๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐?
๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐. Yet refugees, migrants, and ethnic minorities, especially women and girls, still face real barriers to participating in sport and physical activity. These barriers can be even greater when combined with discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or social status.
๐๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ. We connect grassroots organisations, minority initiatives, and self-organised groups with sport clubs, associations, NGOs, and public institutions, creating opportunities to learn, collaborate, and make sport more inclusive.
๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
We put grassroots initiatives and minority-led organisations first. Because lasting change happens when communities are not only included, but empowered to lead it themselves.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐. We believe the strength of a network lies in the diversity of its members. That's why we bring organisations together across Europe and the Global South to work for social inclusion in and through sport.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
In 2010, ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง NGOs and sport organisations from across Europe launched the first SPIN project to tackle the underrepresentation of migrants, ethnic minorities, and asylum seekers in mainstream sport. What started as a project grew into an informal network behind a series of initiatives, including ESPIN, Sport Welcomes Refugees, SPIN Women, SPIN Refugees, and SPIN Youth. In 2023, we took the next step: opening the network to organisations across Europe and the Global South, and formally establishing SPIN as an international non profit under Austrian law. Today, we're growing that network further and inviting more organisations to join us.
