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Sport against violence and cyber bullying

2019-3-UK01-KA105-0774932019Youth mobilityfinalizedGood practice
Countries: UK|IT|GE|RO|ES|BG · Grant: €23,914
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Home and justice affairs (human rights & rule of law)

Objectives

The main goal of the project was to raise awareness among young people about the problem of violence and bullying at school and online and its consequences for young people and society and motivate them to combat the problem, using the power of sport as a unifying factor. Specific objectives: - raising awareness and encouraging sense of and responsibility of young people to the problem and learning about the consequences that aggression and harassment online can cause -raising awareness of the power of sport as a mean of promoting solidarity, non - violence and tolerance among young people, as well as a range of social skills - developing knowledge and skills of young people in the field of combating aggression, hatred and cyber bullying - raising awareness of basic human rights and introducing to young people with The NO hate speech movement as a tool to protect those We aimed to give a platform to the young echoers to discuss important topics for them, but somehow neglected, topics that are sensitive but disturbing, due to reality and growing aggression, violence, cyberbullying and hate speech online and offline. We wanted the young people to get acquainted with reality, to discuss the causes of the problem, to analyze, increase their critical thinking, to learn basic terms, to get busy closer to the problem on a European scale, to rediscover the power of sport as a unifying factor, to motivate them to play sports, to encourage them to be active, to introduce them in the Erasmus + program. We also wanted them to realize their role as young people - they always find a way to stand up for human rights, not to allow aggression to prevail, to talk about the problem, not to remain indifferent witnesses, as well as to encourage them to participate in more program mobility.

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