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DRPDNM inciate PLAY! sporting sessions in Slovenia

PLAY! partner in Slovenia Društvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novo Mesto (DRPDNM) has started devising sporting sessions for 60 children and youth as part of the project’s first implementation.

Sporting sessions are taking place twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday, and include sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate.

A total of 12 volunteers are working on the project, helping run the sessions and pass on sport and social values, including cooperation, respect, equality and inclusion, and raising awareness about healthy lifestyles.

“We are trying to promote gender balance among the youth that benefit from this project and try to extend this opportunity for youth from all backgrounds to also tackle social imbalance.” DRPDNM explained. 

PLAY! partners discuss pilot implementation in Novo Mesto

Representatives of the six organisations involved in PLAY! met between 13-15 November, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, to adjust procedures around the implementation of the pilot set to start in January 2018.

The project aims to develop, implement and systematise innovative methodology using sport sessions to further transferable social and educational competences of children in disadvantaged situations or at risk of social exclusion.

Through the new methodology, the project aims to tackle failure at school, reduce dropout rates and increase sport opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. 

During two days, partners discussed best practice for the pilot phase and the objectives moving forward.

A prototype of the sessions is being tested by Pere Tarrés in Barcelona since the beginning of the 2017/2018 school year. At the meeting, the Spanish partner presented the first outcomes and guided partners on the work to be developed with the project’s Youth Active Groups (YAGs) ahead of the pilot.

The YAGs are groups of youth aged 18 to 30, which will receive training provided by the project’s partners to will deliver the sport sessions to children in schools and sporting organisations.

The meeting also discussed the upcoming international training camp, to take place in May 2018 in Rosolina Maré, Italy, and the e-learning platform to be used by YAGs, coaches and other beneficiaries of the project.

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