The journey of the INCLUDE project reaches its end, after the successful implementation of its activities in Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland and Italy for the past 2 years.
The project that was funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme aimed to promote inclusion and diversity in youth sports and tackle discrimination in the field. It was a comprehensive program that involved research, direct action, and the development of learning resources to educate and support coaches, executives, and staff of sports academies working with young athletes (12-18 years old).
Over the 2 years of its implementation, the INCLUDE consortium achieved to complete:
- A transnational report on “Discrimination in Youth Sports: Realities, Challenges & Best Practices”
- A “Blended Learning Curriculum for Coaches” on the topics of discrimination, inclusion and diversity
- A “Blended Learning Toolkit for Coaches” on the topics of discrimination, inclusion and diversity
- A Gamified eLearning Platform
- Topics:
- Introduction to sports discrimination
- The role of the coaches
- Discrimination in your sports club
- Workshop session at your club
- Topics:
- 10 Training sessions with 115 coaches, sports professionals and stakeholders
- 4 Infodays and 1 Final Conference
The project partners are CARDET (Cyprus), Institute of Development “N. Charalambous” (Cyprus), European Network of Sport Education (Austria), CESIE (Italy), The Rural Hub (Ireland), KMOP – Social Action & Innovation Centre (Greece).
For more information, please visit the project website at include-project.com.