We want youth workers to confidently deliver safe, inclusive and eco-responsible outdoor learning that improves young people’s wellbeing, participation and skills. From the perspective of everyday youth work, our project turns outdoor education from an occasional “nice extra” into a reliable method that teams can plan, risk-assess, deliver and recognise. What we aim to achieve -Stronger day-to-day practice. Youth workers will be able to run short hikes and micro-expeditions as part of regular programmes—using clear roles for young people, simple planning tools, and routines that keep everyone safe and engaged. -Better inclusion. Outdoor sessions will be adapted for young people with fewer opportunities (economic, rural/remote, migrant, disability, discrimination-linked), so participation is possible regardless of background or gear. -Healthier groups. Staff will use practical wellbeing tools—stress-mapping, brief mindfulness, and peer-support check-ins—to reduce anxiety, build trust and handle group dynamics. -Greener everyday choices. Teams will plan food, water and fuel efficiently, minimise waste and follow Leave-No-Trace rules, modelling environmental care to young people. -Recognised learning. Competences will be made visible through Youthpass and simple evidence (route cards, risk plans, eco-audits, adapted-activity sheets), so learning is valued by organisations and funders. -Lasting cooperation. Partners will share open resources and mentor each other so the methods spread across NGO, municipal and CSR/VET settings. Objectives (youth work practice focus) -Safety & leadership: Train youth workers to plan and lead 1- to 3-day outdoor activities, including route cards, dynamic risk assessment, safeguarding overlays, emergency communication and basic first aid. -Navigation & logistics: Build practical skills in map/compass use, timing and relocation, camp craft, water and fuel planning, and low-cost kit management (including loan-pool systems). -Inclusive facilitation: Equip staff to remove barriers in the field—adjusting pace and roles (e.g., navigator-scribe, eco-auditor), offering privacy-respecting arrangements, and using plain-language/visual instructions. -Mental health in practice: Integrate short, repeatable wellbeing routines into sessions (PAIR peer-support, 3–5 minute grounding, de-stress walks) and know when and how to signpost. -Eco-responsibility: Apply a simple eco-protocol in every outing (waste-back, grey-water rules, wildlife distance, efficient cooking) and engage young people through daily eco-audits. -Non-formal learning quality: Use the experiential learning cycle—experience, reflect, conceptualise, apply—plus daily debriefs and logbooks to turn activities into competence growth. -Recognition & transfer: Complete Youthpass for all staff involved, and adopt at least one standard operating procedure (route/risk template, Emergency Tree, eco-protocol or reflection logbook) in each organisation. -Organisational uptake: Deliver an internal workshop in every partner organisation and run at least one youth-facing outdoor session using the new SOPs, so practice changes beyond the course. -European cooperation & openness: Publish an Inclusive Methods Toolkit and an Eco-Expedition Guide under open licence, and keep a light Community of Practice to support replication and new project ideas. After this project, youth workers will have the skills, tools and confidence to run outdoor learning safely and inclusively every month, recognise young people’s and their own learning, and do it in a way that respects people and the environment.