More than Football Award Nominee – Juventus F.C.

More than Football Award Nominee – Juventus F.C.

This year will see the first More than Football Award ceremony at the 13th EFDN Conference, hosted at Camp Nou, Barcelona on the 19th and 20th of November 2019. From an array of high-quality submissions for the award, Juventus’ “Juventus for Special@School” is one of 10 projects that have been selected for the initial long list.

“Juventus for Special@School” is an educational project which aims to teach school-age students a different perspective of disability in sport and has directly reached about 2000 students. The project was born thanks to Juventus for Special teams composed by athletes with cognitive-relational disabilities who participate in the Italian national 7-a-side football tournament for people with this kind of disability. The programme includes discussions about what disability really means and represent, and practical exercises trying to recreate the difficulties that an athlete with a disability encounters during his sport activity. The goal of this initiative, as of the whole Juventus for Special project, is the promotion of a culture of complete integration that includes also people with different abilities. This season, the Juventus for Special team made it into the final of the national competition. 

A long-term commitment of Juventus

For several years, Juventus has been organising special training activities for children and teenagers, from “Gioca con Me” to the several projects of the J Academy that seeks to combine sports with education as a way to help every single child grow as a person. All projects have clear underlying values such as respect for teamwork, a spirit of sacrifice and education. An educated child who is encouraged to behave responsibly in the future will become an adult who is ready to enter the work world and interact well in society. Juventus condemns any kind of discrimination and with the help of UNESCO, over the past few years, it has succeeded in giving shape to this unflinching commitment.

See the full list of nominees for the More than Football Award.