IURTS - Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Children Through Sport

Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Children Through Sport (IURTS) will engage the grassroots sport sector to develop and provide educational, fun and age-appropriate materials and trainings for schools and sport organisations, and engaging the wider network of sport organisations in a coordinated approach to support the Ukrainian children with their trauma, psycho-social stress and displacement in new communities. The project has a clear view to supporting the Erasmus+ Programme horizontal priority Inclusion and diversity in all fields of education, training, youth and sport with the focus on refugee children. A strong partnership of organisations has been formed to deliver quality input and coordination in the above activities, with very different types of organisations and starting points, and complementary expertise from the sport, research, youth and education sector: V4Sport (Poland), Suceava Sport for all (Romania), ISCA (Denmark), University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (Italy), Terre Des Hommes (Romania), Laureus Sport for Good (UK) and Associated Partners from Ukraine: Sports Committee of Ukraine and League of Tolerance. The overall aim of the project is to support the integration of Ukrainian refugee children through sport, by collecting and developing scalable, targeted, hands-on resources, piloting testing them in Poland and Romania, and widening the impact through international networks in sport organisations across Europe to extend the results and benefit Ukrainian children across the continent. 1) Collect the best experiences and develop materials in integration efforts for Ukrainian refugee children through sport, with a focus on schools and sport clubs 2) Pilot the materials and activities in Poland and Romania with specific focus on peer-learning programmes, and evaluation and refinement of the materials 3) Widen the impact by engaging more organisations in Integration of Ukrainian Refugees Through Sport across Europe.