Sports4Integration

Action accessible to all including newly-arrived migrants

PROJECT OWNER

Name of the project owner: Plymouth Hope
Status of the project owner:  International NGO
Area of work of the project owner: Sport / Migration / Youth / Social integration / Intercultural exchange / Health / Education

Website of Plymouth Hope

PROJECT

United Kingdom
Geographic scope of project: National
Project objectives: Accede to skills for labour market/employment / Promote social diversity / Develop language skills / Educate and transmit values through sport / Practice a physical activity for physical/mental health / Develop intercultural relations and/or intercultural competency / Promote access to volunteering in sport / Empower young people and women
Type of sport or physical activity carried out: Football
Partnership / supports: Grants (Comic relief / People Health Trust / BBC Children in Need / New Beginning Funds) / Human resources (20 active volunteers) / Legal (a registered charity in England and Wales)
Project duration: 2 years (start: 1.11.2017 - end: 31.10.2019)
Project status (January 2018): Underway
Supervising staff: Professionals
Summary of the project:  Since its inception in 2008, Plymouth Hope has used sports and mainly football as a tool for social cohesion, integration and making an active life and healthy living a reality for asylum seekers, refugees and locals from the poorest area of the city.  After successfully delivering many projects over the years, we have reflected on our experience and expertise to address one current major issue which the effective integration of refugees.

We have developed the Sports4Integration programme which constitute of four stages (Welcome & Be Active; Trust; Connect; Futures) , when by each participants has acquire all the right skills , knowledge and support to make integration an integral part of their every day live. The project activities are mainly delivered in Plymouth , United Kingdom. We make sure that every newly dispersed and newly arrived asylum seeker in the city can have access to this programme, therefore benefit from the four stages of this programme. As part of this we have different sessions delivered for youth; women and men.

TARGET GROUP

Country of origin: Not specified
Type of migration: Refugee / Asylum seeker / Economic migrant
Target beneficiary: Men only / Women only / Children / Teenager-Young people
Target age group: 5-10 / 11-20 / 21-30 / 31-60 / 60+