July 2019

One year ahead of Antwerp’s 100th anniversary of the 1920 Olympic Games,  the newsletter highlights a social inclusion based programme that started in Antwerp in 2001.

Sport in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods is a targeted programme from the City of Antwerp that promotes a healthier lifestyle true sport amongst the poorer and more underprivileged communities within the City. The programme wants to encourage people who do not or hardly practise sports to start sporting in their neighbourhood. Through access to a collection of various initiatives designed to make access to sport easier for the poor communities within the city, the programme increases participation rates in sport and physical activity and improving the overall quality of health within these groups. The programme removes the barriers to access that exist across social, financial and physical dimensions and help instilling behaviours and values that will assist the participants in their everyday lives. To learn more about the Sport in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods programme, click here!