For the fifth time, the Before project team met for an international partners meeting this week. The team from the Universidad de Murcia hosted the guests in the beautiful city of San Javier, Spain.
In this meeting, the project members discussed the latest content development for the online course on anti-bullying education for coaches, which will be released next month.
Furthermore, different dissemination options as well as the upcoming Multiplier Event in Murcia were discussed.
Muchas Gracias to all partners from Ireland, Spain, Germany and Sweden. We are looking forward to the Multiplier Event and our last meeting in Dublin!
For more information, check the BeFore website: https://antibullyingcentre.ie/before/news/
For the fourth time, the Before project team met for an international partners meeting in September. This time, ENSE hosted the guests in the beautiful city of Cologne, Germany, for two days.
On the first day, the project members discussed the latest outcomes of the international quantitative surveys. Afterwards, the content development for the online course on anti-bullying education for coaches was developed.
On day two, different dissemination options as well as the next steps of the online course on Anti-Bullying Education for sport coaches were discussed.
Dankeschön to all partners from Ireland, Spain and Sweden. Next year, the project team is heading to Spain!
Last week, the Erasmus+ funded Sport and Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) was able to meet for the fifth, and last time, in Cologne, Germany. One main goal of the three-year SSCL project is to support the implementation of a highly-participatory Living Lab approach within five sport for social cohesion programmes in four different European countries.
By implementing the approach, the SSCL project aims to increase social cohesion and support practitioners in delivering high-quality sport for social cohesion programmes.
The final project meeting was organised by the German Sport University (GSU). The partners met for two days and shared their latest experiences implementing this Living Lab approach within their sport-based programming. On the first day, the main objectives of the meeting were to finalize the SSCL Toolkit to support future sport-based Living Labs as well as to discuss the final steps of the project. On the second day, the project partners were invited to an interactive event with GSU students, discussing the chances and challenges of Living Labs across Europe. Thank you to everyone involved in this three-year journey and the hospitality of GSU this time!
We are still calling on organisations, practitioners and academics to share their experiences and insights on adopting participatory approaches (e.g. participatory action research, co-production, Living Labs) within their programmes. The call for articles can be found on sportanddev.org
The Erasmus+ project "Virtual Reality Approach to Anti-Doping Learning" (ViRAL) aims to promote innovative and impactful anti-doping education through a virtual reality game targeting competitive and recreational athletes. New technologies can greatly increase the acceptance and impact of anti-doping education among a variety of target groups. Through the development of a Virtual Reality program, VIRAL project recognizes the need to move forward and improve the way anti-doping education is developed, delivered, and assessed.
In May 2023, Sheffield Hallam University hosted the fourth meeting of the VIRAL project in Sheffield. Partners met and discussed the project activities, and they planned the evaluation of the VR game and the train the trainers activities. In the coming weeks, the VR game will be implemented and evaluated and tested, and trainers will be supported to integrate VR in their anti-doping.
The next project meeting will take place in November 2023 in Greece. For more information and updates, you can visit the project website.
