The project
Background
The project “Sport@Street” was response to the need of tackle the real risk of permanent exclusion for young people in situations of social disadvantage especially from (sub) urban and rural areas. The main aim of project was to enhance the social inclusion of young people from deprived urban areas. Sport@Street project promoted collaboration between organizations working in the education, social and cultural fields, particularly in the field of social inclusion through sports.
Objectives
The project carried the following objectives:
- Increased the social inclusion and empowerment of disadvantaged youth
- Promotion of the “Street Workout” as a healthy lifestyle
- Opportunity for young people to improve their physical condition
- Provide new opportunities for the involvement in sports activities and Non-Formal Education of young people in disadvantage situation
- Exchange of best practices among organisations involved in Street Workout
- Create future E+ partnerships
Implementation
We implemented four Transnational Project Meetings:
- Kick-off meeting and study visit in Amsterdam, Nederland
- Study Visit in Riga, Latvia
- Midterm Meeting and Study Visit in Tusa, Italy
- Seminar on Street Workout and non-formal education. and in each partner country we organised “Street Workout” workshops that were organised by the partner organisations open for the young people from local community.
Results
Through this project involved participants experienced increased mobility and active participation in society, they developed key competences and skills through the project’s workshops, gained the ability to recognize employment and volunteering opportunities in their everyday lives, fostering creativity and innovation and we provided opportunities for local young people to meet their peers form other countries.
Start date 01-01-2020 – End date 31-12-2022
Programme: Erasmus+ – Project Reference: 613693-EPP-1-2019-1-MK-SPO-SSCP
Key Action: Sport – Action type: Collaborative Partnerships
PARTNERSHIP
EUROPEAN CULTURAL EPICENTER BITOLA (North Macedonia), Coordinator
New Horizons (Italy)
CHAMPIONS FACTORY (Bulgaria)
STREET WARRIORS (Latvia)
THE CALISTHENICS CLUB NL B V (Netherlands)
Link to the Project card on Erasmus+ Results Platform.