Young people’s health, mental health and psychological well-being have gained importance in the youth sector and policy discussions since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Youth Partnership has explored this topic since 2020, in relation to the pandemic, publishing papers on the effects of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health and wellbeing in 2021 and 2022, Coyote Magazine #32: Well-being?!, illustrations and podcast. It has also organised a Symposium Navigating Transitions: adapting policy to young people’s changing realities in 2022, where mental health and well-being were addressed as one of the topics related to youth transitions.

In 2024-2025, the Youth Partnership will conduct research on young people’s mental health and well-being, aimed at analysing available support systems at different levels, providing guidance for policy and practice and further exploring the different triggers that aggravate young people’s mental health and well-being (socioeconomic, climate, conflict, digitalisation, working conditions, etc.). A new T-kit on the well-being and mental health of young people is also being developed.