ALICE- Active Living promotion for a better Inclusion of Children at risk of Exclusion and poverty

ALICE- Active Living promotion for a better Inclusion of Children at risk of Exclusion and poverty

The ALICE Project is an innovative social inclusion initiative that uses sport as a tool to combat child poverty and educational deprivation in rural and marginalized urban areas. At the heart of the project is the ALICE Truck, a mobile, fully equipped sports unit that travels directly to communities where children lack access to safe sports facilities, organized physical activities, and recreational spaces.

By transforming public spaces such as squares, parks, and lawns into temporary sports fields, the ALICE Truck delivers regular, inclusive, and free sports activities to children living in poverty or at risk of social exclusion. The project reaches children who would otherwise be unable to participate in organized sport due to geographical isolation, economic barriers, or the absence of local sports clubs.

Beyond physical activity, ALICE promotes the educational, social, and developmental value of sport, fostering life skills such as teamwork, resilience, leadership, self-esteem, and social interaction. The project also strengthens community cohesion by engaging families, local organizations, and grassroots sports clubs.

Capacity building activities are foreseen for training coaches, volunteers, sports managers and students in sports sciences, and children’s associations’ staff to become “ALICE Sport Ambassadors.” They will be equipped with pedagogical, social, and organizational skills to sustainably deliver inclusive sports programs to children and continue activities beyond the project’s duration.

The project duration is 01.10.2025-30.09.2027

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