SOCIAL INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES SPORT & YOUTH WORK Bridging the gap for social inclusion matchinclusion.eu Sport & Youth work Bridging the gap for social inclusion Project n°: 579923-EPP-1—2016-2-IT-SPO-SCP AUTHORS CESIE Giuseppe La Farina Giovanni Barbieri Maureen Blache Roberta Lo Bianco FACULTY OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO Izet Rađo Dino Mujkic Nedim Čović Aela Ajdinović Damira Vranešić – Hadžimehmedović Dženana Imamović Slavenko Likić ASSOCIATION FOOTURA Emiliyan Metodiev EURICON Kaatje Jansen Barbara Brodigan CLUB NATACIO BANYOLES Albert Busquets Badosa Oriol Josep Geli ELLINIKO FORUM PROSFYGON Josephine Ngendakumana Photene Kalpakiotis HANDALA Vanessa Romano Massimiliano Dellutri CONTENT Purpose of this manual 5 About MATCH 5 1 Aims and benefits 6 Social inclusion and exclusion 9 Defining Social inclusion and exclusion 9 2 How to ensure social inclusion 10 Sport, games and inclusion 13 Sport and inclusion 13 Sport and Games 18 Game as main activity 19 3 Game as motivation 20 Coach as educator 23 Coaching 23 4 Skills and qualities of a coach 28 Game 33 Introduction 33 5 List of games 35 6 Good practices 61 Purpose of this 1 manual 1.1 - About MATCH he following manual and help reduce barriers and “Sport & Youth work increase interactions and T– Bridging the gap for social inclusion. social inclusion” has been Moreover, during its edited in the frame of MATCH implementation MATCH has social inclusion opportunities, improved, strengthened and a project co-funded by the supported the cooperation Erasmus + Programme, among youth workers and Collaborative Partnership coaches in order to allow in the field of Sport. The them to use the skills acquired project aimed to enhance in the educational and sport social inclusion and equal fields. opportunities for migrants, In the frame of MATCH, six asylum seekers, refugees organizations from Italy (CESIE, and disadvantaged young as coordinator and HANDALA), local people by fostering and Bosnia Herzegovina increasing their participation (FACULTY OF SPORT AND in sport activities. PHYSICAL EDUCATION By creating interactions UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO), between these target Bulgaria (ASSOCIATION groups and sport and youth FOOTURA), Greece (ELLINIKO professionals, MATCH has FORUM PROSFYGON), The reinforced the potential of Netherlands (EURICON) and sport as a means of inclusion. Spain (Club Natació Banyoles), Indeed, sport can create have developed activities such bridges between people from as international and local different social, economic, training courses, renovation and cultural backgrounds of public sport facilities, sport 5 tournaments, job shadowing Eurobarometer report issued schemes and anti-racist in March 2014. These figures festivals. highlight a low awareness of As a result, the project has the benefits of sport among encouraged migrants, asylum European citizens. Anyway, seekers, refugees and local MATCH acknowledges young people to participate the educational role of in sport activities creating a sport-based interventions constructive dialogue between targeted at at people with different social groups. fewer opportunities such as refugees and asylum seekers, Sport shall be considered as migrants and youngsters in an effective tool for improving disadvantaged areas. These integration processes among target groups face a set of socially and economically obstacles and life challenges disadvantaged groups. that need be taken into However, contemporary consideration and addressed research1 shows that there is with specific tools in order to still a long way to go in order empower them. to fully embrace such concept. For this reason, the project In fact, despite the potential partners have actively and positive impact of sport, practically promoted the the latest Eurobarometer European policies in the field on Sport (December 2017)2 of sport, providing a common shows that almost half (46%) model MATCH partnership of the European citizens never would like to thank all the exercise or play sport. In youngsters, students, sport addition, the proportion has trainers, youth workers in slightly increased from 42% Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to 46% since the previous Spain, Bulgaria, Greece and 1Rapporto della conferenza europea dal The Netherlands, who took titolo “Sport and Integration: Challenging social exclusion in and through sport”, 2012, part in the activities and disponibile all’indirizzo: inspired us to writing this http://www.footballforequality.org/fileadmin/ mediapool/pdf/spin/SPIN-Konferenz-sc.pdf manual. 2 Speciale Eurobarometro 472, Sport e attività fisica, dicembre 2017, disponibile all’indirizzo https://ec.europa.eu/sport/news/2018/new- eurobarometer-sport-and-physical-activity_ en 6 1.2 - Aims and benefits time, educators who work with youngsters with fewer his manual aims to opportunities have little raise awareness of the experience in using sport as Tbenefits of sports as a an educational tool and they means of inclusion among do not know how to maximize youth workers and coaches. its potential. As Pierre De Coubertin once In order to define the said, “For each individual, pedagogical framework sport is a possible source for of MATCH, it is relevant to inner improvement”. Sport explore the concepts of social can be extremely effective on inclusion and exclusion and a personal level but it is also their relationship to games a fundamental tool to create and sport. Moreover, this interaction amongst different manual also aims at exploring social realities. the role of coach as educator We also believe that sport could and a series of existing be effective in stimulating good practices in all partner social inclusion and creating countries, which promote the open communities. use of sport as an educational Unfortunately, most of the resource. 7 Thanks to this manual, will be provided with some tips you will learn to define the which will help you improve concepts of inclusion and your coaching methods and exclusion and how to apply promote sport activities as a them to your practice. You means of inclusion. Finally, will also get familiar with the you will find a wide range of benefits of sport in inclusion games and sport activities. processes and discover how to implement activities with different targets. Besides, you 8 social inclusion 2 and exclusion 2.1 - Defining social social, psychological and inclusion and exclusion physical dimensions of social inclusion, including a sense ocial inclusion is the act of belonging and a support of making all groups of network, reflecting its wider Speople within a society scope. In fact, social inclusion feel valued and important. It is can be defined as the process the provision of certain rights of improving the conditions (e.g. employment, adequate of participation in society, housing, health care, particularly for disadvantaged education, integration, social people. This can be achieved by interaction and training) to all increasing their opportunities, individuals and groups in the providing access to resources, society.Some scholars identify and enabling people to claim these basic socioeconomic full respect of their rights and needs as the foundation to speak up against injustice. for social inclusion. Further The increasing international definitions acknowledge the attention devoted to 9 inclusion is a consequence of exclusion explicitly refers to globalization, liberalization, people who are disadvantaged and democratization based on their age, sex, processes. Cohesion and disability, ethnicity, origin, or inclusion are both complex, economic or other status. and normative concepts. Somehow the notion of inclusion in terms of social 2.2 - Ensuring social relations seems to imply the inclusion exclusion of certain groups. Integration, prevention of easuring social exclusion, acceptance and inclusion is positive relation are some of Mchallenging due to the key terms related to social its multidimensional nature inclusion. and the lack of standard data sources across countries. Conversely, “Social exclusion Likewise, quantifying presents refers to the multiple and considerable challenges as it changing factors resulting is a personal experience, and in people being excluded the views of those affected by from the normal exchanges, it or at risk of being left behind practices and rights of cannot be disregarded. modern society”. The term social exclusion was used By promoting social inclusion for the first time by René we prevent marginalisation, Lenoir (1974), the former one of the main concerns French Secretary of State for of EU societies. In the last Social Action. Social exclusion few decades, social inclusion describes a state in which has given a remarkable individuals are unable to contribution in creating a participate fully in economic, friendly environment as some social, political and cultural individuals facilitated the life, as well as in the process integration process of people leading to and sustaining such who felt excluded. A socially a state. It is a multidimensional inclusive society is defined phenomenon not limited to as one where all people feel material deprivation. Social valued, their differences are respected, and their basic 10 needs are met so they can live Moreover, working towards in dignity. Such society allows supporting the inclusion everyone to become all that of certain social groups they are capable of becoming. should not undermine It seeks to eliminate poverty, permanent prevention inequality, abasement, measures promoted so as to humiliation