EPMIMT project

EPMIMT project

EPMIMT is a European Effective Practice Model and Impact Measurement Tool for sport-inspired Social Inclusion Projects (EPMIMT) is an Erasmus+ funded project which is being co-ordinated by The English Football League Trust, the project is studying various models of sport-inspired social inclusion projects from a variety of European settings, further testing out the best models and at the same time develop an impact measurement tool that allows sports organisations to better understand the value of the work they are doing in the social inclusion field.

Besides The English Football League Trust the other partners on the project are the European Football for Development Network (representing the Netherlands), the Football Association of Ireland, the Scottish Football League Trust, Bundesliga Stiftung from Germany, the Fundacion del Futbol Profesional from Spain and the Lithuanian club, Gargzdu Futbolas.
The project objectives are influenced by the guiding principles of the EU Work Plan on Sport to ensure a cooperative and concerted approach among project partners from six EU Member States in order to deliver added value in the field of sport at EU level; address the transnational challenges faced by organisations seeking to deliver sport-inspired social inclusion programmes using a coordinated EU approach; use the power of sport (and football in particular) to give impetus and prominence to the Commission’s work in this field and to provide clear and measurable evidence that can contribute towards future European policies in the field of sport.

The EFDN Street League Programme has been chosen to be subject to this research and evaluation project. The Street League Programme has already started and is organised in five countries. The organisations need to maintain comprehensive records of attendance, achievements and points scored related to programme activity. This will ensure that the Programme can be improved at the end of the pilot period according to ‘what works’ best across the five delivery sites.

All projects are provided with a license to use an adapted version of the Views impact reporting platform1 and associated training to enable them to record Staff, Volunteer, Parent and Participant Attendance at All Sessions and events; Match Scores, Points Awarded and Deducted and Case Studies and Multi Media Evidence of the Achievement of Participants.

Funding Partner

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)