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Commonwealth Youth Wellbeing Champions Call

  • Organization: Commonwealth Youth Council
  • Type: Other
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: October 4, 2026
  • Funding: No Funding

The Commonwealth Youth Council is recruiting Wellbeing Champions for Are You Okay?, a Commonwealth-wide youth mental health campaign built around four actions: ask, listen, connect and act. Champions receive virtual training, then lead structured conversations on mental health and wellbeing in their own communities and help young people take part in an anonymous survey of youth wellbeing. No professional mental health qualification is needed, and the role is facilitation and advocacy, not counselling. **What you get:** - Virtual training and resources to facilitate conversations safely and effectively - A certificate of recognition for champions who show meaningful participation and impact - A part in Commonwealth-wide advocacy on youth mental health, built from what young people say in the conversations and the survey **What you'll do:** - Attend the required virtual training - Facilitate at least one Are You Okay? Conversation in your community using the campaign's conversation guide - Encourage young people to take the Are You Okay? Pulse, an anonymous survey on wellbeing, pressures, access to support and barriers to seeking help - Follow the campaign's safeguarding, confidentiality, boundaries and signposting guidance - Submit a short report of anonymised insights and recommendations from your conversation **Key dates:** - Applications close 4 October 2026 at 23:59 BST - Grand Convening on 10 October 2026, World Mental Health Day (separate registration on the campaign page) **More information:** - The application takes about five minutes - Champions are community facilitators and advocates, not counsellors: the role involves no counselling, diagnosis or treatment - Campaign page: cycofficial.org/are-you-okay

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Commonwealth Youth Wellbeing Champions Call

Oct 04, 2026 23:59:00 GMT
Opportunity type
Other
Funding
No Funding
Location
Global
Deadline
Oct 04, 2026 23:59:00 GMT

About this opportunity

The Commonwealth Youth Council is recruiting Wellbeing Champions for Are You Okay?, a Commonwealth-wide youth mental health campaign built around four actions: ask, listen, connect and act. Champions receive virtual training, then lead structured conversations on mental health and wellbeing in their own communities and help young people take part in an anonymous survey of youth wellbeing. No professional mental health qualification is needed, and the role is facilitation and advocacy, not counselling.

What you get:

  • Virtual training and resources to facilitate conversations safely and effectively
  • A certificate of recognition for champions who show meaningful participation and impact
  • A part in Commonwealth-wide advocacy on youth mental health, built from what young people say in the conversations and the survey

What you'll do:

  • Attend the required virtual training
  • Facilitate at least one Are You Okay? Conversation in your community using the campaign's conversation guide
  • Encourage young people to take the Are You Okay? Pulse, an anonymous survey on wellbeing, pressures, access to support and barriers to seeking help
  • Follow the campaign's safeguarding, confidentiality, boundaries and signposting guidance
  • Submit a short report of anonymised insights and recommendations from your conversation

Key dates:

  • Applications close 4 October 2026 at 23:59 BST
  • Grand Convening on 10 October 2026, World Mental Health Day (separate registration on the campaign page)

More information:

  • The application takes about five minutes
  • Champions are community facilitators and advocates, not counsellors: the role involves no counselling, diagnosis or treatment
  • Campaign page: cycofficial.org/are-you-okay

Who can apply

  • Open to young people based in any of the 56 Commonwealth countries
  • No professional mental health qualification or experience is required
  • Must commit to the required virtual training, at least one community conversation, and a short report afterwards
  • Must agree to follow the campaign's safeguarding, boundaries and signposting guidance
  • Access to a community, organisation or network where you could hold a conversation helps; the form asks about it
  • No age limit is stated; the form's age options start at 18 to 24 and include over 35

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Good to know

  • +Run by the Commonwealth Youth Council, the official youth body of the Commonwealth
  • +A five minute application with no fee
  • +Champions get training and lead conversations about youth mental health in their own community
  • +A clearly defined role with safeguarding limits: you start conversations and share support routes, you are not asked to counsel anyone

Worth checking yourself

  • !Closes 4 October 2026 at 23:59 UK time; the date is published on the council's official Instagram, not on its website
  • !Unpaid: the only benefit named is a certificate for champions who show meaningful participation
  • !You must live in one of the 56 Commonwealth countries
  • !Training dates and the length of the campaign are not yet published

Sources checked

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Commonwealth Youth Wellbeing Champions Call
Oct 04, 2026 23:59:00 GMT