CATANZARO «There are 1,613 Calabrian children aged 14 to 24 who will receive the 500 euro voucher for sports practice, provided for by the “Calabria for Young People” initiative, established by the Region and created in collaboration with the Sport and Health company». This was communicated by the vice-president of the Calabria Region with responsibility for sport, Giusi Princi. In fact, the list of beneficiaries of the voucher has been published on the website www.sportesalute.eu, which will now allow them to practice sport and physical activity at the 676 amateur sports associations and clubs in Calabria that have joined the project. «The Calabria Region – underlines the vice-president – has believed a lot in this project and has allocated 894 thousand euros in order to encourage the active participation of young Calabrians in sports disciplines at gyms, sports centers and schools. And the numbers attest to the great involvement and effervescence of the Calabrian sports movement. On the one hand, in fact, there was a large number of sports associations and clubs who made available a total of 1,434 courses in various activities and disciplines: from climbing to athletics, from cycling to sports dance, from baseball to the arts. martial arts, passing through water and underwater sports. On the other hand, the numbers of beneficiaries testified to the desire for sport of the young people of Calabria, with 9,818 total requests, from which the list of 4,096 suitable applications emerged, with priority for young people belonging to families who are in precarious situations. economic and social conditions”.
«The great participation – highlights Princi – testifies to the goodness of the Calabria Region’s choice to focus on sport. We wanted to promote this initiative precisely to satisfy the great desire for sport and to allow everyone to do physical and sporting activity, overcoming any access barrier. With the President of the Region Roberto Occhiuto we are grateful to the many Calabrian associations and sports clubs who have joined, opening the doors to the many young people who will have the opportunity to choose the discipline and activity that most attracts and involves them. I thank the general manager, Maria Francesca Gatto, the manager of the Sports sector, Anna Perani, and the staff involved in the regional Education department for their work. A sportier and therefore healthier Calabria – finally declares Vice President Princi – is the objective towards which we are moving and we are happy to be able to count, in this journey, on Sport and Health which works to develop sport throughout our Village”.
