Building Inclusion Through Sport Across Europe

Empowering coaches, sport organisations, NGOs, and communities with practical tools and training to support the inclusion of migrants and refugees through sport.

Building Inclusion Through Sport Across Europe

Key Objectives

Promote Social Inclusion

Supporting the integration of migrants and refugees through inclusive sport activities.

Empower Sport Facilitators 

Equipping coaches, educators, and NGOs with practical inclusion skills and methodologies.

Build Intercultural Connections

Encouraging mutual understanding and positive interaction between communities through sport.

Share Practical Resources

Developing open-access tools, training materials, and best practices for organisations across Europe.

Learning Tools

Inclusion self-check for clubs/coaches

This training pill offers a self-assessment tool to help clubs and coaches evaluate their level of inclusion. Through a practical checklist and an online questionnaire…

Participant barriers mapping tool

This learning tool is a practical template that supports coaches, facilitators, and sport organisations in identifying and analysing barriers to participation…

Inclusive session planning template 

This training pill provides coaches with practical tools to design inclusive sports sessions. It includes five example sessions across different sports…

Incident response and respectful behaviour tool 

An operational quick-response guide designed to help facilitators handle tensions, discriminatory comments, or exclusionary behaviors during…

Welcome and onboarding tool for newcomers 

This learning tool supports coaches and clubs in creating a positive and structured first-session experience for migrant and refugee …

Partnership and referral map 

This learning tool provides a practical resource to help clubs, coaches, and sport organisations identify and connect …

Training Pills

Sport as a tool for integration and belonging

This training pill explains how sport acts as a powerful tool for social inclusion, belonging, and community connection for migrants, refugees, and host-national participants…

Understanding barriers to participation

Understanding barriers to participation. This training pill is a short, practical micro-learning resource that helps coaches, facilitators, and sport organisations understand the main …

Inclusive communication in multilingual sport settings

Inclusive communication in multilingual sport settings. This training pill helps coaches and facilitators communicate effectively with participants who …

Creating safe and respectful mixed-group environments

Creating safe and respectful mixed-group environments. This training pill is co-designed with local grassroots experts, Mediterraneo Antirazzista, and provides practical …

Intercultural awareness for coaches and facilitators 

Intercultural awareness for coaches and facilitators. This training pill introduces coaches to the fundamentals of intercultural awareness in sport settings. It focuses on understanding how …

From passive inclusion to active inclusion

From passive inclusion to active inclusion. This training pill explores the shift from simply allowing participation to actively empowering individuals within sport activities. It highlights that true inclusion goes …

News & Events

  • 10 Jul 2026

    Participation means showing up. Belonging means feeling welcomed, respected and valued. At Equal Play, we believe that true inclusion…

    Read more: 10 Jul 2026
  • 24 Jun 2026

    Equal Play is an Erasmus+ Sport project built on one core belief: when people are genuinely included in sport,…

    Read more: 24 Jun 2026
  • 12 Jun 2026

    🎉 The Equal Play website is now live! We are excited to launch the first version of the Equal…

    Read more: 12 Jun 2026