Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Mittelfristig (1 bis 5 Jahre)
Meso (Organisation/Gruppe)
Sozial
NEU

creating the possibility to promote a positive image of the station- group in the media

gesellschaftliche Stellung bzw. Wahrnehmung

The programme was the occasion for the group to promote a different image of themselves, and to be acknowledged and appreciated by the local community, countering the negative narrative spread about them. [...] Overall, the programme was positively perceived, and its coverage contributed to a significant dissemination to the entire community. However, these articles served an even more significant function: they helped convey a different image of the group. This qualitatively new presence in the press promoted a less stereotyped, more nuanced, and more humanised characterisation of the group, rescaling the problems attributed to the ‘station group’-whereas before it was precisely through this media that a negative representation had been spread.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Participatory Sports-Based Programme for Socially Vulnerable Youth in Northern Italy
The street outreach team consitsing of two youth workers began meeting a group of young people who gathered regularly in the station area. They discovered that soccer was a shared interest and started organising a street soccer activity together. Street soccer became a gateway for engagement and relationship-building: the goup activly participated in organaizing games and began reaching out to the youth workers for advice and support.
Italien
2022 bis 2023
20–25 young people
16-25 years
The paper includes practical implications and guidelines for sports-based programmes that can be useful for designing and implementing similar projects in the future.
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche
Kinder und Jugendliche im öffentlichen Raum

Evaluierung der Aktivität

A qualitative evaluation was conducted from a community psychology perspective. Data were collected through: (1) participant observation during encounters between the youth workers and the adolescents and during the youth workers' team meetings, (2) 5 semi-structured interviews with youth workers and local shop owners, (3) a focus group with the youths (10 participants), and (4) an analysis of 64 local press articles.
20-25 young people, of whom 10 participated in the focus group, 2 youth workers & one coordinator, 2 owners of shops inn the station area
2022 bis 2023