EFDN’s ‘Welcome through Football’ Kicks Off
EFDN launches the ‘Welcome through Football’ programme in collaboration with member clubs Werder Bremen, Apollon Limassol, KAA Gent, Everton FC, Vitesse Arnhem. The programme will run for 12-months with the purpose of sharing expertise, experiences and best practices on community programmes which have a focus on young refugees from the ages of 7-25 year old. The 5 clubs each currently have their own football-based community programmes focusing on social inclusion, integration and acceptation of refugees in their region and Europe and one of the key outputs from the programme will be the development a comprehensive football based social inclusion methodology which will be first tested in the 5 collaborating countries with a view to inspiring and supporting other professional grassroots clubs wanting to start their own activities and programmes for refugees.
ERASMUS PLUS PROGRAMME
The Welcome through Football programme is co-funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme.
Aris Limassol FC Social, Environmental, and Health Initiatives
