LATEST NEWS
Training Manual for Inclusive Sport in the Sahrawi Refugee Context
Providing inclusive sport for young Sahrawi refugees requires an approach suitable to the context. In cooperation with Sahrawi partners and UISP, we have put together this training manual to support the effort.
SPIN Network’s Conference on Diversity in Sport
Coming 16 and 17 of April 2026, the capital of Portugal, Lisbon, will welcome members of the SPIN network for their General Assembly meeting followed by the European network conference “Inclusion and Empowerment of Young People with Diverse Background in Sport”.
Over 70 educators take part in sport & inclusion trainings for Sahrawi youth
In local trainings across all 5 refugee camps, Sahrawi educators received input and new methods for inclusive sport and physical education for children and youth.
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.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Training Manual for Inclusive Sport in the Sahrawi Refugee Context
The SPIN project "Inclusive Sport for Young Sahrawi Refugees" addresses the pressing need for quality sport and physical activity in a most challenging context in the desert camps of Southwest Algeria near Tindouf. The conflict over the independence of Western Sahara...
Over 70 educators take part in sport & inclusion trainings for Sahrawi youth
Between 14-16 February 2026, Sahrawi multiplier trainers conducted 3-day trainings in inclusive sport and physical education for over 70 educators and sport facilitators across all 5 Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria - a new milestone in our project...
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....
