With “Into the Wild” we aim to demonstrate how youth work can respond to two urgent challenges facing young people across Europe today: mental wellbeing and sustainability. The project is not designed as an abstract discussion but as a practical youth work initiative that provides concrete tools, experiences and methods which participants and organisations can carry into their everyday practice. This project is submitted for the second time, following a first evaluation in which it received a strong score of 85 points. The feedback from the National Agency confirmed the overall relevance and quality of the concept, while also highlighting areas for further development. In particular, we were encouraged to better articulate our motivation for involving young people with fewer opportunities, to further relax the programme structure, and to reduce the burden of digital dissemination tasks placed on participants during the youth exchange. We have carefully integrated all these recommendations into the current application, while keeping the same committment, moreover, this feedback has further strengthened our belief in the relevance and necessity of the project. A first objective is to strengthen young people’s mental resilience and wellbeing, with special attention to those facing fewer opportunities, such as social, economic or mental health challenges. Youth work can play a vital role here by offering safe, supportive spaces where young people can reflect, share, and reconnect with themselves. Through outdoor activities, group reflections, journaling and buddy talks, participants experience non-formal tools that help them manage stress, develop self-awareness, and support each other. The programme has been designed with sufficient flexibility, allowing young people to engage at their own pace and according to their personal needs. These methods are simple and replicable, meaning that youth workers and young people can integrate them into their local youth clubs, schools or informal peer groups after the project. A second objective is to raise ecological awareness and turn sustainability into a lived practice. Rather than focusing only on theory, the project integrates sustainability into daily life: from hiking in nature and discussing biodiversity, to eating more plant-based meals, reusing materials and separating waste. In this way, sustainability is not presented as a distant goal, but as a set of concrete behaviours that young people can adopt at home. For youth work practice, this provides a strong example of how small, practical eco-actions can be mainstreamed into any activity with young people. A third objective is to strengthen intercultural dialogue and solidarity. By living and learning together in a multicultural group, participants experience first-hand what inclusion, empathy and respect mean in practice. They learn to communicate across cultural differences, to prevent exclusion and to build positive group dynamics. This is central to the mission of youth work in Europe, which is to provide inclusive environments where young people can discover their identity while learning to respect diversity. Finally, the project aims to improve the competences of the youth workers and organisations involved. By exchanging methods on mental health support, outdoor education and sustainability, the partners strengthen their professional capacity and enrich their toolbox of non-formal methods. Digital dissemination activities are planned in a realistic and supportive way, ensuring that they do not create additional pressure during the exchange itself, while still allowing the results and learning outcomes of the project to be shared after its completion. This contributes not only to the partners’ local work but also to the wider European youth sector, where innovative and practical approaches are needed to keep youth work relevant and impactful. We are hoping that after the project the youngsters who took part in the activities will feel more confident when they face stressful situations in their lives, and we are convinced that the experience will help them become more open, resilient and engaged. At the same time, the exchange aims to strengthen their sense of belonging to Europe, in line with the objectives of the European Youth Strategy.