We are rejoicing with the people from all over the continent this European Week of Sport. And for us, the most important day will be 27 September when we invite all Europeans to celebrate the most active day of the year. With help from the European Fitness Day, National Fitness Day in the UK and […]
One week to go until European School Sport Day 2017
Are you ready for the European School Sport Day on Friday 29 September 2017? If you’re not sure the event is for you, or that there’s not enough time to get started, we can most definitely help you on your way. 5 reasons why you shouldn’t miss European School Sport Day Raise the profile of […]
BG Be Active partners with Lidl for this year’s European School Sport Day
By Bilyana Mileva, NowWeMOVE National Coordinator for Bulgaria. European School Sport Day is inspiring schools in Bulgaria to be creative and to find new ways to make students more physically active. Sharing and promoting the great results and best practices from previous years, BG Be Active in Bulgaria has started a new partnership at a […]
Cyprus a hub of NowWeMOVE activity in September and October
Cyprus is celebrating two MOVE months in September and October, preparing for Europe’s most active day (European Fitness Day) and European School Sport Day next week, and two cycling events. For European Fitness Day on 27 September two parts of Nicosia will offer free indoor cycling sessions at Equus gym & IC7. “We will give […]
Are you ready to MOVE your school on 29 September? Your European School Sport Day toolkit is here!
The third edition of the European School Sport Day (ESSD) is expecting to move more than 1.5 million children from 20 countries so far. Being a European initiative, we want to make this event accessible to anyone who wants to join and get connected to a bigger network of people working in school sport. On […]
Solving a moving problem – the inactivity time bomb
Across the world, many people are still not moving enough on a daily-basis. In fact, eight out of ten young people are not active enough. If we do nothing, lack of exercise could soon cause more deaths than smoking – we’re sitting on a ticking time bomb! In 2013, the World Health Assembly set a […]
Europe ran with us: School children from 20 countries exercised during European School Sport Day® 2016
As reports come in from the second European Week of Sport, early results point to the European School Sport Day® as the EU initiative’s biggest event, moving approximately 1.5 million school children in 20 countries across in Europe on 30 September 2016. In 2015, the event was organised in three countries (Hungary, Bulgaria and Bulgaria) […]
More than 60,000 students celebrated the European School Sport Day in Spain
A total of 60,194 students in schools across 9 regions participated in the first edition of the European School Sport Day (ESSD) in Spain on 30 September. The number of Spanish educational institutions involved in the day reached 114, and were located in the regions of Aragon, Baleares, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Valencia, […]
Second European School Sport Day expected to engage 1 million children
For immediate release The second European School Sport Day® is set to engage more than 1 million school children from at least 17 countries in inclusive physical activity initiatives this Friday, 30 September. The day is an official European Week of Sport event supported by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ Sport programme. Its goal is to […]
Plan your European School Sport Day event with its free toolkit and resources
The European School Sport Day on 30 September is a pan-European initiative and we intend to make it accessible for every European country. The event’s main goal is to promote physical activity and health on international level and involve as many children and young people, schools and organisations as possible. It is a celebration which provides the […]