“Gymnastics with Everyone” starts with a tournament in Tavira

With the support of this project, more than 70 young people from all over the Algarve with different disabilities practice gymnastics

The opening tournament of the “Ginástica com Todos” project takes place on February 22, from 9:00 am to 17:00 pm, at the Eduardo Mansinho Municipal Pavilion, in Tavira. 

The Gymnastics with Everyone project is promoted by the AAPACDM (Algarvian Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Diminished Children) and by the Algarve Gymnastics Association, in conjunction with the Irene Rolo Foundation.

This initiative, a world pioneer in the development of acrobatic gymnastics for people with disabilities and winner of the European #BeInclusive EU Awards, it has demonstrated and been an example of how through sport it is possible to promote social inclusion and make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities and/or limitations.

With the support of this project, more than 70 young people from all over the Algarve with different disabilities practice gymnastics, in an «inclusive model of sharing, cooperation and complicity between people with and without disabilities», says the organization.

In this tournament, which as its name indicates will open the sporting season for gymnasts with disabilities, there will be just over 250 gymnasts, 44 of whom have disabilities.

The period from 9:00 am to 13:00 pm will be reserved for the classes of young gymnasts who are starting this modality and the period from 14:00 pm to 17:00 pm for the classes of adapted and inclusive acrobatic gymnastics.

This event, organized by the Irene Rolo Foundation, AAPACDM together with the Ginástica com Todos Project, has the support of the Municipality of Tavira, the União de Freguesias de Tavira, flexipub – advertising and is a project co-financed by the Project Financing Program by the INR , IP

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