Recent research and publications have publicised the relationship between entrepreneurship and mental illness in a range of forms. This was brought to international attention by a range of presentations to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in 2019. Entrepreneurs provide economic benefit to any society in which they operate yet little consideration has been given to their mental well-being (MWB) in an increasingly challenging business environment. These are real concerns as the nature of employment across Europe and globally are changing towards an emphasis on micro-businesses and enterprise relying on more and more young people setting up start-up companies. According to a study presented at DAVOS, approximately one half of entrepreneurs suffer from at least one form of mental health condition during their lifetimes. The project seeks to support young entrepreneurs across Europe and to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of European start-ups by developing supportive educational materials that encourage reflection, understanding, diagnosis and ensure mental resilience and are non-judgemental and are directly supportive of their health and well being. The objectives of the project are as follows:1.Engage with entrepreneurs to identify the key areas where support is needed for the maintenance of mental health and work-life balance;2.Identify European good practice and implement best and proactive practices of mental health support supported by published case study materials for disseminate to a range of target groups.3.Assess effective approaches to ensure health and well-being that are practised in Europe and publish such findings throughout Europe;4.Deliver training and awareness programmes covering all aspects of mental health and well-being to support new entrepreneurs;5.Publish case study materials, teaching cases, training materials, fact sheets that support the mental health and well being of entrepreneurs to ensure 24/7 access.The project will result in a State of the Art Report and a detailed Needs Analysis and will initiate a thematic network of new start entrepreneurs. A curriculum and proactive and interactive training materials will be developed, using case studies and real life experience, which will be accessible 24/7 via VLEs and a MOOC.The partnership is made up of three universities, two SMEs, two associations and two social enterprises, organised into three clusters (HE, enterprise and dissemination clusters) to implement five measurable objectives; three Intellectual Outputs; two Teaching and Learning Activities for would-be entrepreneurs and two Multiplier Events. This project will make an innovative contribution to the MWB of entrepreneurs, which is innovative for an Erasmus+ project. The focus of innovation is to provide unique self-help and self supportive training materials that will (1) support young entrepreneurs in understanding the qualitative dimension of entrepreneurship; (2) prepare young start-ups for the challenges and demands of entrepreneurship in advance and (3) provide a resource that can add value to an existing vocational programme of business and/ or enterprise studies and (4) add value to the business start-up support that is currently provided.The exact nature of the final training materials is that they are relevant to the needs of entrepreneurs and the directors of new start enterprises, and will be determined by entrepreneurs. There will be focus groups and surveys including entrepreneurs that will confirm the nature of the learning and training materials. Crucial to these identified subject areas is the exploration of interactive and experiential pedagogic approaches. The final training materials will be available to start-up and would-be entrepreneurs, business and enterprise undergraduates and alumni, and will be made available to partners and associated partners that provide business support to start-up companies. The curriculum content will also remain available for 24/7 access via the Powerhub Talent VLE as hosted by Mediasphere and the MOOC developed by the university partners within this partnership. The results anticipated as a consequence of the development and successful completion of this project proposal are in direct support of the EU’s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, with special consideration of the third area of the Action Plan, which is nurturing the new generation of entrepreneurs.Within the target groups foreseen, there will be approximately 150 - 200 direct beneficiaries involved in the trialling of the curriculum model. They will be new-start entrepreneurs and/ or completing students and alumni from the participant universities. The number of indirect beneficiaries as a result of attending the workshops and final conference and through networking activities will be 2,000 with still greater numbers, a further 2,000 at least as a consequence of direct access to the on-line dissemination platform.