Boost Your Well-being: Take Action for Mental Health

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This playlist empowers you to explore, support, and take action toward improving mental health and well-being—for yourself and those around you. Through engaging activities, you will learn to recognise your strengths, understand your rights, provide mental health support, and raise awareness about mental health issues in your community. Each activity is designed to be inclusive, supportive, and flexible, ensuring everyone can participate comfortably and meaningfully.
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By completing this playlist, you’ll gain the skills to become a mental health advocate, make positive changes in your community, and promote well-being for yourself and others. You’ll also develop valuable communication, empathy, advocacy, and leadership abilities—all essential in building a healthier, more supportive world.
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Why should you care?Boost self-awareness: Learn to identify and appreciate your strengths, building confidence and resilience.
Know your rights: Understand your mental health rights in education, work, and healthcare and learn how to advocate for yourself and others.
Support others: Gain practical skills in mental health first aid to confidently offer help when someone is struggling.
Promote inclusivity: Learn how to make mental health support accessible and welcoming for people from all backgrounds.
Raise awareness: Lead or contribute to campaigns that spread important mental health messages, helping reduce stigma and promote well-being in your community.
Earn recognition: Receive badges that showcase your skills in self-awareness, advocacy, support, inclusivity, and leadership—giving you a tangible way to demonstrate your commitment to mental health.
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How partners and organisations in Cities of Learning can support you:
Highlight success stories: Share inspiring examples of young people leading mental health initiatives in their communities.
Encourage participation: Use social media and local outreach to motivate more young people to join the activities and promote mental well-being.
Create connections: Help young people connect with local mental health resources, support networks, and other youth initiatives.
Organise events: Partner with local organisations to host wellness workshops, support groups, and awareness campaigns focused on mental health.
Promote ongoing engagement: Use the platform to share the campaign results and encourage continued efforts to promote mental health awareness.
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This playlist is part of the European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning cooperation partnership implemented by four partner organisations:
System&G, lead partner in Greece
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G, Finland
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The EU Erasmus+ programme co-funded this activity.
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Activities to complete

Complete the following activities, earn badges and you will see your playlist progress updated

Your Strengths, Your Superpowers for Mental Health

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This activity helps you explore and appreciate your strengths in a safe and supportive environment. ﻿
Whether through group discussions, personal reflections, or creative expression, this activity encourages you to build confidence by recognising the skills and qualities that make you resilient. You’ll also have the chance to connect with peers, share stories, and learn how understanding your strengths can contribute to your overall well-being.
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First, get inspiredListen to the top teen mental health and wellness podcast to dive deep into teen mental health by engaging with various individuals, including mental health experts, celebrities, athletes, and other teens.
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Watch Brené Brown’s TED Talk on The Power of Vulnerability, which explores how acknowledging strengths and weaknesses builds resilience and confidence.
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Watch English football player Micah Richard's talk about his experiences of how talking is a strength.
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Now, take action!By completing the following activities, you’ll explore your strengths and learn how they contribute to your mental health. This will help you build resilience and confidently face future challenges.
Explore your strengths: Join small, peer-led group sessions where you explore and share your strengths in a supportive, relaxed environment. The smaller group size encourages open conversation and reduces anxiety, helping you feel more comfortable sharing your experiences.
Use personal reflection journal: If you prefer private reflection, complete a guided journaling activity that helps you explore your strengths. You’ll write about moments when you used your strengths to overcome difficulties or reach personal goals. This option is great for those hesitant to share in a group setting.
Everyone is creative. Use Adobe's Creative Types test to find out your strengths in applying creativity to solve everyday challenges. If talking about your strengths feels challenging, this creative test offers a fun way to engage with this process.
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Get your badge.Complete some activities from the list above and apply for a badge (=click the "Get this badge" button below) by sharing your reflection or creative work on how recognising your strengths has contributed to your well-being.
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Who is behind this activity?Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and do something about European Youth Goal #5, Mental Health and Wellbeing. We value your efforts and contributions and, therefore, want to reward you with badge recognition.
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Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project "European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning."
System&G, Greece - the project lead partner
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G Finland
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Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.
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Meantal Health Strength Finder Get this badge

This badge is awarded for completing the Discover Your Strengths activity. By exploring your strengths through personal reflection, group discussions, or creative expression, you have developed a deeper understanding of how your strengths contribute to your mental health and well-being. By recognising the positive qualities that help you navigate challenges, you have shown resilience and self-awareness.
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Skills and experiences gained (aligned with the European LifeComp competences framework):
Self-awareness (connected to LifeComp P1 Self-regulation): You’ve clearly understood your strengths and how they support your emotional well-being. By recognising your capabilities, you’ve boosted your confidence and built resilience in dealing with mental health challenges.
Confidence-building (connected to LifeComp P1 Flexibility) Through self-reflection and creative expression, you’ve learned to adapt to changing situations by focusing on your strengths, helping you stay grounded and confident during tough times.
Resilience (connected to LifeComp P3 Wellbeing): You’ve discovered how to apply your strengths to overcome personal challenges, reinforcing your mental and emotional resilience.
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By completing badge tasks, you have demonstrated your ability to recognise and celebrate your strengths and how they contribute to your well-being. This badge acknowledges your self-awareness, resilience, and confidence growth, preparing you to contribute to the European Youth Goal #5 Mental Health and Wellbeing. Cities of Learning Network partners value badge earner's efforts and contributions and issue this badge after reviewing the provided evidence.

You have to finish 2 tasks to get the badge

Tasks

Task no.1

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Reflect on your strengths:
Task: Participate in small group activities to explore and share your strengths in a safe space.
Evidence: Share the 3-5 strengths you identified and how the group exploration and sharing process has impacted your confidence and well-being.

Task no.2

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Complete a personal reflection journal:
Task: Reflect on your strengths through a guided journaling exercise, focusing on how your strengths help you overcome challenges in your life.
Evidence: Submit an image of your journal entry, explaining 2-3 moments where you applied your strengths and what you learned about yourself.

Task no.3

Evidence verified by: one activity organiser

Everyone is creative:
Task: Complete Creative Types by Adobe test and identify your strengths in being a creative person.
Evidence: Submit a screenshot of the test results and share 2-3 situations where you can apply your creativity to solving life challenges.

Stand for Yourself and Your Mental Health Rights

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Support for All: Building Inclusive Mental Health Spaces

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Mental Health First Aid for Everyone

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Mental Health and Wellbeing Awareness Campaign

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Completed playlist: 0

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Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Badgecraft hosts this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@badgecraft.eu.