The ambition of the project was: - To develop an innovative approach that combines the use of mentoring, sport and the use of a mobile application to support the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and the socio-professional integration of young people in vulnerable situations (with little family support) or with a disability who display difficult behaviour; - Develop the skills needed for professional integration through sport: remobilisation, self-confidence, gender and social diversity, living together, awareness of the values of work, mutual aid, solidarity, team spirit, fighting spirit and cohesion. - Raising young people's awareness of the benefits of sport: reducing cardiovascular disease, depression, anxiety, etc; - Reduce the consequences that can be caused by the behaviour of these young people: difficulties at school, difficulty or even impossibility of integrating into working life and developing independence, risky behaviour, etc; - Increase their digital skills to promote young people's professional integration and social inclusion; - Raising young people's environmental awareness during mentoring activities.
Adolescence is considered to be a major period in the structuring and establishment of personality. It is generally at this time that behavioural problems can appear. These problems can be associated with difficulties at school (failure, expulsion or dropping out), risky behaviour (drug and alcohol abuse and risky sexual behaviour) or even delinquency. Another problem facing teenagers is a lack of physical activity. And yet sport has major health benefits, preventing cardiovascular disease, reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety, and improving learning and thinking skills. Despite these proven benefits, over 80% of teenagers worldwide do not get enough physical activity (WHO). The SportyMentor partnership has therefore sought to address these issues by creating a targeted sports mentoring programme for young people aged 13 to 19 with challenging behaviour.