SPORTO-26V - Sport Orbit through 26 Villages

This project will introduce a new sport approach, named Sport Orbit, which reflects the big range of stimuli that sport activities can offer to individuals who live in rural areas. The target group is children and adolescents (n=50) characterized by a weak socio-economic background who are confronted daily with various manifestations of poverty, geographical challenges and social exclusion. Due to these barriers children and adolescents don’t have the opportunities to participate in regular sport activities and gain the benefits of sport exercise. We will design and implement the Sport Orbit Program combining different sport experiences, such as, individual sport experience – team sport experience – water sport experience - artistic sport experience- family sport experience. Thus, in our exercise program we will use different sports, trail running, dance, basketball, water polo, and pétanque and orienteering. We will conduct also, a professional training course for increasing the managerial and interpersonal competencies in local policy makers and sport staff, from the nearest cities, to be able to design, deliver and maintain sport development programs in the target area. We will produce ten deliverables, such as, HEPA awareness raising campaign, the HEPA online educational course, Sport Orbit training program, the professional course, a family sport event.