WOMEN-KICK
WOMEN-KICK project aims to enhance female footballers’ health, performance, and careers by providing gender-specific education on injury prevention, training, nutrition, and menstrual health. The project brings together partners from five EU countries to develop a digital learning platform, engage athletes and coaches, and promote inclusive, evidence-based football training.
CPR unLMTD
The “CPR unLMTD” project aims to improve the implementation of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training in schools by addressing key barriers such as limited resources, teachers’ self-confidence, and intercultural challenges. The project has three main objectives: to develop a practical framework for school-based CPR training, overcome intercultural obstacles, and create a multiplier effect extending CPR awareness from students to the wider community.
MINDFIT
Mental well-being is crucial to overall health, encompassing the capacity to recognize one’s potential, to manage life’s stresses, and to actively participate in community life. Youth sports offer an environment that can be nurturing and conducive to both physical and mental wellbeing. However, it is important to acknowledge that various psychosocial stressors and negative experiences may also be part of this context. While sports can support development, they may also reinforce stress, gender stereotypes, and inequality; particularly girls and gender-diverse youth often face additional barriers, discrimination, and limited access to support. Children, especially young athletes, face increasing mental health challenges such as performance pressure and academic stress. Competitive environments can lead to anxiety, burnout, and emotional fatigue from an early age. MINDFIT promotes a holistic, rights-based approach to children’s mental fitness and early intervention; As EU Commissioner of Health and Food Safety, Mrs Stella Kyriakides mentioned: “You cannot separate physical health from mental health, you need to care for people in a holistic way”. The project aims to address the challenges faced by children and in particular young athletes and provide recommendations for the formation of policies to safeguard mental health and resilience of children.