From the perspective of youth work practice, this project aims to fundamentally enhance how we engage with young people on critical social issues by moving beyond traditional, top-down approaches. Our goal is to implement an emancipatory, participant-led methodology that empowers both youth workers and the young people they serve. The primary objective is to equip youth workers with an advanced, participatory methodology. We will provide 14 youth workers from seven countries with practical, hands-on competence in Forum Theatre—from theory and scene development to facilitation and post-performance debriefing. This will arm them with a flexible, non-formal education tool that can be directly applied in their local contexts to address specific forms of oppression, discrimination, and the root causes of radicalization. Furthermore, we aim to create a sustainable, cross-European cohort of trained facilitators who can support each other, share best practices, and innovate within the methodology, thereby strengthening the professional network of youth workers employing this approach. The secondary objective focuses on enhancing the quality and impact of direct youth work. We will use Forum Theatre to create secure, interactive environments where young people, especially those from marginalized groups, can safely explore, name, and challenge the oppression they face. The core "spect-actor" model is designed to develop empathy and perspective-taking, breaking down barriers by allowing participants to step into each other's roles to foster mutual understanding and reduce prejudice. A key aim is to promote youth agency and empowerment, shifting young people from being passive recipients of messages to becoming active agents who experiment with solutions and practice behavioral change in a laboratory setting. This directly builds self-confidence, critical thinking, and the conviction that they can effect change. Ultimately, this work addresses the root causes of radicalization by tackling the feelings of neglect, exclusion, and marginalization identified by research, giving a platform to these experiences and collectively seeking alternatives to violent or extremist responses. The tertiary objective is to strengthen the role of arts-based methods in the youth work sector. We seek to validate art as a powerful tool for social change by demonstrating how participatory theatre, grounded in social constructivism, can achieve superior outcomes for complex social topics compared to traditional methods. The project is designed to mainstream this alternative approach by providing a proven, documented model that other youth organizations can adopt. Finally, we aim to contribute to evidence-based practice in youth work by documenting our process and outcomes, thereby adding to the professional evidence base that supports the effectiveness of drama-based strategies for up-skilling young people from diverse backgrounds and providing genuine development and empowerment opportunities.