#Morethanfootball Refugees & Social Inclusion Action Day!
On 30th of March, we are calling all clubs, leagues and FAs to showcase their Refugee and/or Social inclusion initiatives. We have gathered a few examples of how football organisations worked with different projects concerning these topics.
Legia Foundation
The Legia Foundation constantly supports refugees who came to our country and people who decided to stay in Ukraine. The Legia Foundation, as part of the #GotowiDoPomocy to help refugees from Ukraine campaign:
- created a collection point and organized two humanitarian transports,
- provided accommodation for the Ukrainian youth rowing team,
- established international cooperation aimed at equipping a point at the stadium in Lviv for people affected by war,
- set up a free job counseling point,
- organized a charity “Match for Peace”
- launched an educational and integration point for children and mothers from Ukraine
Northampton Town FC Community Trust
AC Sparta Praha
Big Hearts
Welcome Through Football
Welcome Through Football is an EFDN initiative. Current projects across Europe receive funding from the Eramus+ programme of the European Union and the UEFA Foundation for Children.
The Welcome Through Football project aims to assist in the integration and inclusion of recently arrived young refugees, asylum seekers and young people with a migrant background. Big Heart is the first Scottish organisation to participate in this project.
Special Champions League
Through football, EFDN want to get more young people with intellectual disabilities physically and socially active in their communities and increase integration and inclusion within society. The EFDN Special Champions League has been shaped in line with the Special Olympics philosophy, and it will provide opportunities for participants to improve their physical health, increase their confidence, meet new people, learn about others, and establish social bonds. The Special Champions League is co-funded by Erasmus+.
The objectives of the project are to :
• Provide safe, inclusive, and active environments where young people with
intellectual disabilities can come together and play football at a level they are all
comfortable with.
• Provide opportunities for young people with intellectual disabilities to socialise
with young people who do not have intellectual disabilities.
• Foster and enhance cross-sectional partnerships for the establishment of a
Special Champions League methodology across the football industry.
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