LATEST NEWS
SPIN Youth goes European Week of Sport 2025!
"United for Inclusion" is the motto as SPIN Youth project panels in 8 countries pilot their action plan activities
Youth Panels publish Research on Empowering Diverse Youth
Empowering young people with diverse backgrounds in and through sport is a core objective of the SPIN Youth project. Evangelista explains why this is critical and how SJPF supports it.
First SPIN Mission to Sahrawi Refugee Camps in Algeria
The SPIN project "Inclusive Sport for Young Sahrawi Refugees" completed its multiplier training in the camps near Tindouf.
SPIN Youth Partner Meeting in Helsinki
Project Partners gathered in Helsinki, Finland, for a 2-day meeting and culturally rich social program.
SPIN welcomes 3 new members!
The SPIN Board admitted 3 new members in the field of sport and inclusion, all from Austria.
Xico Andebol & Guimarães: A Portuguese Case of Sport and Social Inclusion
How Sport Can Support the Inclusion of Displaced People in Cities and Municipalities: The Xico Andebol and Guimarães Approach
SJPF President Joaquim Evangelista highlights the SPIN Youth project in his latest Newspaper Article
Empowering young people with diverse backgrounds in and through sport is a core objective of the SPIN Youth project. Evangelista explains why this is critical and how SJPF supports it.
SPIN Youth Action Research Well under Way
SPIN Youth Coordinators together with their Youth Panel members have started their action research towards more inclusion of youth with diverse backgrounds in and through sport.
A problem without a cause – New paper on the framing of causes & solutions in sport for development interventions
A new paper for the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, co-authored by fellow SPIN member Louis Moustakas @FH Kufstein, investigates agenda framing in the field of Sport for Development
ONGOING PROJECTS
SPIN Youth goes European Week of Sport 2025!
SPIN Youth is actively contributing to the European Week of Sport (#BeActive, 23-30 September 2025) by putting youth‑led inclusion ideas into practice, making barriers and enablers more visible, and piloting local actions rooted in the project’s action research work....
Youth Panels publish Research on Empowering Diverse Youth
The EU-funded project “Empower Diverse Youth – Build up Youth Participation and Inclusion in Sport Organisations” (SPIN Youth) uses the impact of role models to address inequalities in sport and to increase the participation of young people from diverse backgrounds....
First SPIN Mission to Sahrawi Refugee Camps in Algeria
Our project "Inclusive Sport for Young Sahrawi Refugees" achieved its first milestone: From 11-15 May 2025, our partner Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti held a multiplier-training for 25 teachers and educators from all 5 camps. The aim was to introduce new methods and...
SPIN Youth Partner Meeting in Helsinki
SPIN Youth Project Partners gathered in Helsinki, Finland, from 25-27 May 2025 to discuss the progress of ongoing work packages, the interim evaluation report, and next steps. Hosting organization Liikkukaa - Sport for All, further put together a marvellous social...
