PlayIN is an Erasmus + project dedicated to the socio-professional inclusion of young people through sport. This project aims at valuing the competences and skills developed by young people through their sport practice, with a specific focus on NEETs’. The project is mainly developed in Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania and Spain. The PlayIN project hinges on the creation of a European network of sport and social structures dedicated to youth employment. This network includes academic actors, companies, sport structures and social actors from all over Europe. Throughout the two years of the project, a research-action will be developed by all those actors to identify and test the most innovative methodologies and build the following deliverables: - An innovative toolkit for sport trainers in order to increase their impact on NEETs’ employability by promoting the transferability of non-formal and informal competences acquired through sport practice. - A European label to support public or private structures dedicated to socio-professional inclusion of young people. - A guide for volunteers willing to gain experience in the sport sector and including innovative tools to value such activities in the labour market. On a larger scale, the PlayIN project aims at creating a European movement in favour of sport practice by emphasising on the impact it has on employment and more generally on health and social cohesion.
The PlayIn project is a European project taking place in France (FACE), Italy (CESIE), Lithuania (LSU), Denmark (BrainLog) and Spain (Growthcoop) and financed by the Erasmus+ agency. Its objectives are to promote the skills of young volunteers in sports organisations and to promote the actors involved in socio-professional inclusion through sport. For 27 months, the project partners have built, in collaboration with the actors concerned - A pedagogical guide to support volunteers in the self-identification and valorisation of skills acquired during their sport experience(s) in the workplace. A PlayIn certificate is available at the end of this guide so that the sports organisation can formalise the recognition of the young person's skills. - A toolkit for sports organisations presenting the best inclusive practices in each project partner country. Sport organisations can find inspiration in this toolkit to set up their own actions to promote the socio-professional inclusion of young people. - The web platform http://playin-project.eu to give visibility to inclusive events and allow online management of volunteering. Each organisation posting an event is valued by gaining visibility and receiving the PlayIn certificate, thus joining the European network of committed actors. An impact report was also written despite the impossibility of experimeting the tools in sports clubs due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Instead, the report refers to consultations with volunteers and sports organisations.