At Vision Tree, we are proud to partner in an initiative that is committed to enhancing the lives of young parents and youth workers, particularly those working with children with disabilities or special educational needs (SEN). This project is designed to foster social integration, resilience, well-being, and empowerment through a series of targeted objectives and activities.

Through our collaborative efforts, we aim to achieve the following:

• Empowerment and Integration: Enhance the social integration, resilience, well-being, and empowerment of young parents and youth workers.
• Capacity Building: Boost the knowledge, skills, and intervention capacity of youth workers and support staff, ensuring they are well-equipped to make a difference.
• Awareness and Self-Care: Increase awareness among young parents and youth workers of mindfulness and relaxation techniques, promoting self-care and preventing burnout. This includes sharing efficient practices and success stories to improve physical and mental well-being.

To realize these objectives, our project encompasses several key activities:
Development and local pilot implementation of the "Acceptance and Commitment" Support Group Guidelines, aimed at providing structured support.

• Creation and evaluation of a comprehensive "Mindfulness and Relaxation Self-Care Toolkit" for burnout prevention.
• Compilation of "Resilience and Wellbeing Best Practices and Success Stories" to inspire and guide participants.
• Organization of five dissemination seminars to spread knowledge and engage the community.

The impact of our collaboration is significant and far-reaching:

• Creation and implementation of ACT Support Group Guidelines, specifically designed for support groups catering to young parents.
• Launch of a mindfulness and relaxation self-care toolkit aimed at preventing burnout.
• Sharing of resilience and well-being best practices and success stories.
• Training of 24 facilitators, directly involving 105 parents in support group sessions, and engaging 415 individuals in dissemination events. Overall, approximately 10,000 individuals have been informed about the project results.
• Enhanced knowledge and skills among youth workers and young parents, fostering better social inclusion and support.