The Equal Play partnership has officially completed the SELF-AWARENESS TOOL – Common European Report 🌍⚽
The report brings together the results of 414 survey responses collected across 5 European countries — Ireland, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Türkiye — involving migrants and refugees, host communities, coaches, clubs, NGOs and stakeholders.
The findings confirm a strong shared belief across all partner countries:
Sport is widely recognised as a powerful tool for inclusion, belonging and social connection.
At the same time, the research also highlighted several important challenges that continue to affect participation and inclusion in sport environments, including:
✅ Language and communication barriers
✅ Transport and accessibility difficulties
✅ Financial and structural obstacles
✅ Gaps between inclusion policies and real implementation in practice
The report also underlines the key role of coaches, clubs and organisations in creating safe, respectful and inclusive sport environments. While attitudes towards diversity are generally very positive, the findings show that inclusion requires active, intentional and well-supported practices — not only openness in principle.
Another important conclusion is the need to move from passive inclusion towards more practical and structured approaches, supported by:
✔ training and education
✔ accessible communication strategies
✔ safeguarding and reporting systems
✔ stronger collaboration between organisations and institutions
✔ long-term inclusion planning
These findings will now guide the next phase of the project, including the development of Training Pills and Learning Tools designed to provide practical resources for coaches, clubs and sport organisations across Europe.
Together, we continue working towards more inclusive and welcoming sport environments for everyone 💙🇪🇺
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