WIND
Wellbeing for Inclusive Education & Digital Transformation
Strengthening the wellbeing of the people who hold inclusive education so it can ripple into classrooms and communities
Inclusive education asks a lot from the people delivering it.
Social innovators and educators working with vulnerable groups often carry high emotional load, limited resources and constant complexity. When the people leading inclusion are depleted, then everyone pays the price: less capacity to respond with care, higher burnout, and fewer conditions for learners to thrive.
WIND is built on a simple systems insight:
Social innovators’ wellbeing → educators’ wellbeing → students’ wellbeing.
When the people designing and leading inclusive education are regulated, supported and connected, they can create safer learning environments, strengthen teacher resilience, and contribute to better outcomes for youth. This is the cascading effect we’re aiming for!
Our core focus areas
Science of wellbeing:
Evidence-based insights into sustaining individual and collective wellbeing.
Wellbeing practices:
Practical rituals and habits that promote personal and systemic transformation.
Collective healing:
Strategies for addressing trauma and fostering resilience.
The Arts:
Exploring creative expression as a transformative tool.
Ecological belonging: Nurturing environments where both people and ecosystems thrive.
What is WIND?
WIND is a European learning journey that combines evidence-based wellbeing, inclusive and trauma-aware approaches, peer community support, and digital innovation to help educators and social innovators sustain their work and expand their impact.
WIND is delivered by a partnership of organisations committed to wellbeing, inclusion and learning innovation: Evolving Education Social Action (Spain), The Wellbeing Project (France), The Social Circle (Spain), and co-funded by the Erasmus+ European program.
WIND serves a cohort of adult educators from 10+ European organisations, including education leaders, trainers, and social innovators working in inclusive education. They operate across community education centres, NGOs and social innovation organisations, alternative learning spaces and public institutions.
Participants' Journey
May1) Participants Selection (Feb – March): Open application + interview process to integrate specific needs and contexts.
2) Online Wellbeing Journey (May- Nov): A structured online pathway to turn wellbeing into habits, and learning into tools that can be used in your organisation and learning community. It will consist on 10 participatory online sessions:
- 5 Café Sessions (1h): peer support, honest reflection, belonging, and shared problem-solving.
- 5 structured Training Sessions + international experts (2h): guided learning + practice + integration.
- Curated pre-session resources (short readings/videos) + a practical booklet after each module to help you apply learning personally and professionally.
3) Retreat (Nov): 5-day retreat at PAS Rural Coliving Life Lab (Cantabria) to explore the intersection of sustainability and wellbeing and strengthen peer support and collaboration.
What you will learn?
Evidence-based insights into what sustains individual and collective wellbeing.
The link between wellbeing, learning, motivation, and resilience.
Early signals of overload and how to design more human, supportive conditions.
Realistic rituals and micro-habits for educators and social innovators.
Practices to return to centre under high pressure.
Designing routines that support both personal wellbeing and group wellbeing.
Trauma-awareness strategies applicable to inclusive learning environments.
How to create safety, reduce reactivity, and sustain connection during challenge.
Practices that strengthen resilience without romanticising pain.
Creativity as a pathway to regulation, meaning, and transformation.
Expressive tools to integrate experiences and cultivate hope.
How to use arts-based approaches in learning spaces in a simple, accessible way.
Ecological belonging: wellbeing connected to place, rhythms, nature, and community.
Practices to nurture environments where people and ecosystems thrive.
Ways to integrate nature connection and sustainability into inclusive education initiatives.
Retreat: In-Person Bootcamp In Spain
A deep, restorative experience to recharge, build trust, and embody wellbeing practices in nature.
5-day retreat in a rural setting at PAS Rural Coliving – Life Lab, Cantabria, Spain.
- Daily practices for presence, regulation, and community care.
- Nature-based experiences and eco-social habits that support sustainable wellbeing.
- Experiential learning (not just theory): what you feel in the body becomes real and applicable.
- Participant-led moments: part of the agenda is co-created by the group
Partners
Evolving Education Social Action (Spain): coordinates WIND and leads digital learning design, online community-building, and dissemination.
The Wellbeing Project (France): brings deep expertise in social innovator wellbeing, research-informed frameworks, and impact evaluation.
The Social Circle (Spain): supports regenerative practices, hosting the in-person retreat and strengthening ecological belonging as a pathway to sustainable impact.
Project ID: 2025-1-ES01-KA210-ADU-000352255. 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 the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.