MINDYI – Mental Health Training in YI: open call for trainers and YIW
2025
MINDYI – Mental Health Training in YI: open call for trainers and YIW
Are you passionate about promoting mental health and well-being of young people? Are you working to ensure that youth have access to reliable, accessible and youth-friendly information on available mental health services and support?
Partners in the project ‘’Do you mind?“ are pleased to invite experienced ERYICA Trainers and Youth Information Workers (YIWs) to take part in ToT dedicated to strengthening youth information provision and mental health support.
Focus of the Training:
Strengthening mental health literacy among youth through quality information services
Enhancing the capacity of youth workers and YIWs to provide, refer and promote existing mental health services and programs
Developing and sharing best practices in addressing mental health in youth information work
Promoting safe, non-judgmental spaces for young people seeking support or guidance
Training Details:
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Dates: 28 September – 4 October 2025 (including travel days)
Working language: English
Costs covered: travel, accommodation, and meals (more details will be shared with the selected participants)
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ERYICA Trainers
Certified ERYICA Trainers, preferably with:
Experience in delivering Yintro or similar courses
Knowledge of youth mental health topics and youth participation
Familiarity with information outreach strategies, tools and networks
Youth Information Workers (YIWs)
Active in youth information centres or youth work services
Experienced in:
Providing information on mental health services to young people
Collaborating with mental health providers, institutions or campaigns
Navigating and promoting national or local support systems for youth
Motivated to share good practices and co-develop approaches with peers from across Europe
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Please submit the following at this Google Form by 18 July 2025:
Short motivation (max. 1500 characters) outlining your experience in YIW and mental health-related work
A paragraph responding to the following questions:
What's your experience in youth info work?
How are you related to mental health in youth info work?
What is your motivation to participate in this training?
How will you use the training knowledge in your daily work related to mental health in youth info work?
For trainers: A copy of your ERYICA Trainers certificate
Any relevant description or examples of your work (max. 5000 characters)
Why Participate?
Strengthening your skills and knowledge in mental health-related youth information provision
Exchange of experiences and tools with other professionals from across Europe
Contribute to testing and further development of high-quality, youth-centred training programs (both off and online) that will be certified by ERYICA
Questions?
Contact osijek@proni.hr
We are looking forward to your application and working together to improve Youth Information support towards young people's mental health needs across Europe.
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Do you mind? is dedicated to equipping Youth Info workers with tools and trainings for enhanced Mental Health support, elevating the recognition of youth workers' role in addressing Mental Health issues among youth, and fostering active citizenship through engaging youth in awareness-raising campaigns and peer support.
The project will lead to the development of:
a booklet of Mental Health best practices across Europe in Youth Information
a training for youth professionals on how to assist young people with mental health issues that will be accessible on eLearning and face-to-face
an art exhibition on mental health by young activists and artists, online and face-to-face
a peer-to-peer Mental Health awareness raising campaign
an internal conference to share the outcomes of the project
It is an Erasmus+ project coordinated by Proni Centar (HR), in partnership with IASIS (GR), IMPRESS (HR), CINAZ (HR), ZCIM (HR), FNT (RO), Poraka Nova (MK), ERYICA (EU).
