Unified Through Basketball (UTB) is an EU-funded project that aims to promote equality through sport and physical activity in Finland and internationally. The project will be implemented by organising various activities around the EuroBasket 2025 event in the host city of Tampere and also in other parts of Finland. The activities aim to reach out to minorities and people at high risk of exclusion and to raise awareness of inclusion issues on a broad scale. The project supports the activities of Basketball Finland and promotes basketball in a widespread and responsible way.
Project activities include seminars and webinars for coaches and other sports personnel focusing on inclusive coaching and social inclusion in sport. Other activities include a Nordic wheelchair basketball tournament, an international unified basketball camp, low-threshold activities in three cities, such as 3x3 basketball, and local fan events during the EuroBasket 2025 tournament across Finland. In addition, the project will implement an inclusive volunteering programme to involve minorities and people at high risk of exclusion in volunteering activities.
At Basketball Finland, the United Through Basketball project will be implemented by a dedicated team together with a number of partners. Most of the activities will be carried out in cooperation with local basketball clubs, which will help to spread the impact and various benefits of the project as widely as possible.
More information:
Jaana Helminen, Project Leader
jaana.helminen@basket.fi
+358449757009
Viola Asunmaa, Project Coordinator
viola.asunmaa@basket.fi
+358504062231