The Alcoutim Council has invested in supporting young athletes and promoting sport as a way to improve the health and well-being of everyone with the recent signing of program contracts with three associations in the municipality.
In total, support of 36,6 thousand euros was granted to the three associations, covering a range of diversified sports, namely canoeing (Grupo Desportivo de Alcoutim), futsal (Associação Inter-Vivos) and football 11 (Clube Desportivo de Cowboys). These sports activities comprise about a hundred athletes, from different age groups.
"Support to the area of sport has been one of the pillars of the policy of the Municipality of Alcoutim, which recently launched the campaign "more activity, more quality", an action to raise awareness and information about sports in the municipality", he revealed in a communicated to the municipality.
«The practice of sports has proved to be one of the best, if not the best, strategies to combat psychological problems, addictions and diseases in general», said the mayor of Alcoutim Francisco Amaral.
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