EWOS – Portugal

EWOS – Portugal

The European Week of Sports (EWoS) was celebrated in Lousã in a series of events promoted by ARCIL. The EWoS took place between 26 September and 1 October 2022, with the programming and implementation of a sequence of events in the community – on the days 26/09, 28/09, 30/09 and 1/10 – contemplating three of the modalities that were being explored within the ERASMUS+ Inside project: (i) Rugby; (ii) Football; and (iii) Swimming. In order to promote the inclusion of persons with disability, ARCIL developed a partnership with local entities.

The football practice was implemented together with the local football team – Lousanense – and the participants from ARCIL had the opportunity of attending a rugby training with the local athletes from Rugby Club da Lousã.

The swimming activity was also with the community’s engagement and the partnership with the Municipality made it possible to organize a training event in Piscina Municipal da Lousã, with swimmers from the village.

The week ended with an open dancing class organized by ARCIL to the community, in the sunny morning of October 1st, where local participants had the opportunity to join this inclusive dancing event.