GROW
GOALS, RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, WONDERS
About the project
G.R.O.W. – GOALS, RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES AND WONDERS
is an international project designed to enhance youth camps and strengthen non-formal education across Europe. Funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme and coordinated by Roter Baum Berlin (Germany), the project was developed in close partnership with Curba de Cultura (Romania), Strauss APS (Italy), and Društvo Lojtra (Slovenia).
The GROW Toolkit, developed through extensive research and direct feedback from youth work professionals, provides practical methods and flexible strategies. It empowers camp leaders, volunteers, and youth workers to organize inclusive, safe, engaging, and enriching camp experiences.
PROJECT GOALS
The GROW Toolkit specifically aims to provide practical resources, accessible and adaptable tools to help youth workers confidently plan and conduct high-quality youth camps. Additionally, it enhances group management skills by equipping camp leaders and volunteers with techniques for effectively managing diverse groups, ensuring inclusivity, safety, and engagement. Finally, the toolkit supports the creation of meaningful activities, structured yet flexible to encourage learning, personal growth, and meaningful connections.
Project Results
Mapping the Needs for Youth Camps
A comprehensive multilingual report based on a needs analysis conducted with youth participants, camp staff, and organizational leaders from five European countries, identifying key factors for safe, inclusive, and impactful youth camps.
Best Practices Handbook
An insightful compilation of effective practices and successful experiences from partner organizations, offering valuable insights and guidance for youth camp management.
Pilot Actions and Toolkit Development
Practical pilot actions carried out in Italy and Germany involving 100 young camp leaders and volunteers, used to test and refine the toolkit, ensuring its effectiveness and applicability.
Pilot Actions Report
Multilingual GROW Toolkit
The main outcome of the project, a multilingual resource providing innovative tools and strategies designed specifically for camp leaders, volunteers, and youth workers, ensuring accessible, inclusive, and engaging activities for diverse youth groups.
Here you can explore all the materials developed throughout our journey. The GROW project has given life to a rich set of resources—designed for youth workers, volunteers, and camp leaders—built on real experiences and research.
You’ll find key tools like the Needs Analysis Report, the Best Practices Handbook, and the multilingual GROW Toolkit, each offering practical guidance to make youth camps more inclusive, safe, and impactful.
Alongside these, we’ve included Checklists and Handouts—ready-to-use tools to support you before, during, and after your camp. Everything you need, all in one place.
GROW Toolkit
The core outcome of the project: a multilingual practical guide containing tested methods, strategies, and activities to organize safe, inclusive, and enriching youth camp experiences.
EN – DE – RO – SLO – ITA
Checklists & Handouts
Quick-reference tools and ready-to-use resources, handouts and checklists designed to help plan, conduct, and evaluate youth activities, ensuring safety, inclusivity, and active engagement.
EN – DE – RO – SLO – ITA
Project Partners
Partners
The partners in this project are: Roter Baum (Berlin, Germany), Curba de Cultura (Izvoarele, Romania), Strauss APS (Mussomeli, Italy), Društvo Lojtra (Litija, Slovenia).
Donator
The project “GROW – Goals, Resources, Opportunities, Wonders. A methodological toolkit to enhance the expertise of youth workers and youth camp leaders” is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Jugend für Europa – Nationale Agentur. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Project nr. 2023-1-DE04-KA220-YOU-000160243
Contacts
„Roter Baum Berlin“ UG – Stendaler Straße 43, 12627 Berlin.
030 99281840 – info@roter-baum-berlin.de
