The School Get-Together
This project's parent organization is Goodsport Foundation
It operates in Sweden
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Sustainable Cities and Communities Award
More about The School Get-Together
Goodsport "The School Get-Together" is adressing the issues of segregation and alienation that exist and constitue a great threat to socially sustainable development in many Swedish citities, mainly the bigger ones. The segregation means that a lot of people do not meet across geopgraphical, socio-economic and cultural borders. Instead there are parallell societies where prejudice thrive and the opportunities do achieve wealth in life vary greatly. Through The School Get-Together we break down those barriers by bringing classes with students in the age of 10 to 15 together providing a space for reciprocal and positive meetings. In those meetings sport works as the perfect ice-breaker and platform for building trust and relationships. We use various sports in order to bring the students together where the physical activation is the key to break down barriers and prejudice.