Youth Empowerment for Social Impact (YES Impact)

A long, clean white conference table covered with neatly arranged open laptops, colorful notebooks, and printed roadmaps labeled “Youth Social Innovation Lab.” At the center, a three-country map of Türkiye, Greece, and Spain is marked with bright pins and arrows, symbolizing collaboration. The scene is set in a modern glass-walled meeting room with a panoramic city view in soft focus. Late afternoon natural light floods in, creating gentle reflections on the laptop screens and a calm, focused atmosphere. Photographic realism at eye-level, with a slight wide-angle lens and sharp focus throughout, conveys professional, structured energy and the shared mission of empowering youth entrepreneurship across borders.

Empowering young innovators to launch impactful social ventures

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About

YES Impact is an Erasmus+ initiative supporting youth workers and young entrepreneurs with training, mentoring, and open resources to grow inclusive, sustainable ventures across Türkiye, Greece, and Spain.

Our story
A large cork vision board mounted on a smooth white wall, covered with meticulously pinned social venture canvases, colorful sticky notes, hand-drawn diagrams of impact models, and printed Erasmus+ logos. Small flags of Türkiye, Greece, and Spain are carefully placed near project timelines. A sleek wooden desk below holds a closed silver laptop, a stack of training manuals titled “Youth Empowerment Toolkit,” and a tidy cup of pens. Soft, diffused daylight from an unseen window bathes the scene, creating minimal shadows and a calm, organized mood. Shot in photographic realism from a slightly elevated angle, with a clean, modern aesthetic emphasizing structure, planning, and long-term social impact.
A bright, minimalist workspace featuring a large, wall-mounted digital dashboard displaying vibrant charts, impact metrics, and icons for open-source learning modules on youth entrepreneurship. Below, a slim, matte-black monitor sits on a light birch desk, accompanied by a wireless keyboard, color-coded folders labeled “Training,” “Resources,” and “Policy.” A pair of headphones rests neatly beside a small potted plant, adding a touch of greenery. Gentle morning light from the left creates subtle highlights on the screen and a focused yet welcoming atmosphere. Photographic realism with an eye-level composition and shallow depth of field keeps the dashboard in crisp detail while softly blurring the edges, symbolizing accessible, data-driven support for youth workers and social innovators.

Services

We offer interactive trainings, digital toolkits, and peer-learning labs that equip young people with entrepreneurial mindsets, practical skills, and EU-wide networks to design, fund, and scale their social impact projects.

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Stories

Events

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Bootcamp

Hands-on social entrepreneurship bootcamp for youth workers to design, test, and pitch impact-driven project ideas.

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Hackathon

Intensive weekend hackathon connecting youth from Türkiye, Greece, and Spain to prototype solutions to local social challenges.

Join
A modern training room without people, prepared for a youth entrepreneurship workshop: rows of simple, light-wood tables each with neatly placed name tents, blank workbooks labeled “YES Impact Lab,” and colorful markers. At the front, a large wall-mounted screen displays a clean slide reading “Designing Social Impact Ventures” with icons symbolizing education, environment, and inclusion. Floor-to-ceiling windows on one side admit bright, natural daylight, creating soft reflections on the tabletops and an energizing, optimistic mood. Photographic realism from an eye-level, slightly wide perspective keeps the entire room in sharp focus, emphasizing readiness, structure, and professional facilitation.
A sleek, glass-topped co-working table displaying three neatly stacked resource kits branded for Türkiye, Greece, and Spain, each with distinct colors on their spines but unified design reading “Youth Social Entrepreneurship Toolkit.” Beside them, a tablet shows a web portal homepage featuring open-source modules and an Erasmus+ logo. A world map graphic is subtly reflected in the glass surface. Diffused, cool daylight from a nearby window lends a clear, professional feel. Photographic realism with centered composition and strong sharpness highlights the materials’ quality and accessibility, reinforcing cross-country collaboration and shared learning for youth workers.
A nighttime cityscape viewed through a large office window, with the interior foreground focused on a glowing laptop displaying a detailed impact map of youth social enterprises. The map features nodes and connecting lines over Türkiye, Greece, and Spain, with small icons representing successful projects. A neatly organized desk holds a spiral notebook labeled “Policy Recommendations,” a pen, and a small desk plant. The cool blue light from the laptop contrasts with the warm ambient office lighting, creating a thoughtful, strategic atmosphere. Photographic realism captured from an over-the-shoulder perspective with shallow depth of field keeps the screen in crisp detail while the city lights blur into soft bokeh, symbolizing policy work shaping real-world change.

Newsletter

Monthly updates on trainings, opportunities, and youth-led stories in Europe.

Voices

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

The YES Impact training helped me turn a vague idea into a real social startup with clear impact goals.

Elif, Türkiye

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Our youth center now uses the open-source toolkits to run regular entrepreneurship clubs that attract diverse participants.

Dimitris, Greece

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Collaborating with partners from Greece and Spain expanded our perspective and gave our project a genuine European dimension.

Laura, Spain

Contact us

Reach out to connect your organization, request a workshop, or explore partnerships that support young social entrepreneurs in Türkiye, Greece, and Spain.

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