CATANZARO (ITALPRESS) – “There are 1,613 Calabrian kids aged 14 to 24 who will receive the 500 euro voucher for sports, provided by the ‘Calabria for Young People’ initiative, established by the Region and implemented in collaboration with the Sport e Salute company”. This was announced by the Vice President of the Calabria Region with responsibility for sport, Giusi Princi. The list of beneficiaries of the voucher has been published on the website www.sportesalute.eu, which will now allow them to practice sports and physical activity at the 676 associations and amateur sports clubs in Calabria that have joined the project. “The Calabria Region – the vice president points out – 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 participation of sports associations and clubs that made available a total of 1,434 courses of various activities and disciplines: from climbing to athletics, from cycling to sports dance, from baseball to martial arts, through water and underwater sports. On the other hand, the numbers of beneficiaries testified to the desire for sport of the Calabrian youth, with 9,818 total requests, from which a list of 4,096 suitable applications emerged, with priority for young people belonging to families that are in precarious economic and social conditions”. “The great participation – Princi highlights – testifies to the goodness of the choice of the Calabria Region 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 every access barrier. With the President of the Region Roberto Occhiuto we are grateful to the many Calabrian sports associations and clubs that have joined, opening the doors to the many kids 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 the work done. A more sporty and, therefore, healthier Calabria – finally declares Vice President Princi – is the goal towards which we are moving and we are happy to be able to count, in this path, on Sport and Health that works to develop sport throughout our country”. – Photo: Calabria Region press office – (ITALPRESS). vbo/com 01-Lug-24 19:24 .
