Good practices
For social inclusion and decentralisation of sport organisation
Amateur Mini Football League, Bulgaria
What is the good practice?
A presentation held by the head coach of the children’s football club showcased the good practice, which is the strategy of how they work with the little kids from a really young age and give them the opportunity to show themselves, and the skills they own. When their matches are played the club’s decision is to play two teams in the two different halves of the match and this gives the opportunity to these kids to have their potential fully exceeded. This practice is not seen by most of the clubs in Bulgaria and It would be really beneficial if clubs start to use this practice more and more so we can give these kids the chances they deserve.
Who is the target group?
The target group are children, boys and girls, selected from preschools and kindergartens.
Impact
Implementing this practice will have a major impact on the growth of young players in the field of sports. We can see the statistics of the football club in Braganca and with this way of integrating the strategy into the fields we can be assured that these kids are seen even by bigger clubs and later scouted which is the aim for these kids. When implemented in Bulgaria we can see this gaining a lot more happy kids and parents and we can hope this will change the ongoing awful situation with the young players In Bulgaria.
AF Braganca, Portugal
What is the good practice?
The project developed by the Bragança FA that has the support o the UEFA Foundation for Children and that is called “Street Football Move”. The goal it’s to use “street football” as a tool to promote sports, movement, the joy of contact and play with other children and the development of social skills.
Who is the target group?
The aim of this project it’s to involve about 5 000 participants per year, the participants are children up to 15 years old from the 12 municipalities of the region.
This is an ongoing project that already involved in this year around 2500 children.
The goals of this project are:
• To develop sports activities in the 12 municipalities of the district for 24 months.
• Involve all children between the ages of 5 and 15 from all municipalities (1st, 2nd, 3rd school cycles).
Impact
The feedback from the children, the schools and the municipalities and the local and regional media it’s very positive. Logically this regional dynamic created by the project it’s a great way of promoting football, sport in general and help to engage children in sport participation. This is a way of the Bragança FA, UEFA and the municipalities give back to the community in a 360º approach.
SD Bogojina
What is the good practice?
As an example of good practice, we would highlight streetfooball, which, in cooperation with schools, the national football association and municipalities, promotes football. In street games, in which both boys and girls are involved, they take care of the popularization of sports and football among young people.
Who is the target group?
The target group are children, boys and girls, and consequently the entire interested public and, among others, political decision-makers.
Impact
This project has an impact on the inclusion of vulnerable groups, as well as a positive impact on children's health associated with movement. Local sports organizations also benefit from this, as they can gain new members through promotion. In the project, children learn about the benefits of sports (movement, socializing, cooperation, order and discipline, facing rules). Sport is a great tool for integrating vulnerable groups and preparing the excluded for society.
How it can be modified so that it can applied in different context?
This project could perhaps be modified in terms of not specializing in football but by adding other movement industries, thus reaching an even larger population of children and parents.
Sport talent Mk
What is the good practice?
Pre-courses for future trainers, supported by the national federation (Braganca, Portugal)
Courses for all sport clubs included people (Braganca, Portugal)
Who is the target group?
This could be no age group, no age limitations, and no other boundaries -
overcoming the political, gender, cultural and racial divisions
Impact
Pre-courses for future trainers, not the license ones, but the preparation to the path in order to get to the license for trainer/coach This could be of great value to a country like Macedonia, where the politics are dividing sports clubs, putting them into situations of bribery, etc,. If these could be in any way supported by the national federation, the awareness against having socially excluded groups in sports would become globalized, considering the costs for the same would go down to the smallest fees aiming to become totally free for the wider public (especially the courses for all sport club included people). Course for “sport staff and all the people included/volunteering to a sport club” - This would mean that everyone would get the chance to learn about good practices and behavior in and outside the sports club, at the stadium, sport field, etc, getting to know the true sportsmanship and sports spirit. Educate themselves on first aid, first action and reaction on injuries as well. Social exclusion describes a state in which individuals are unable to participate fully in economic, social, political and cultural life, as well as the path to sustaining such a state. This is a case for sports and sports rural clubs as well, being mentally suppressed over the bigger clubs (not only in numbers, but financially as well). Thus socially including the smaller clubs from rural areas on a global level, by providing small cost sports education (or, depending on the support, even completely free for these specific targeted groups).
How it can be modified so that it can applied in different context?
A semi-structured interview schedule could be developed in an iterative process involving all the clubs, adapted for each of the socially excluded groups/clubs. Based on this, it can
be easily identified which of the clubs would need the courses the most, developing the same and structuring it to fit their needs tremendously. Many of these clubs do not have a first aid kit or basic education on the same, to begin with. The second set of interest groups would be sports agencies and organizations—whose aim is to promote public health and investment in sport. The base of sports is people coming together to play. Sport can be understood across cultures, languages and religions - the rules are there, and are similar for everyone. Sport can create a feeling of inclusion in society, no matter of the age, gender, orientation, religion, ethnicity or socio-economic status. All of this should be reminded of, and a lead on all interviews or courses held.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Amateur Mini Football League, Bulgaria
What is the good practice?
A presentation held by the head coach of the children’s football club showcased the good practice, which is the strategy of how they work with the little kids from a really young age and give them the opportunity to show themselves, and the skills they own. When their matches are played the club’s decision is to play two teams in the two different halves of the match and this gives the opportunity to these kids to have their potential fully exceeded. This practice is not seen by most of the clubs in Bulgaria and It would be really beneficial if clubs start to use this practice more and more so we can give these kids the chances they deserve.
Who is the target group?
The target group are children, boys and girls, selected from preschools and kindergartens.
Impact
Implementing this practice will have a major impact on the growth of young players in the field of sports. We can see the statistics of the football club in Braganca and with this way of integrating the strategy into the fields we can be assured that these kids are seen even by bigger clubs and later scouted which is the aim for these kids. When implemented in Bulgaria we can see this gaining a lot more happy kids and parents and we can hope this will change the ongoing awful situation with the young players In Bulgaria.
AF Braganca, Portugal
What is the good practice?
The project developed by the Bragança FA that has the support o the UEFA Foundation for Children and that is called “Street Football Move”. The goal it’s to use “street football” as a tool to promote sports, movement, the joy of contact and play with other children and the development of social skills.
Who is the target group?
The aim of this project it’s to involve about 5 000 participants per year, the participants are children up to 15 years old from the 12 municipalities of the region.
This is an ongoing project that already involved in this year around 2500 children.
The goals of this project are:
• To develop sports activities in the 12 municipalities of the district for 24 months.
• Involve all children between the ages of 5 and 15 from all municipalities (1st, 2nd, 3rd school cycles).
Impact
The feedback from the children, the schools and the municipalities and the local and regional media it’s very positive. Logically this regional dynamic created by the project it’s a great way of promoting football, sport in general and help to engage children in sport participation. This is a way of the Bragança FA, UEFA and the municipalities give back to the community in a 360º approach.
SD Bogojina
What is the good practice?
As an example of good practice, we would highlight streetfooball, which, in cooperation with schools, the national football association and municipalities, promotes football. In street games, in which both boys and girls are involved, they take care of the popularization of sports and football among young people.
Who is the target group?
The target group are children, boys and girls, and consequently the entire interested public and, among others, political decision-makers.
Impact
This project has an impact on the inclusion of vulnerable groups, as well as a positive impact on children's health associated with movement. Local sports organizations also benefit from this, as they can gain new members through promotion. In the project, children learn about the benefits of sports (movement, socializing, cooperation, order and discipline, facing rules). Sport is a great tool for integrating vulnerable groups and preparing the excluded for society.
How it can be modified so that it can applied in different context?
This project could perhaps be modified in terms of not specializing in football but by adding other movement industries, thus reaching an even larger population of children and parents.
Sport talent Mk
What is the good practice?
Pre-courses for future trainers, supported by the national federation (Braganca, Portugal)
Courses for all sport clubs included people (Braganca, Portugal)
Who is the target group?
This could be no age group, no age limitations, and no other boundaries -
overcoming the political, gender, cultural and racial divisions
Impact
Pre-courses for future trainers, not the license ones, but the preparation to the path in order to get to the license for trainer/coach This could be of great value to a country like Macedonia, where the politics are dividing sports clubs, putting them into situations of bribery, etc,. If these could be in any way supported by the national federation, the awareness against having socially excluded groups in sports would become globalized, considering the costs for the same would go down to the smallest fees aiming to become totally free for the wider public (especially the courses for all sport club included people). Course for “sport staff and all the people included/volunteering to a sport club” - This would mean that everyone would get the chance to learn about good practices and behavior in and outside the sports club, at the stadium, sport field, etc, getting to know the true sportsmanship and sports spirit. Educate themselves on first aid, first action and reaction on injuries as well. Social exclusion describes a state in which individuals are unable to participate fully in economic, social, political and cultural life, as well as the path to sustaining such a state. This is a case for sports and sports rural clubs as well, being mentally suppressed over the bigger clubs (not only in numbers, but financially as well). Thus socially including the smaller clubs from rural areas on a global level, by providing small cost sports education (or, depending on the support, even completely free for these specific targeted groups).
How it can be modified so that it can applied in different context?
A semi-structured interview schedule could be developed in an iterative process involving all the clubs, adapted for each of the socially excluded groups/clubs. Based on this, it can
be easily identified which of the clubs would need the courses the most, developing the same and structuring it to fit their needs tremendously. Many of these clubs do not have a first aid kit or basic education on the same, to begin with. The second set of interest groups would be sports agencies and organizations—whose aim is to promote public health and investment in sport. The base of sports is people coming together to play. Sport can be understood across cultures, languages and religions - the rules are there, and are similar for everyone. Sport can create a feeling of inclusion in society, no matter of the age, gender, orientation, religion, ethnicity or socio-economic status. All of this should be reminded of, and a lead on all interviews or courses held.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.