Sport is a powerful tool for breaking down barriers and promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged groups. The #BeInclusive EU Sport Awards, organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, recognises organisations using the power of sport to build a more inclusive society.
The 2018 #BeInclusive EU Sport Awards invited all organisations in Europe, public or private, commercial or not-for-profit, that have successfully developed sport projects aimed at social inclusion to enter their initiatives. The jury received 111 submissions.
These are the final 9 selected projects:
• Bádóireacht (Ireland)
• Fit4Life (Finland)
• Integration of Syrian Refugee children into Community Games Sports & Cultural events (Ireland)
• Judo club for people with disabilities Fuji (Croatia)
• Rugby Opens Borders – Leveraging organized Teamsports for the integration of refugees and migrants (Austria)
• Sport &Refugees (Germany)
• start2coach (Germany)
• S(up)port Refugees Integration (Italy)
• The running charity (United Kingdom)
At the award ceremony on the 27th of November in Brussels three winners were announced:
• Fit4Life (Finland)
• Judo club for people with disabilities Fuji (Croatia)
• Sport &Refugees (Germany)
On behalf of the European Judo Union, we would like to congratulate to the Judo Team Fuji and the Croatian Judo Federation for this prestigous recognition.
About the club you can read more on our web site: https://jkosifuji.hr/eng/aboutus/
Fuji’s social networks:
web: www.jkosifuji.hr
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jkosi.fuji
Twitter: @judo_team_fuji
Instagram: @judo_team_fuji
Official video of Fuji project for this event: https://twitter.com/EuSport/status/1067821629303070720
Author: Sören Starke