School edition- building a more inclusive environment at school through BC3
The Ramps4Champs 2.0 – School Edition project focuses on promoting social inclusion through sport, specifically targeting students with severe disabilities. It aims to create inclusive environments where individuals with disabilities and their able-bodied peers can engage in sports activities, particularly the Paralympic sport BC3. The project aligns with the EU’s “Inclusion and Diversity” priority by fostering tolerance, inclusion, and anti-discrimination values while working closely with educational and sporting communities to promote equal access and participation in sports.
Start date: 01/12/2024 End date: 30/11/2026
Project Reference: 101183506
EU Grant: 400,000.00 EUR
Program: ERASMUS+
Key Actions: ERASMUS Lump Sum Grant
Action Type: ERASMUS-LS
Project Coordinator:
- Federation For People with Disabilities, PL
PROJECT PARTNERS:
- Aetoi Thessalonikis, GRC
- Mine Vaganti NGO, IT
- Asociacia Za Razvitie Na Bulgarskiasport, BG
- Polish Boccia Association, POL
- Rescue Training International Cy Ltd, CYP
- Loud Art & Inclusion, GRC
- Associacao Dos Profissionais De Educacao Fisica, PL
Project Meetings:
KOM: Lisbon, Portugal.
N° of participants: 16
During the Kick-off Meeting (KOM), participating organizations will approve the Management Plan, Quality & Evaluation Plan, and Financial Plan. They will also agree on the management and communication tools to be used throughout the project. Roles, tasks, and responsibilities will be clearly defined at this stage.
INTERIM MEETING: Thessaloníki, Greece Hosted by AETOI (Month 12)
N° of participants: 16
The meeting will focus on reviewing the activities completed by Month 12 and evaluating the project’s impact on participating organizations and target groups. A visit to LOUD’s premises is planned to observe the basic ramp production process.
EVM: Sassari, Italy. Hosted by MVNGO
N° of participants: 16
This meeting will focus on evaluating the overall implementation of the project. Partners will assess its impact on participating organizations, participants, and external stakeholders. The Sustainability Plan will also be approved during the FEM.
Project Topics:
- Inclusion, BC3, education through sport
- Integrity and positive values in sport
- Active Youth Promotion
Target Groups:
- TG1: Physical education schoolteachers, sport coaches, trainers working in mainstream and special schools and in sport clubs with both persons with disabilities and able-bodied peers.
- TG2: Scholars aged 12-18 with disabilities and able-bodies peers.
- TG3: Stakeholders such as policy makers, public authorities at regional, national and European levels, as well as scientific community that can foster the implementation of inclusive sport environment through BC3 Practice.
Project’s Objectives
- To identify the barriers preventing schools and sport clubs working with children and adolescents from adopting B3C as a usual practice in their activities.
- To provide schoolteachers, educators, coaches, ETS trainers with innovative inclusive teaching methodologies.
- To promote B3C among scholars and young athletes both with severe disabilities and able- bodied.
- To raise awareness about positive effects of inclusive BC3 among stakeholders.
Approach/Methodologies
The project is a 24-month cooperation involving research, production and development, and piloting to facilitate the achievement of project objectives. Five work packages have been identified, each containing a series of activities that the partners will implement in a collaborative spirit, and from which the production of project materials, both tangible and intangible, will be produced. Furthermore, the project revolves around the implementation of 3 phases, which comprise the central WPs of the project. In this scenario, WP1 and WP5 are vertical to the project dynamics. in fact, they comprise the managerial and promotion dynamics of the activities underlying the success of the project itself. Each of the phases described below is essential to be completed to be able to move on to the implementation of the activities envisaged in the subsequent phases, thus having a propaedeutic character.
Project Results:
R1: Research report
R2: The Educational Format
R3: Handbook for Safer BC3 in school environments
R4: BC3 Inclusive programmes
R5: Ramps4Champs ramps and tutorials
