Sport can help reduce that stigma of disability & discrimination, as it can transform community attitudes about persons with disabilities by highlighting their skills and reducing the tendency to see the disability instead of the person. Through youth sport work and sports, persons without disabilities interact with persons with disabilities in a positive context forcing them to reshape assumptions about what persons with disabilities can and cannot do.However, NFE educators and youth workers working with this target group often have little or no experience in using sport as an educational tool.OBJECTIVES:Support youth workers to develop key competences for using sport methodology in youth work for inclusion of different abilities’ youngstersEnhance knowledge management of youth organisations with new innovative resources & training curricula Provide the linkage of youth with other sectors through their cooperation during the SVs and local dissemination events, and thus to further build capacity of our youth organisations for inter-sectoral cooperationDevelop the competency framework for youth SPORT workers for inclusion of different abilities’ youngstersAllow youth workers to practice their skills to managing creative youth sport work projects on European and national level, and thus further increase competences of youngsters in inclusion.Engage into intensive dissemination & exploitation activities of newly produced products and attract more different abilities’ youngsters to our youth sport work activities.Project activities:A1 Preparatory meetingO1 Handbook “Inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters through NFE and youth work”A2 SV Italy O2 Curriculum “Inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters through NFE and youth work”A3 TC1 based on O2 CurriculumO3 Curriculum “Using sport methodology in NFE and youth work for inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters”A4 TC2 based on O3 CurriculumO4 Toolkit “Creativity and innovation - adapting sport methods for inclusion and interaction of different abilities’ youngsters through youth (sport) work”A 5,6,7,8,9: Local dissemination events - TCsA10 YE “Creativity and innovation in youth SPORT work for inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters”A11 SV BerlinO5 Guidebook: “Competency framework for youth SPORT workers for inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters”A 12,13,14,15,16: Local dissemination events - conferencesA17 Evaluation meetingReporting and DisseminationYouth in local communities will benefit thanks to the empowerment of our participants who will further guide, lead and organise those youngsters to get more active in sport and health-enhancing physical activities for inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters. We expect the increased competences and readiness of young people in communities for taking active stand on fighting exclusion, discrimination and intolerance and promoting inclusion and acceptance of different abilities’ youngsters.
The main aim of the project was: Building capacity of youth (work) organisations, their youth workers in NFE for youth SPORT work with/for different abilities’ youngsters. Among the objectives of the project most important ones were supporting youth workers to further develop their competencies, develop cooperation between youth sector and other stakeholders, develop competency framework and engage into extensive dissemination of 5 developed project outputs/results.
Based on partners' cooperation on previous projects, we have come up together with this topic and have agreed to work on it together, as we have agreed that the unique ability of sports to transcend linguistic, cultural and social barriers makes it an excellent platform for strategies of adaptation and fostering the inclusion and well-being of persons with disabilities.
<< Background >> Based on partners' cooperation on previous projects, we have come up together with this topic and have agreed to work on it together, as we have agreed that the unique ability of sports to transcend linguistic, cultural and social barriers makes it an excellent platform for strategies of adaptation and fostering the inclusion and well-being of persons with disabilities. << Objectives >> The main aim of the project was: Building capacity of youth (work) organisations, their youth workers in NFE for youth SPORT work with/for different abilities’ youngsters. Among the objectives of the project most important ones were supporting youth workers to further develop their competencies, develop cooperation between youth sector and other stakeholders, develop competency framework and engage into extensive dissemination of 5 developed project outputs/results. << Implementation >> All our activities were based on the values and principles of non-formal learning, active participation and experiential learning. According to these values and principles we envisioned the flow of this project, starting with the development of intelectual outputs, then practicing workshops from the outputs on the local level with youngsters and training courses, and on the conclusions from the workshops adapting and finalising the outputs. << Results >> Main results of the project were 5 developed outputs: 1 handbook, 2 curriculums, 1 toolkit and 1 guidebook, all aimed at youth workers. Project engaged with 45 young people and raised their knowledge and skills during a youth exchange, 57 youth workers during 2 training courses, and 20 youth workers as part of a study visit. 20 youth workers were actively involved in the monitoring of the project and have participated in preparatory and evaluation meetings of the project.