“I felt that all parties had a palpable idea of how the project was going to work and as a result the excitement continues to grow on both sides of the Atlantic”. Patrick Tasker from Manor C of E Academy went with Clair Brown (Everything is Possible) went to Rio and São Paulo for an Advance Planning Visit. …
Youth Exchange
Meeting EP & GdL in Rio – by Victor
News from Brazil: Hello, guys. This week Gol de Letra received Clair and Patrick here in São Paulo to talk about all steps of Olympic Legacy project. They were with Douglas and I, and also our families,to talk about the experience that we’ll have in UK. We could understand better our actions inside the project. The other meeting in Gol …
Listen to the radio interview of our Olympic Legacy Team GB
British participants Joe and Alice have been interviewed by Steve Twynham on Vale Radio to share information about the Olympic Legacy project and their effort to raise money. Here is the radio interview:
Press release – Rio de Generous
British participants wrote a press release about Olympic Legacy to prepare a radio show: Olympic Legacy Project Ten lucky students from Manor CE Academy, York will be representing the UK and heading out to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 to take part in an Olympic Legacy Project organised by ‘Everything is Possible’. The party from the UK will be …
Meeting UK-Brazil in London
Clair Brown from Everything is Possible (UK) and Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira from Foundation Gol de Letra (Brazil) met together in London on the 21st March. This was the occasion to discuss the next stages of the Olympic Legacy project. Indeed 2 EVS volunteers from Brazil will soon come to Yorkshire to start a 8 month project, while the …
Hungarian participants’ first meeting
The Polgár Foundation for Opportunities held its first meeting for its selected young participants on 13 February in Budapest. Other than being a great opportunity to meet each other and exchange ideas, the youngsters also gained some important knowledge helping their preparation for the youth exchange in Brazil. During the full day program, information was provided about the project …
British group fundraise for the project
Great second meeting with the group over pizza and cookies baked by Alice one of the group. They have already raised £1715 towards the shortfall of the flights and activities and have many more ideas. This money came from an individual and a company Local Telecom Services and also Manor Academy PTA. They have lots more ideas for raising funds, …
Start-Up Seminar in London PICTURES
Pictures taken by András Farkas (Polgár Alapítvány) and Everything is Possible
Start-Up Seminar in London TIMETABLE
International youth organisations work together to build on the Rio 2016 legacy
—— PRESS RELEASE —— As the countdown to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is now a year to go, 3 international youth organisations came with the idea to build on the Olympic Legacy and convince institutions about the power of using sport as a methodology for non-formal education. As part of this project 30 young people from Europe and Brazil …