Champions Factory

Champions Factory is a non-profit organisation founded in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2012. We design and deliver EU-funded projects in youth, adult education, vocational education, school education, sport and civic participation, as coordinator or partner. We use sport and non-formal education to include children, young people, adults, persons with disabilities, women and migrants. We work through four entities, in Bulgaria, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Ghana, so we can join projects both as an EU partner and as a partner from outside the EU.

OUR TRACK RECORD
- 90+ EU-funded projects as coordinator or partner
- 10,000+ participants from 85+ partner countries
- Erasmus Accreditation in the field of Youth and in Adult Education
- European Solidarity Corps Quality Label (hosting and support)
- PMI Bulgaria Awards 2025: Project of the Year for Social Good
- #BeInclusive EU Sport Awards 2024 finalist (Sport for Peace)

PROGRAMMES WE WORK IN
- Erasmus+ Youth: youth exchanges, youth worker mobility, Cooperation Partnerships, Capacity Building
- Erasmus+ Adult Education and VET: accredited mobility and Cooperation Partnerships
- Erasmus+ School Education: partnerships with schools
- Erasmus+ Sport: Small-scale and Cooperation Partnerships, Capacity Building
- European Solidarity Corps: volunteering (hosting and support) and solidarity projects
- CERV: citizens' engagement, European remembrance, rights and values, child protection

WHAT WE BRING
- Learning through sport: a methodology that builds leadership skills and values such as fair play, teamwork, equality and respect
- Social inclusion of people with disabilities, refugees, migrants and young people with fewer opportunities
- Youth participation, active citizenship and democracy
- Youth entrepreneurship and employability
- Gender equality, dual careers of athletes and child safeguarding
- Green and digital skills
- Training, dissemination and local activities with schools, clubs and municipalities

TRAINER AND EXPERT
Our director, Shirin Amin, has managed 150+ international projects and has trained organisations on EU funding for the Bulgarian Ministry of Youth and Sports, Pleven Municipality, the Romanian Basketball Federation and ACOLOP in Cabo Verde.

PARTNER WITH US
PIC: 946562764 | OID: E10115328
Website: https://championsfactory.bg/organisation-profile/
Email: hi@championsfactory.bg