Social Innovation Sports: Empowering Communities Through Sport in Portugal 🇵🇹

Dive into the impactful world of Social Innovation Sports, an organization in Portugal that goes beyond traditional sports, aiming for a more inclusive and sustainable society. 🌟

🤝 Mission for Inclusivity: Social Innovation Sports was founded with a clear mission: to promote and disseminate sustainable practices in the social ecosystem, fostering an inclusive vision of sports. Their initiatives aim to create synergy and enhance the management skills of those involved in social and sports activities.

🌐 Creating Networks for Change: At the heart of their work is the creation of networks and synergies among key stakeholders. They promote cooperation and engagement between public organizations, private companies, social organizations, academia, and civil society to advocate for inclusion, gender equality, and social justice.

🎓 Education and Training: Social Innovation Sports systematically organizes training courses in collaboration with universities and research centers. These programs focus on knowledge systematization and the development of research and training projects. Local initiatives, like the Clube Escolhas project, use sports, particularly football, to foster social inclusion and gender equality.

👩‍🏫 Empowering Local Associations: At the local level, Social Innovation Sports acts as an aggregator, promoting initiatives and enabling its community, primarily composed of volunteers and members of sports and social associations, to learn how to bring about positive change. They offer training courses to professionalize local associations, providing tools to bring about change in their communities.

⚽ Using Sports for Social Impact: Social Innovation Sports has developed programs in collaboration with local universities, schools, and clubs to reach young people, migrants, refugees, and other marginalized groups. Their holistic approach encompasses sports, youth empowerment, communication, organization, leadership, psychology, gender equality, health and well-being, and equal opportunities.

Discover how Social Innovation Sports is making a difference in Portugal and beyond, using sports as a tool for social impact and positive change. #WalkingAroundPartners #SocialInnovationSports #InclusiveSports