🧠🏃♀️ MIND GAME – Pilot Phase: Testing the Guidelines
🎬 We are excited to present the aftermovie of our pilot phase!
As part of the MIND GAME project, during the three-month pilot phase, we tested the Guidelines for Supporting Mental Health Through Sport in sports clubs and schools at the local level across our partner countries. 🌍
Coaches, physical education teachers and sports professionals had the opportunity to take part in workshops and practical activities, applying new methods in their everyday sports sessions.
🏃♀️ Team-building activities to develop resilience and social skills.
🧘 Breathing and relaxation exercises to support mental well-being.
💬 Open discussions encouraging young people to express their feelings.
🤝 Continuous monitoring and exchange of experiences to improve mental health support through sport.
🎥 Take a look at our aftermovie and relive some of the moments that made our pilot phase special!
FuteBola from Portugal, together with its partners Hate Fighters Network from Serbia, Educazione Benessere from Italy and ITF Taekwon-do club Levski Angels from Bulgaria implements project “It’s a Mind Game” in order to address issues of mental health crisis among children and young people through sport. Mind Game initiative will gather coaches, youth workers, mental health professionals, and sports practitioners from partner countries to exchange best practices on using sports as a tool for mental well-being and inclusion; will deliver a Training Guidelines document that provides practical methods and strategies for using sports as a tool to promote mental health, foster inclusion, and create safe sports environments; will equip coaches from grassroots sports clubs and schools across all partner countries with new methodologies on mental health, inclusion and safe sports environment; will raise awareness among young people, sports organizations, and policymakers about the benefits of inclusive and mental health-friendly sports environments. Mind Game project is co-financed by the European Union and is implemented in Portugal, Serbia, Italy and Bulgaria from October 2025 to September 2026.
