Showcasing and sharing how sport and physical activity-based projects across the UK are supporting refugees and asylum-seekers, and driving integration and cohesion in our communities
This section of ConnectSport offers a neutral space to share testimonies and practices that i) encourage knowledge exchange between programme stakeholders about how to maximise positive impacts; and ii) build vital discourse reaffirming the value of community diversity, multidirectional integration and humane, considerate asylum policies. As projects share their stories and experiences, this will form an evidence base to support calls for more action to facilitate such initiatives. Managed by Arthur Bloyce.
“Playing at this club makes me feel happy and safe. I have good friends here and we help each other. When I first came to the UK I was alone, but now I have my football family.” These are the words of a player from Changing Lives FC, an Essex-based men's football team comprised of refugees and asylum-seekers. In our first article, Arthur Bloyce kicks off ConnectSport's Call for Articles on Sport and Migration.
To respond to this Call for Articles, contact hello@connectsport.co.uk
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