TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Mary Evangelidou
The objectives of our project were the following:
- To promote positive values through sport (such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit) and the inclusion of people who face any kind of access barriers either due to discrimination or have fewer opportunities
- To inspire young people to work towards a more inclusive community using sports as a tool to achieve this
- To find innovative ways to accommodate the needs of all individuals during a sport activity irrespectively of any physical or other disabilities
- To share with other young people ways to use their environment in order to engage in more sport activities
- To challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about individuals who face different kinds of discrimination in sports, and increase understanding and acceptance
- To encourage young people to engage in physical activity, promoting health and wellness
- To give young people an experience of cultural exchange and understanding
- To empower young people to become active citizens, in order to positively contribute to their communities and to promote democratic values and practices
- To develop critical thinking and understand the power on non-formal education and peer-learning
Cyprus, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal
Non-formal learning
By implementing this project, we aimed to promote diversity, equality, and inclusion in the field of sports by breaking down all kinds of barriers. We expected that this would be achieved through various methods such as non-formal learning, innovative approaches, as well as real-life scenarios.
Co-trainer