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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
Report: SPIN Networking Webinar – Social Inclusion of Refugees through Sport, 3.2.25
A successsful premiere As the first of its kind, the SPIN Networking Webinar on 3 February 2025 brought together the Sport Inclusion Network community and further stakeholders in the field. Participation ranged from stakeholders from Kenya to Finland and from...
SPIN Networking Webinar – Social Inclusion of Refugees through Sport, 3.2.25
An online event organised and hosted by the Sport inclusion Network (SPIN). Background In 2015, Europe witnessed one of the biggest movements of Refugees, the so called “refugee crisis”. What is the situation now, ten years after the arrival of refugees from conflict...
Project launch: Inclusive sport for young Sahrawi refugees
In cooperation with UNHCR and the Sahrawi Ministry of Youth and Sport, SPIN launches its first project on the African continent.
SPIN welcomes 4 new members!
The SPIN Board admitted 4 new experienced members in the field of sport and inclusion, from Finland to Italy, Portugal and Kenya.
All roads lead to Rome!
The European Youth Training Academy was a first milestone in our EU-project SPIN Youth –
and a successful one, too!
11th Integration festival “From Kabul to Vienna”
For the eleventh time, SPIN member Sport and Cultureal Association Neuer Start organized their annual festival to promote social inclusion through sport and cultural exchange.
SPIN family keeps growing
On July 3rd, the SPIN Board admitted 3 new experienced members in the field of sport and inclusion, from Finland to Austria and Kenya.
SPIN Youth Kick-off Meeting
Members of the Sport Inclusion Network launched their latest EU funded project themed around sport and empowerment of diverse youth