Icehearts Europe

ongoing

We propose the Icehearts Europe project with the following overall objective: To improve mental health and well-being for disadvantaged youth in Europe through a pan-European initiative based on the Finnish Icehearts model. Specific objectives, and their related activities, are 1) To build a model and tools for European implementation of Icehearts a. Review and refinement/description of Icehearts Concept b. Development of European Icehearts implementation manual c. Development of Icehearts Mentor online training tool 2) To build capacity in partner and stakeholder organisations to deploy Icehearts a. Development of curriculum and 5-module online learning course for Icehearts implementation b. Deployment of national stakeholder and partner-building workshops c. Study visits to Finnish Icehearts HQ and local implementation sites 3) To pilot implement the developed Icehearts model in 5 European countries a. Situation Analysis and Needs Assessment in each pilot country b. Development of final national implementation plan and partner group c. Training of Icehearts Mentors and recruitment of youth participants d. Pilot activities (social support, sport activities, school assistance, summer camps etc) 4) To enhance European awareness about Icehearts and engage more countries and organisations in deployment and scale-out a. Production and translation of Icehearts online and offline marketing and campaign materials, web site, articles and blog posts b. First European Icehearts conference, establishment of Icehearts Next Adopters Group c. Delivery of the synchronous online learning course for 80 new stakeholders, dedicated capacity-building workshops in 7 additional countries, and 3 study visits to Finnish Icehearts d. Delivery of Final Icehearts event in connection to MOVE Congress 2025 (Icehearts policy debates, expert exchanges, masterclass, peer-learning workshops) The project will run for 36 months, and involves 12 full partners and 14 associate partners.