Aps Asd Margherita Sport e Vita
For some sports is a form of leisure for other means to improve their well-being. But for us the sport is the best recipe for life.
We are a group of enthusiasts, committed and creative being active who put all their energy in order to do sports and improve Margherita di Savoia at the best. Aps Asd Margherita Sports e Vita (MSV) has been appointed to carry out one of the most important missions of any modern city; to create conditions for the development of the sports activities of the citizens of Margherita di Savoia and its surrounding territory. It's located in Southern Italy at 75 km from Bari, famous touristic town and capital Apulia region.
Margherita di Savoia counts 12.500 inhabitants and during the spring/summer season is a tourist destination for family and kids
for its long beaches and thermals centers; it is famous for being placed inside salt basins most largest in Europe, the same salt harvest is one of the main productive wealth of the territory exported all over the world; here the Nature is home!
Every year, we implement various projects to enjoy this sport with thousands of young athletes from 5 to 18 years. We organize events that bring many fans of physical activity, especially in the growth of the cultures of youth basketball, Football, Volleyball and Sport outdoor in general. We organize thousands of free recreational activities, all of which can benefit everyone, regardless of age or ability. We are equipped with urban infrastructure outdoor/indoor, thus creating aesthetic and functional space for sports.
We realize international projects that allow us to exchange experience with major European countries.
We popularise sports in Margherita di Savoia, Italy and in the world. Consequently, we develop the desire to make our wonderful city famous for its natural beauties and modern thermal bathing facilities, a place where the beauty of the idea of the sports and tourism to operate on both the grand spaces, and right next to us in the urban space.
Goals
- Promotion voluntary activity in sport, especially among the most inactive segment of the population, together with social
inclusion, equal opportunities and awareness of the importance of physical activity for health through greater participation
and equitable access to sports for all, with a special focus at the European Week of Sport(#EWOS), #BeActive European
Program and the #HealtyLifeStyle4All initiative; to increase dissemination, share ownership and expand its reach to help
design the HL4A initiative.
- Fighting Doping, Match Fixing, violence and tackle racism under every form of discrimination and intolerance for guaranteeing access to free Sport at all;
- Guarantee the development of good governance and sport diplomacy so that local, regional and national policies can improve good principles of legality and improve the lifestyles of citizens all over the EU by sharing best practices;
- Promote traditional sports games of the past by enhancing the resources of the territory and the tourism aspects;
- Contribute to the preparation of analyses and studies for encourage Education In/through Sport on Skill Development and Soft Skills, mobility between the training of teachers and students through inter-school partnerships, probing activities and cooperation between expert trainers of Italian Basketball Federation and teachers Basketball school encouraging Dual Career between the Athletes and improvement both technical and pedagogical Skill development;
- Sport for Gender Equality is an item for the sports ecosystem to be part of a powerful multi-stakeholder coalition to make gender equality a lived reality in and through sport:
- Awareness - increased awareness of healthy lifestyles in all generations,
- Access - easier access to sports, physical activity and healthy diets. HL4A focuses in particular on inclusion and
non-discrimination to reach disadvantaged groups, - Holistic Approach - HL4A is about collaborating in a holistic approach to food, health, wellness and sport.
HEPA Europan Member Network
MSV is the first Italian Sport Club recognised as HEPA European Member Network and the pillars of the HealthyLifestyle4All campaign through the pledge nominated from EU Commission DG EAC, that MSV sets itself are three:
- Awareness - increased awareness of healthy lifestyles in all generations,
- Access - easier access to sports, physical activity and healthy diets. HL4A focuses in particular on inclusion and
non-discrimination to reach disadvantaged groups, - Holistic Approach - HL4A is about collaborating in a holistic approach to food, health, wellness and sport.
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