Using the potential of sport
As instruments to re-enter society and build new and meaningful relations.
About Us
Passion – Sport as tool of inclusion of ex-offenders aims to involve operators and trainers dealing with the re-introduction in the society of former prisoners to explore the effect that ETS could have to help reduce recidivism, using the potential of sport to help ex-offenders overcome the barriers of their social vulnerability and to give them the instruments to re-enter society and build new and meaningful relations.
Passion is a project funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme, carried out in Italy, Spain and Turkey by a partnership formed by Base NGO, Microlab, Associaciò Uno and KIYIDOSK.
Through PASSION, partners aim to contribute to Erasmus+ horizontal priority of Inclusion and Diversity, addressing it under the Sport sector priority of promoting education in and through sport.
PASSION
specific objectives
SOCIAL INCLUSION
to foster social inclusion of ex-offenders using sports to overcome social barriers and prejudice
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
to help them to create social connections with members of their communities
REDUCE RISK
to contribute to reduce the risk of social exclusion of ex-offenders
Passion Training Format
Passion Toolkit
Training Format for Education Through Sport
To achieve this objective, we created a Training Format aimed at providing adult educators and social workers working with the target group (ex-offenders) with competencies and skills to support their re-integration into both society and the labour market, as well as to foster social inclusion through the concept of Education Through Sport to trigger active citizenship.
The Training Format was produced through the cooperation of project partners, who identified in their respective countries the best practices in the use of sport for the inclusion of ex-offenders.
The Training Format was tested during a joint training event involving adult educators and operators working with the target group of ex-offenders. The main goals of the activity were to test the Training Format developed during the first step, to improve participants’ knowledge of the Education Through Sport methodology as a tool to reduce recidivism, and to foster social inclusion of ex-offenders thanks to the potential of sport.
After this first test, local workshops were organized in the different countries involved in the project, using the Training Format.
This process led to the creation of the PASSION Toolkit, a practical resource for stakeholders that includes ready-made ETS activities to be implemented with ex-offenders, fully transferable to other sectors and/or to work with other at-risk groups.
We invite you to download the PASSION Toolkit, available in English, Spanish, Italian and Turkish, and make use of its resources.
PASSION toolkit helps:
Acquisition of knowledge, skills, and methodologies to implement dedicated activities for people with fewer opportunities
Enhancement of soft, transversal, and empathetic skills improving all aspects of professional life.
Development of skills in the production of original non-formal educational methods.
Enhanced international contacts with NGOs and youth operators from different countries.
Participants to the project activities received the above-mentioned direct benefits and were thus impacted in the short term, in terms of acquiring relevant knowledge, skills, and cognitive and non-cognitive competencies. In the medium term, this fostered a more positive attitude towards unbiased work with ex-offenders, which in the long term contributed to an improved social inclusion of ex-offenders.
Erasmus+ Programme
Opportunities for Education, Training, Youth and Sport
Erasmus+ is the European Union programme that supports education, training, youth, and sport across Europe.
It provides opportunities for individuals and organisations to gain new skills, share knowledge, and build cooperation across borders.
Through Erasmus+, students, educators, youth workers, and organisations can:
- take part in international exchanges and mobility experiences;
- cooperate on innovative projects;
- promote inclusion, diversity, and active citizenship;
- use sport and education as tools for social change.
The programme fosters lifelong learning, encourages participation in democratic life, and supports personal and professional development.
Projects funded by Erasmus+ aim to create a more inclusive, connected, and resilient Europe.
🔗 Learn more on the official website of the European Commission: Erasmus+ Programme
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