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LINKS – call for service providers: Pilot Action on Young Workers’ Wellbeing

We are looking for organizations, NGOs, associations, and third sector entities working on digital corporate welfare, young workers’ protagonism and wellbeing, and career coaching.

As part of the European project APOLLO, LINKS Foundation will implement a pilot action focused on early-career workers – a group often overlooked in public debates on mental health and welfare. Young people at the beginning of their professional path frequently face uncertainty, precariousness, and stress linked to transitions from education to work, especially in an increasingly fast-paced and competitive world. These challenges impact not only individual wellbeing, but also long-term engagement in the workforce and civic life.

The pilot will implement participatory methodology, to foster online and in person peer-to-peer exchanges, and co-design digital formats, aimed at exploring everyday experiences of stress and resilience, and at promoting inclusive, community-based approaches to mental health. We are seeking providers with experience in youth work, coaching, welfare innovation or participatory facilitation, and digital welfare services who can contribute to the design and delivery of the activities. The selected provider will support the LINKS team in tailoring tools, running sessions, and evaluating the outcomes. If your organization is committed to youth empowerment and interested in testing innovative ways to foster wellbeing at work, we would love to hear from you.

LINKS – pilot action description

The LINKS foundation pilot action will focus digital welfare services in relation to young/early career workers. This category is too often underestimated when it comes to discussion related to wellbeing and welfare. Indeed, early career workers may face uncertainty, precariousness and difficulties during the transition phase between education and work. Pivotal periods of change, such the formal entry into adulthood, may be the cause of increased levels of stress, and anxiety – in a world constantly changing and day-by-day more competitive. For this reason, the pilot will implement digital and in person tools to explore the connection between work-related transitions and mental health. Activities will have a participatory approach and will concretely contribute to raise awareness on the wellbeing of this category, involving both young workers and/or late career students and relevant institutions (enterprise, universities). Finally, the aim is to promote inclusive, community-based wellbeing practices and to raise awareness among employers and policymakers on the specific needs of this often-overlooked group.