WELLcome – wellbeing and integration through sports

In the project WELLcome – Wellbeing and integration through sports, innovative and effective business models are developed in the sports sector, to integrate and engage refugees in society with the help of sports.

Within the project, Finlands Svenska Idrott (FSI) and Humak University of Applied Science (Humak), together with sports associations and reception centers in Finland, develop sports opportunities for children and young people with an immigrant – and refugee background.

Objectives

THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
– To support young refugees (age 7-16) to take part and engage in the local sport clubs in Finland and to thereby support their integration into the Finnish society.
– Create new and impactful business models for the integration of refugees and immigrants in Finland with the help of sports
– To raise awareness and know how in social including and integration of refugees among board members, staff members and trainers in sport clubs in Finland.
– To spread the model and best practices developed in the project to all the member sport clubs of FSI and to the general public and important stakeholders in Finland and in Europe.

Duration (päivämäärinä):	01.07.2022 – 31.12.2024
Project manager:	Janina Sjöstrand
Email:	janina.sjostrand@humak.fi
Partners:	Finlands Svenska Idrott Finnish Red Cross, The Reception Center in Turku ÅIFK
Funder:	Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö
Budget:	>50 000 – 100 000 euroa