Happiness & Wellbeing in Adult Education
Happiness & Wellbeing in Adult Education: Empowering Learners to Thrive
Happiness & Wellbeing in Adult Education is a non-formal training course designed for adult educators, trainers and facilitators who wish to integrate wellbeing and happiness skills into their educational practice.
The course explores happiness not as a vague or personal concept, but as a learnable, practical and evidence-informed competence that supports motivation, resilience, mental health and lifelong learning.
Using participatory methods, reflection, experiential activities and real-life scenarios, participants will gain tools to help adult learners improve emotional balance, purpose, self-awareness and overall wellbeing — both in learning contexts and everyday life.
Target Group
Adult educators and trainers
Teachers in non-formal and community education
NGO facilitators and social workers
Coaches and mentors
Youth workers
VET trainers
Professionals working with adults in transition or vulnerable situations
Promote happiness and wellbeing as essential life skills in adult education.
Strengthen educators’ capacity to support learners’ emotional, social and psychological wellbeing.
Foster resilience, motivation and self-awareness among adult learners.
Encourage a holistic approach to learning, beyond cognitive outcomes.
Contribute to inclusive, human-centred and sustainable adult education practices.
Explain the concepts of happiness and wellbeing in an adult learning context.
Understand key factors that influence adult wellbeing (emotional, social, psychological).
Apply positive psychology principles in non-formal education.
Use participatory methodologies to promote wellbeing in learning environments.
Facilitate safe spaces for reflection, dialogue and self-development.
Design simple activities and tools to support learners’ wellbeing.
Adapt wellbeing education to diverse adult learner profiles.
Integrate happiness and wellbeing topics into existing training programmes.
Participants receive:
a Certificate of Participation, and/or
a Certificate of Learning Outcomes,
in line with non-formal education and lifelong learning principles.
Comments
In reply to How to participate to Happiness programme by Giulia BARBERO VIGNOLA
How to participate to Happiness programme
Dear Giulia,
We are pleased to inform you that we will be offering certified training courses in Lisbon in 2026, available for Adult Mobility applications.
The training fee is 400 € per participant, which covers the certified course delivered in Lisbon.
Please note that travel, accommodation and meals are the responsibility of the sending organisation/participants and are not included in the training fee.
Kind regards,
Dulce Forte
How to participate to Happiness programme
Dear Organisers,
I would love to take part in the adult learning programme described as "Happiness & Wellbeing in Adult Education", in the context of Erasmus +.
May I ask you how it is possible to participate and if there are any costs.
Many thanks and best regards,
Giulia