Dissemination Events: Sports Activator in Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Dimitar Benev, the coordinator of the team from Gabrovo, Bulgaria, affirmed that 28 individuals with ages between 9-18 years old took part on the Sports Activator event, held in a local school. The young people were encouraged to adopt a healthy lifestyle and to do sports. The team chose the interactive method “learning by doing” and combined the method developed in Romania and local good practices to create sports activities. The event had a great effect on the participants. They stated that: "We should do it more often.” 

 

Sports Activator is co-funded by Erasmus+ Sport Programme, with the support of the European Union.

Sports Activator project had two main meetings in Romania, which involved more than 70 participants from 8 countries and different communities. We managed to gather together sport teachers, trainers, youth workers, volunteers, coaches, people involved in sport clubs and different participants with various backgrounds in the sports field. 

 

One of the meetings objectives was to create a toolbox with helpful information about a healthy lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity, games and methods that can contribute to decrease the rate of physical inactivity among youngsters. Everybody contributed to this brochure with personal experience, examples of good practice, games and methods that they have already tried and worked very well among the young people.

 

After the international mobilities, the participants had the mission to share their learning achievements by facilitating international sports events in their local communities. So far 20 offline and online events were organised, in Spain, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, that involved 659 participants.