PUSH - Promoting Unity through Sport for Homeless

The PUSH project aims at promoting equal opportunities and social inclusion through sport for homeless people by expanding the expertise of entities and workers dealing with them. After a phase of research and knowledge exchange at EU level, the consortium will define a set of guidelines to allow social workers and sports trainers in collaborating and creating sports programs for people in social hardship. The guidelines will be tested in the partners’ countries and then disseminated among all relevant services and stakeholders to enhance the social cohesion. Objectives -Identification at EU level of good practices and sharing of knowledge and experiences. -Creation of guidelines and training of professionals for the integration of people in social hardship through sport. -Testing of guidelines as a tool of social inclusion that increases the capabilities of host services. -Raising awareness on the issue of marginality and related destigmatisation. Work Plan WP1–Project Management and Dissemination (M1-M18) WP2–Good Practices and Knowledge Exchange (M2-M8) WP3–PUSH Guidelines and Testing (M8-M18) Beneficiaries -Homeless and people in a situation of social hardship -Social operators and sports trainers -Entities dealing with homeless and marginalised groups -Project partners -Civil society Expected Results -Marginalised people will have a healthy tool for efficient answers to their hospitality and inclusion needs. -Social workers and sports trainers will enrich their skills to use the “sport” tool to reach the inclusion objectives for the people assisted. -Entities working with homeless will be able to improve the offered services. -Project partners will expand their expertise and benefit from a transnational collaboration. -The civil society will be more aware of people in social hardship and prone to include them in the social context. Main Outputs -Good practices review -Knowledge exchange webinars -PUSH guidelines -Testing report -Dissemination strategy