Skills for Health & sport in EU small communities

Background Developed during and after the pandemic crisis pointed how much the personal health conditions are crucial to guarantee the resistance to new dangerous illnesses and how much is important that citizens starting from an early age have the basic knowledge and skills to monitor their personal health and observe hygiene rules that guarantee good health. The partners experimented different educational and demonstrative sport activities to promote sport for all having health purposed. Objectives Experiment at EU level innovative ways to promote public health through capacity building in sport, specially to those in our local communities who experience the greatest disadvantage for several reasons (old people, young people, migrants, disabled, women). Implementation Italy sport for all with the involvement of all the local sport organizations, publication of the sport rules for the prevention of oncological diseases, cycling demonstrative action from Italy to Slovenia; Bulgaria sporting event across the local community to showcase the different sports clubs/organizations; Slovenia Sportfest, promoting sport healthy lifestyle with a specific focus on nutrition rules. In Spain sport for elderly managing active life at home with daily by distance coaching. Achievements The project:-facilitated sports participation and health skills development for community members;-promoted local sporting organizations and environments fostering good health and prevention of disease;-used sport as a vehicle to communicate about priority health issues to citizens;-reinforced sport workforce capacity to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion activity;-supported the sports sector to develop simple activities open to all to promote health everyday.