We want to implement the Active Neighbourhoods project because, in everyday youth work practice, we repeatedly observe the same problem: local spaces that should serve young people sports fields, youth clubs, small public squares, and activity zones often remain underused, while youth workers lack sufficient tools and support to turn them into safe, inclusive spaces for non-formal learning and genuine participation. As a result, young people, especially from small towns and peripheral areas engage less in social life and consultations or invitations to dialogue are often perceived as merely symbolic. The aim of the project is to concretely strengthen the competences of youth workers in four areas that directly translate into daily practice: 1. animating and revitalising neighbourhood spaces, 2. facilitating young people’s co-decision processes (consultations, micro-participatory solutions, cooperation with local institutions), 3. inclusive work with young people with fewer opportunities and in culturally and socially diverse communities, 4. designing and testing neighbourhood micro-interventions using non-formal education methods. Participants will learn to apply tools such as photovoice, critical walks, neighbourhood labs, and design thinking for communities as methods that lead to real change in the local environment. We implement the project in partnership because each context contributes a different, essential element: the Czech partner develops the creative component, culture and art as engagement tools, the Greek partner brings experience in inclusive and intercultural work under conditions of social tension, the Lithuanian partner strengthens the green neighbourhood approach, with micro-eco actions as a mechanism for community-building and agency and we, LUMARO, ensure methodological coherence, Erasmus+ quality standards, and strong grounding in sport and neighbourhood community work. The project’s outcome will not be a general inspiration, but an implementation-oriented change in practice. Each participant will deliver a local follow-up activity after the mobility a pilot of a method in their own community, and together we will develop the Active Neighbourhoods Toolkit- a set of scenarios, checklists, cooperation models and case studies from four countries. Thanks to this, partner organisations will strengthen the quality of their work, expand their local offer, and will be able to repeatedly engage young people, especially those who most often fall outside the reach of institutions and NGOs. At the European level, the need for Active Neighbourhoods is well documented - the EU Youth Report 2024 highlights that despite declared willingness to engage, many young people face barriers to having real influence and need forms of participation that are close to everyday community life. The Review of the 9 cycles of the EU Youth Dialogue 2010-2022 clearly indicates that young people remain engaged over time when consultations lead to tangible decisions and change, rather than staying symbolic. That is why Active Neighbourhoods focuses on what is measurable and implementable: we move participation from declarations to neighbourhood practice, and we embed youth workers’ competence development in the Erasmus+ logic, which emphasises inclusion and diversity and the quality of non-formal learning, so that mobility translates into lasting actions after return, rather than ending at the training stage.