Open Sportclub
Action accessible to all including newly-arrived migrants
PROJECT OWNER
Name of the project owner: Vlaamse Atletiekliga
Status of the project owner: Governmental organisation / Sports federation
Area of work of the project owner: Sport
Website
PROJECT
Belgium
Geographic scope of project: Regional
Project objective: Educate and transmit values through sport / Develop intercultural relations and/or intercultural competency / Promote social diversity / Practice a physical activity for plysical/mental health
Types of sport or physical activity carried out: Jogging / Athletics
Partnership / supports: --
Project duration: 4 years (start: 2014 / end: 2017)
Project status: Underway
Supervising staff: Professionals and Volunteers
Summary of the project: We support the athletics clubs which organise athletics sessions at low level. We have two programmes: Start to Run (start to jog, from 0 to 5 km running in 10 weeks) and Start to Move (Programme for people who do not have any experience in sport. Conditioning training). Our participants do not need any expereience in sport nor sport equipment.
TARGET GROUP
Country of origin: All countries
Type of migration: Refugee, asylum seeker, economic migrant, environmental migrant, migrant in transit
Target beneficiary: Families / Men only / Women only / Teenager-Young people / Elderly
Target age group: 21 - 60+