recognition: learning is documented via Youthpass, supporting personal development and organisational recognition. How we will know we achieved it Pre/post measurement (same 1–5 items as the needs survey), peer rubrics, and short youth feedback during the community practicum. Follow-up evidence: three implemented sessions per participant (with consented photos/notes), internal taster delivered, case study uploaded; regional show-and-share attendance and institutions engaged in Month in Nature. Adoption KPIs (6 months): ≥600 youths reached (or ≥250 unique), repository downloads and language versions live. Our longer-term trajectory We plan annual training courses (same core, rotating modules such as urban nature, water & health, winter outdoors), seasonal challenges that keep groups outside regularly, and an alumni network that updates the Starter Pack/Compendium from practice. Strategically, we aim to scale into a cooperation partnership (KA2) to co-develop and test a recognised European micro-curriculum for nature-connection in youth work—linking practice, outcome measurement (wellbeing, motivation, habit formation) and broader institutional pilots. We aim to install a durable, inclusive, safe and low-cost practice in youth work—competent adults leading short, meaningful outdoor experiences week after week, open resources others can copy, and a growing network that sustains the change.