Youth Courage Final Conference: Mental Wellbeing of Young People in the Aftermath of COVID-19

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Youth Courage project has been a KA2 project funded by Erasmus+ and targets marginalised young people who have lost access to key support systems due to the Covid-19 pandemic and seek to reconnect by focusing on the mental well-being of young people in Europe. The project aims to support and reintegrate these young people, while providing youth work professionals with appropriate tools. The project offers modern, future-proof ways to (re)connect with marginalised young people who have lost contact with their support system in times of crisis. It empowers adolescents and marginalised young people to become active citizens, to take responsibility for their own physical and mental health and aims to promote their personal development through solidarity and civic participation. It provides innovative survey tools to capture the current situation of marginalised youth and their caregivers in transnational reports to further strengthen the link with policymakers and research centres across Europe.

On 15 May 2024, the project will host the final conference, running till lunchtime, where the policy paper will be presented to the public and with stakeholders. The website of the project shares further details. In this final conference, project partners will share the lessons learned throughout the project, and representatives of diverse stakeholders will be invited to draw attention to the mental wellbeing of young people from different perspectives, with the main focus on the effect of the Covid-19 on marginalised young people. A specific anxiety will be given to climate anxiety which is an emerging issue as well recognised among young people in Europe.