Finish Line in Mental Health Disorder Stigma in Sports
▶Summary
People with mental health disorders are often excluded from participating in sports events throughout Europe. The reason being that there is no adequate promotion of awareness in the general public, while at the same time there are also no specific sports centres aimed at the inclusion of this target group to the sports field. With the above critical issue in mind, we aspire to create a transnational semi-Marathon in each participating country that will raise public awareness regarding the stigmatization of people with mental health disorders in sports. Simultaneously, each participating organisation will be responsible for holding a series of workshops, speeches and activities to further promote the inclusion of the target group in sports. The semi-Marathons combined with the parallel workshops will give make the project provide a holistic image regarding the exclusion that people with mental health disorders face when trying to participate in sports, thus leading to a deeper public understanding for this subject. The long term goal of the project is to perpetuate the semi-Marathon and the other events in an annual basis, thus continuing to promote people with mental health disorders into sports.