On March 25th in Sofia, during a training session of the Adapted Basketball NSA, Bulgarian sports development association celebrated the World Down Syndrome Day in a special way. Over 40 athletes with intellectual disabilities, their partners and coaches celebrated this special day together with colorful socks that show diversity, rights and opportunities for all. On…
#BeInclusiveWaterPolo started in Sofia
On March 20, 2024, Sofia hosted an exciting event – the first meeting of the #BeInclusiveWaterPolo project, which presented its innovative mission to overcome stereotypes towards people with intellectual disabilities through adapted sports. This pioneering project aims to unite people through team sports and showed that water polo can be fun and suitable for everyone,…
#BeInclusiveWaterPolo at Sport Infoday in Brussels
On January 30, 2024, in the building of the European Commission in Brussels, the annual edition of the Sport Info Day was held, during which detailed information about the opportunities offered by the sports sector of the Erasmus+ programme to promote sports and physical activity at local, regional and national level was provided. The event…
Kick off meeting with EACEA
On December 14, 2023, an online meeting was held between the coordinators of projects starting in 2024, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Sport program, and representatives of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), responsible for managing funding for Education, Culture, Audiovisual, Sport, Citizenship, and Volunteering within the Union. During the meeting, the current focuses…
BSDA will coordinate #BeInclusiveWaterPolo
Team sports bring people together and the development of inclusive water polo aims to achieve that, breaking down stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities in a really fun way. In Inclusive Sports, teams are made up of people of similar age and ability. That makes practices more fun and games more challenging and exciting for…