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Les Enfants de la Balle
Inclusion of disabled children in sports clubs
HandicapDiversityHauts-de-France
With 40 €,
Les Enfants de la Balle finances:
1 starter kit(s) for a volunteer helper (T-shirt, sweatshirt, armband)
123 €20,000 €
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Challenge
At the start of the 2022 school year, more than 430,000 children with disabilities are enrolled in schools. But very few practice a sport.
Often, schools don't plan sports classes for them. As for parents, they're afraid to enroll their child in a club for fear of how others will look at them. The result is:
- social isolation for children with disabilities;
- health problems, often obesity;
- difficulties integrating into society, studying and finding a job.
Often, schools don't plan sports classes for them. As for parents, they're afraid to enroll their child in a club for fear of how others will look at them. The result is:
- social isolation for children with disabilities;
- health problems, often obesity;
- difficulties integrating into society, studying and finding a job.
Solution
Created in 2017 by the 3 founders, parents of children with disabilities, the association les Enfants de la Balle accompanies sports clubs to enable these children to play a sport in a club in their neighborhood, in a situation of normality.
The association brings its methodology of inclusion. Its strong point is to have the child play with a "volunteer helper" who accompanies, encourages and stimulates him/her, and acts as a link with the coach and the other children in the group. It's like the AVS at school (Assistant de Vie Scolaire). Progress is magical!
The association brings its methodology of inclusion. Its strong point is to have the child play with a "volunteer helper" who accompanies, encourages and stimulates him/her, and acts as a link with the coach and the other children in the group. It's like the AVS at school (Assistant de Vie Scolaire). Progress is magical!
Recent result
Les Enfants de la Balle today supports 50 sports clubsprincipally located in the Hauts-de-France region.
150 children with disabilities are included in these clubs and are making extraordinary progress. They are gaining in autonomy and sociability, thanks to inclusion that enables interaction with other children.
The money will be used for
Launching clubs towards inclusion with a club start-up kit:
- Communication materials: metal posters and flyers;
- Team awareness workshops;
- Volunteer caregiver training + sportswear;
- Child's birthday, gift and medals;
- Connecting families and clubs.
- Communication materials: metal posters and flyers;
- Team awareness workshops;
- Volunteer caregiver training + sportswear;
- Child's birthday, gift and medals;
- Connecting families and clubs.
Goal
L'association les Enfants de la Balle hopes to raise €20,000, which will enable it to support 20 new sports clubs and include 40 children with disabilities (an average of 2 children per club) over the course of 2023.
Launching an inclusive club costs €1,000: €500 for awareness-raising and communication, and €500 for the volunteer-helper (training, outfit).
27 rue Jean Bart, 59000 Lille, France
Enabling children with disabilities to play sports in a normal environment
The raison d'être of Enfants de la Balle is to include children with disabilities, extraordinary children, in sports activities with ordinary children.
To do this, their actions consist of supporting sports structures in their inclusion project. Their added value is to accompany the child by an AVS, a sports life assistant, who will stimulate and encourage him/her, and act as a link with the coach and the other children. The association offers sports clubs educational tools and training in inclusion.
They dream of becoming the benchmark organization on the inclusion of children with disabilities in ordinary sports clubs.
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Winner of the Ministry of the Civil Service's AIC (Accélérateur d'Initiative Citoyenne) in 2022.
Winner of Oresys Care's call for projects on disability in 2022.
To do this, their actions consist of supporting sports structures in their inclusion project. Their added value is to accompany the child by an AVS, a sports life assistant, who will stimulate and encourage him/her, and act as a link with the coach and the other children. The association offers sports clubs educational tools and training in inclusion.
They dream of becoming the benchmark organization on the inclusion of children with disabilities in ordinary sports clubs.
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Winner of the Ministry of the Civil Service's AIC (Accélérateur d'Initiative Citoyenne) in 2022.
Winner of Oresys Care's call for projects on disability in 2022.
Partnership agreement with Lomme Basket Club - November 2023New inclusive clubs for back-to-school 2023
9 sports clubs have joined the Enfants de la Balle association since the start of the September 2023 school year. They have decided to welcome at least one disabled child into their structure, with the support of a volunteer helper, a referent adult who will support and help the child progress on the pitch, every week.
We are therefore delighted to have formed a partnership with :
- l'Avenir Bondues Basket Club
- le Basket Club d'Escaudœuvres
- le Championnet Sports Paris 18ème
- le CJBB Le Cateau Basket
- le stade Roubaisien Basket
- l'USJC Rugby Paris
- le Lomme Basket Club
- le Cercle d'Escrime de Roubaix
- le SAM Omnisports - Sport Athlétique Mérignacais
We are therefore delighted to have formed a partnership with :
- l'Avenir Bondues Basket Club
- le Basket Club d'Escaudœuvres
- le Championnet Sports Paris 18ème
- le CJBB Le Cateau Basket
- le stade Roubaisien Basket
- l'USJC Rugby Paris
- le Lomme Basket Club
- le Cercle d'Escrime de Roubaix
- le SAM Omnisports - Sport Athlétique Mérignacais