6 new social impact projects were approved at our last Board meeting on February 28.
What a wonderful day at our last board meeting on February 28, 2023 🔥
We have approved 6 new projects for a wide range of beneficiaries: people with physical or mental disabilities, senior citizens, disadvantaged young people, young orphans and young migrants.
Two countries, Egypt and Tunisia, presented their first Foundation project. We are very proud to see that more and more countries are getting involved with the Foundation, to bring the benefits of sport to people in vulnerable situations.
Discover the different projects below:
MAKING SPORT ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
- "Les Homards du Cotentin"This project is aimed at people with physical or mental disabilities. Supported by teams from the Decathlon Cherbourg store and the "Les Homards du Cotentin" association, this project aims to help around 1,000 children and adults per year to play rugby 🏉
- "Handis et Valides, sortez des sentiers battus" ("Disabled and able-bodied, get off the beaten track")is the project launched by teams from Decathlon Sens and the Omnisports Sens'ation association. The aim is to make hiking, and more generally outdoor sports, accessible to over 250 people with reduced mobility, thanks to the acquisition and use of electrically-assisted all-terrain wheelchairs. The aim is to enable them to discover the pleasure and freedom of moving around in nature, while sharing moments of discovery, escape and challenge between disabled and able-bodied people, promoting inclusion and living together.
- "ENVOLLEYVOUSsupported by the Decathlon Sarrebourg store and the Sarrebourg Volleyball Club, makes physical activity accessible and promote healthy physical activity for all publics (disabled people; obese people; seniors; able-bodied people) at all ages and thus encourage inclusion through volleys 🏐
PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SPORT
- Bicycles as a means of education, transport and integration for young people - that's the aim of the "Bisklette pour tous! a project run by Decathlon Tunis employees and the Marsa cultural development association, which aims to train over 1,000 young people in cycling. 🚲
- "Street fighters"supported by Samusocial International Egypt and Cairo staff, aims to help 250 street and hostel kids reintegrate into society, through soccer, yoga, karate... but also the development of positive attitudes such as FairPlay, respect and self-reliance 🧘
- Finally, the project "Glisser vers l'inclusion en Tunisiesupported by the association Génération Sports eXtrêmes (GSX) and Decathlon Sousse employees, makes skateboarding accessible to over 600 underprivileged young people, thanks to the construction of Tunisia's first public skatepark. 🛹
