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Get Addicted to Sport: Empowering Youth Through Education on Sport Values

An international youth network aiming to develop common strategies to empower young people and youth NGOs in European countries. The project focuses on promoting positive behaviors and combating issues such as doping and match-fixing through educational sport activities. It includes research, development of tools, international training, local workshops, and an awareness campaign.

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Get Addicted to Sport: Empowering Youth Through Education on Sport Values

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  1. International youth network aiming at developing common strategies to empower young people, youth NGOs and their communities Year of Foundation: 2008 Members: 28 Scope: 22 EuropeanCountries

  2. Get Addicted to Sport Values Collaborative Partnership under Erasmus + sport 18 months 10 NGOs Public institutions Sport federations And schools Italy Turkey Romania Malta Greece

  3. BACKGROUND: Educationas a basis to fightthreats to integrity in the world of sport Contribute to the personal and professionalgrowth of youth Experience coming from youth work workingin synergywith sport Lack of educational sport activitieson values and behaviours(NFE) Need for tools to work with youngstersand otherstakeholders

  4. OBJECTIVES: Encourage positive behaviourssuchasequality and fair play Combatingissuesas doping and matchfixingthrough educational sport activities Develop and collectsportingmethods on education for sport values Providegovernance and policy guidelines/suggestions to sportinstitutions Underline the roleof EU in the building of valuesof youngEuropeans

  5. ACTIVITIES: RESEARCHES, POLLS and QUESTIONNAIRES Lookinginto public opinion aboutintegrity and values in sport Youth & actors involved in the schools and sport 1.000 persons per country, 5000 total

  6. ACTIVITIES: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO PROMOTE INTEGRITY AND VALUES THROUGH SPORT Examples • Collecting 50 workshops/tools and 50 long-termprojects working on sport values • Produce a publication includingtoolsused in differentsports to be spread amongstakeholders • Mainstreaming and disseminatingexisting goodpractices • Developing new workshops, tools and strategies for education on sport values

  7. ACTIVITIES: International Training of Educators trainers facilitators coaches educators • Sharingresults of localresearches • Training on the methods to use with youth and adults to promote the values of sport

  8. A “pilot scheme” for future long-term actions aimed at promoting sport values ACTIVITIES: Local Workshops 50 workshops 1500 Children 300 Teachers 300 Parents 300 Sport Coaches Integrityin sport sport values fair play and fightagainst doping match fixing violence

  9. International Awareness Campaign(Target: 30.000 individuals) GETVAL Inspirational Stories GETVAL Testimonials GETVAL Promotional Materials

  10. The Sport Village Promotinghealthy lifestyleamongyoungsters, stimulatingyoungpeople to try new sports 6 Sport Villages (2 in Italy) 1 DAY Sport Tournaments Educational Activities Sport Clubs Fair

  11. OUTCOMES: Recommendations for policy makersand sport federations Researches, Experts talk and Cross-sectorialdialogue Sport Clubs Sport Federations Local, National and Europeaninstitutions Youth Attitudesrather than on physical and mentalissues Improvement of policy making in the field of sport atlocal, national and EU level Youth Education Sport

  12. Publication of theresults of the research OUTCOMES Handbook of best practices, tools and methods European Chart of Sport Values Successfultools, exercises and projects on sport valueseducation Statistics and comments on the awareness on issues harmingintegrity in sport A manifesto on the integrity in sport and howitshould bedealtwith Provide a common ground for work usingdifferent sports to affectattitudes of youth and otherstakeholders assportspersons and citizens To provide a common view coming from cross-sectorial dialogue to provide a guide for moral conduct in sport Underliningcurrent situation and youthview to plan future actions

  13. OUTCOMES:Dedicated Platform for discussionA section dedicated to discussion of sport issues in the active citizenship platform raiseup.eu

  14. ADDITIONALOUTCOMES: Raisingawareness on sport valuesfor differentstakeholders Provide common ground for Dialogueon education to sport values Prevention of negative behaviors in the sport field (and in life) Promotion of healthylifestyles Encouragement to try new and different sport activities for youngpeople

  15. FOLLOW-UP: Twoadditionalstages of GETVAL increasing the scope and the stakeholdersinvolved New dedicatedyouthprojects Creation of dedicatedpolicies for youth and sport Educational programmesdedicated To sport values in schools, Sport clubs and federations

  16. Conclusion The project will spread the underlined values among young people, teachers, sport coaches and people in general. It represents just a starting point on the topic. Our hope is to stimulate civil society to develop dedicated programmesto have continuous value-based education in physical education and sport.

  17. THANKYOU

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