The partners were keen not only to discuss their theoretical approach with project partners, but also to test it in practice in different European cultures and to determine the impact of sports camps, which were organised jointly with representatives of the project partners. Fortunately, in addition to Bremen Prison, Heinsberg Prison could be won as an associated partner even before the project began, so that sports camps with juvenile prisoners could be organised at two German locations. The multilingual brochure, which contains detailed information on all sports camps including feedback from the participants and is available to download from the project website at www.bsv-wassenberg.de/sportcamps, shows that the objective was achieved in full.
The partners in the consortium work with people on the margins of society on a daily basis. While the partner organisations CIAPE and EILD are active as contact points for people with a refugee background, the partners BSV Wassenberg, Club Life Long Learning and JVA Bremen work with (former) prisoners. The starting point for the development of the project was the realisation that joint sporting activities with people from the aforementioned target groups can make a significant contribution to the development and expansion of social skills such as teamwork, communication skills, commitment, self-motivation and the ability to take criticism - skills that are not only essential in everyday life, but also for entry into working and professional life. The aim of the project was therefore to prove that joint sport can also make a valuable contribution to preparing refugees and prisoners for integration into society and thus to the basic need for social security.