Location and general information
Categories
Access to Sport - 
Employability - 
Environmental protection - 
Gender Equality - 
Healthy lifestyle - 
Personal development
Access to Sport - Employability - Environmental protection - Gender Equality - Healthy lifestyle - Personal developmentContext
The Valencian Community experienced floods in 2024, and since then around 40% of young people in the areas affected report mental health problems and difficulty concentrating on their studies. Young people in the disadvantaged Fuencarral-El Pardo district of Madrid face similar issues.
Project goals
- Increase 440 young people’s resilience and personal and social growth
- Break down cultural and social barriers that often prevent girls and young women from participating in sport
- Highlight the importance of positive masculinity and boys being allies in achieving gender equality
- Train 30 coaches in mental health and gender equality through football
Project content
- Running training sessions, workshops and other football-related activities
- Training coaches in mental health and gender equality
- Holding a one-day football festival in Madrid and two festivals in Valencia on gender equality and resilience
- Holding a two-day tournament in Valencia for participants from both Madrid and Valencia to learn from each other through football and workshops
- Sharing a manual on football, gender equality and empowerment in Spanish and English with at least 100 social organisations
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