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New research on sport for educational success and social…

The Erasmus+ project P.L.A.Y! Peer education, Leadership, Action, Youth is requesting information to assess the impact of grassroots sport for educational success and social inclusion in countries including Finland, Italy, Slovenia and Spain.

Three surveys have been designed to collect opinions and experiences from students, school teachers and coaches and are available in Catalan, Finnish, Italian, Slovenian and English.

The surveys will help understand the context of school integration, social inclusion and participation in sports activities ahead of the launch of the project’s pilot year. They will also help identify patterns of difficulties in learning and causes that exclude children and youngsters from accessing and practicing sport and define a clear strategy to address them.

P.L.A.Y! is a three-year European project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union aimed promoting transferable social and educational competences through sport to children in disadvantaged situations or at risk of social exclusion because of their background as migrants or ethnic minorities. It also tackles failure at school and aims to reduce dropout rates, and at the same time provides a wide range of sporting activities.

• Students survey: https://goo.gl/forms/gF90AxNaJ64luoU32
• Teachers survey: https://goo.gl/forms/Rp9CTSrnibQI8QSn2
• Coaches survey: https://goo.gl/forms/1xqEozC6icaT28AZ2

Erasmus Plus P.L.A.Y! project kicks-off in Helsinki

A kick-off meeting for the P.L.A.Y! project was held on the 20 – 21 February in Helsinki, Finland. P.L.A.Y!

Peer education, Leadership, Action, Youth is a three-year European project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union focused on promoting grassroots sport to improve school success and social inclusion.

The project aims to promote transferable social and educational competences through sport to children in disadvantaged situations or at risk of social exclusion because of their background as migrants or ethnic minorities. It also tackles failure at school and aims to reduce dropout rates, and at the same time provides a wide range of sporting activities. During its pilot and implementation years, a series of ongoing activities and events will be delivered by each partners, matching educational and grassroots sport opportunities for children and youth.

The partners came together to adjust goals, procedures and outcomes ahead of the project’s pilot year. The meeting was organised by the project coordinator and Fare member Finnish Multicultural Sports Federation (FIMU) and attended by all partners including ASD Margherita Sport e Vita (Italy), Consorzio Comunità Solidale (Italy), Drustvo za razvijanje prostovoljnega dela Novomesto (Slovenia), the Fare network and Pere Tarrés Foundation (Spain).

The project will run until December 2019.