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Project Description

PROJECT AIM

Rugby7Girls is a project initiated by a consortium made of 4 countries from different bodies active in the field of sport (a school of coaches and a rugby club in Romania are the initiators of this project) that want to change the perception of women’s rugby in Europe.

The main problem identified by the members of our consortium is the lack of skills of coaches in the women’s rugby sector. The Rugby7Girls project’s aim is to promote education in and through sport with special focus on skills development of coaches interested in women’s rugby.

During this short period we managed to promote to the OLIMP CENTER FOR YOUTH 4 sports and to the NATIONAL SENIOR TEAM 2 sports.

OBJECTIVES

  • Promote education in and through sport with special focus on skills development: our project will develop the skills and competences of the members of the consortium and about 100 local coaches/high school sport teachers that will be trained in the methods of coaching in women’s rugby during the entire period of the project.
  • Encourage equal opportunities in sport - Rugby in the world over is male-dominated and controlled. The coaches usually concentrate on the development of boys and men in rugby, with little support given to the growth of women’s rugby. At last year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland, just one of the 12 competing nations had a female head coach. We strongly believe that our project will also increase the number of female players and coaches in women’s rugby.
  • Support the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations: we have previewed 4 transnational meetings that will encourage the mobility of coaches and local coordinators of the project.

ACTIVITIES

  • 1 RUGBY7GIRLS initial conference
  • 1 RUGBY7GIRLS ROUND TABLE
  • 1 on-line Survey on difficulties of coaches in working with girls in rugby
  • 4 Country reports on areas where coaches don’t have practical skills to coach women in rugby
  • 1 adjusted on-line training methodology for coaches with particularities for women
  • 3 RUGBY7GIRLS trainings for coaches
  • 4 staff-meetings on the status of the project
  • 1-3 joint initiatives/country/ 1-3 meetings between rugby clubs and schools (sport teachers and girls)

WHO WE ADDRESS?

Our direct beneficiaris are:

  • all the partners in the project (management teams, local coordinators and coaches) that will enjoy the benefits of the 4 transnational meetings, local events and visibility of this European project
  • male and female coaches that are working in the domain of rugby in general and women’s rugby in particular
  • NGOs/sport clubs/rugby federations/public institutions/training centers in the domain of rugby, that are interested in the training of coaches for women’s rugby
  • Young girls that want to practice women’s rugby in the participant countries – that will be addressed through the local events in each country (partnerships between rugby clubs and schools)

Our indirect beneficiaries are:

  • Parents that have still prejudices and oppose to the practice of rugby by girls
  • Sport teachers from schools and high-schools that will meet with rugby coaches
  • The Ministries of Youth and Sport from the participant countries
  • The local and international rugby federations
  • The sport teachers from general schools and high schools in the partner countries
  • The Universities of Physical Education and Sports from the participant countries and beyond

Local councils, town halls that have under their administration stadiums - which will also have to take into account the particularities of women’s rugby at logistics level.