Online resilience platform
The partnership set out to publish an online platform offering art- and mindfulness-based tools for youth workers.
Completed · KA210
Empower Canvas
About this exchange
Empower Canvas (EmpowerCanvas: Cultivating Resilience in At-Risk Youth through Art and Mindfulness) was an Erasmus+ KA210 small-scale partnership (project number 2023-3-PT02-KA210-YOU-000176401) coordinated by ARTE M Associação Cultural e Artística na Madeira. Highlights e.V. participated as a partner.
The project aimed to build a supportive framework for at-risk youth facing socio-economic and cultural challenges. Planned and delivered outputs described publicly include an online platform for youth workers, the Journey to Resilience board game combining art and mindfulness, participatory visits (including Madeira, January 2025), youth worker workshops (three workshops aimed at training 45 youth workers and educators), and a local pilot workshop in Erlangen (11 July 2025, 16 participants). Selected durable third-party references are linked under Project Resources; thin newsletter posts were merged rather than republished as separate pages.
Legacy placeholder testimonials were not migrated. Where the old page used “aims” and “expected outcomes” language, this entry keeps application-style framing rather than treating every target as a verified delivery result.
OBJECTIVES
What we set out to achieve
- Foster engagement among at-risk youth through mindful art activities and mindfulness resources
- Collaborate with youth centres and community organisations to host participatory visits and workshops
- Create a resilience-building board game that integrates art and mindfulness practices
- Develop an online platform with tools for youth workers supporting at-risk young people
- Organise participatory visits in Portugal to exchange insights and strengthen engagement
- Train youth workers to use the platform and board game effectively through three workshops
ACTIVITIES
Planned activities
Online platform development
Partners designed a user-friendly online framework (ARTMIND) to help youth workers foster resilience through art and mindfulness.
Journey to Resilience board game
Partners developed Journey to Resilience, a board game for at-risk youth that combines art, mindfulness, and teamwork to support self-expression, problem-solving, and emotional regulation in workshops, schools, and youth centres.
Kick-off and participatory visit
The partnership kicked off in July 2024 and held a participatory visit in Madeira in January 2025 for peer review and tool development exchange (legacy newsletters also reference a related ARTMIND participatory visit page on theartmind.eu).
Youth worker workshops
Three workshops were planned to train youth workers and educators on using the platform and board game in support programmes.
Pilot workshop in Erlangen
On 11 July 2025, Highlights hosted a local pilot in Erlangen’s open gardens with 16 participants, combining a shared picnic with the Resilience Board Game and prompts on experiences and emotions.
KEY RESULTS
What we aimed for
Journey to Resilience board game
A multilingual board-game resource was designed to help facilitate meaningful discussions and activities during in-person sessions with at-risk youth.
- 10
participants in the Portugal visit
The legacy project page describes a two-day participatory visit in Portugal with 10 participants.
- 16
participants in the Erlangen pilot
A local pilot workshop in Erlangen (11 July 2025) brought together 16 participants for resilience practice with the board game.
- 45
youth workers targeted in workshop training
Three workshops were planned to train 45 youth workers and educators on using the platform and board game.
Pilot programme
A pilot phase tested and refined the platform and board game with at-risk youth, including the Erlangen workshop described above.
PROJECT RESOURCES
Resources & outputs
Platform Online resilience platform
User-facing ARTMIND-style framework planned to help youth workers foster resilience through art and mindfulness. No durable public platform URL was published on the legacy page at enrichment time.
Resource Journey to Resilience board game
Interactive board-game resource combining art and mindfulness practices for in-person sessions with at-risk youth. Useful facts from the legacy product post are preserved in Activities and Key Results.
- Resource
Participatory visit (ARTE M)
External partner page describing Empower Canvas participatory visit activity.
Photo gallery
Delivered with
- ARTE M Associação Cultural e Artística na Madeira — Portugal
