〖 Join the Conversation | Focus Groups - The Collective Act 〗

What does it mean to care for others while also caring for yourself?

Are you a youth worker, teacher, facilitator, mentor, NGO worker, psychologist, social scientist, trainer, community organizer, or someone working closely with young people and communities?

Do you navigate emotional labour, burnout, uncertainty, group dynamics, conflicts, inclusion, support, or community care in your work?

Do you wish there were more spaces for reflection, emotional support, sustainable practices, and collective care within youth and community work?

Then we invite you to join one of our focus groups within The Collective Act project. 🦋

📅 08.07 - 18:15

📍Online

📅 09.07 - 18:15
📍LGBT House, Riga
📝 Want to participate? Fill in the application form here or in the link in bio: https://forms.gle/tifXZtwpqW1NDru77

📩 Places are limited, so make sure to reserve your spot early!

Together, we will explore the realities, needs, challenges, and support practices of people working in youth, educational, and community settings. The insights gathered will contribute to the creation of a reflective journal and support tools focused on:
🌿 mental wellbeing
🌿 reflective practice
🌿 emotional support
🌿 sustainable care
🌿 community empowerment
🌿 peer support and resilience

👉 We especially welcome people interested in creating inclusive, accessible, safer, and braver spaces for all bodies, identities, and experiences, and we strongly encourage participation from people with diverse professional backgrounds, lived experiences, and identities, especially those from underrepresented or marginalised communities.

💬 During the focus groups we will:

• Reflect on the emotional and practical realities of care and youth work
• Discuss wellbeing, burnout, boundaries, and support systems
• Explore what tools and practices actually help us sustain ourselves and our communities
• Share experiences, challenges, and hopes for more caring, intersectional and sustainable spaces
• Co-create ideas for a reflective journal designed for youth and community workers

Sounds interesting? Join us!

🦋 What is the Collective Act?

The Collective Act is a long-term, care-centered Erasmus+ KA2 project that brings together youth workers, young people, and communities to explore mental health, emotional regulation, and peer support through non-formal education. Together with our partners, we create safer and braver spaces to connect with ourselves, each other, and the outdoors, using art, movement, dialogue, and shared experiences.

The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ programme, which is administered in Latvia by @jspa_latvia . It is a small-scale partnership programme, coming out of the collaboration between Active Rainbow and Peemoti Keskus / @peemotikeskus 🇪🇪.