The Olympic Games, held every four years
inspires the world, not only the host nation
and those who organise the games but also
sportsmen and women who compete in them,
those who visit or volunteer at the games, and
even those who watch them from afar.
In 2012 the Everything is Possible team were
inspired by hosting a Youth in Action youth
exchange project at the London Olympics, this
project impacted positively on the lives of the
young people involved, and in turn we became
part of the Olympic legacy.
In 2013 with an existing Brazilian partner - Gol
de Letra, who deliver sports-based educational
activities - we began to plan our next Olympic-
themed activity. We contacted an organisation
in Greece who represented the first Olympic
Games, we felt they could be an appropriate
third partner for this project.
This unfortunately didn’t work out, so the
following year we made contact with a new
partner in Hungary called Polgár Foundation,
who represent the Roma community and
support inclusive sports activities. Hungary
was chosen by partners due to it being the host
of the European Olympic Youth Festival 2017
and therefore in a similar situation to Gol de
Letra and Everything is Possible.
We applied for an Erasmus+ Capacity Building
project, received funding and began our two
years of creating a legacy with the Rio 2016
Olympics as a backdrop and an inspiration.
This was then the partnership at the start of
the project: Everything is Possible, Gol de Letra
and Polgar Foundation. Part way through the
project a fourth partner ACER Brazil joined us in
order to complete some of the activities other
partners were unable to realise. Read on to see
how this project developed...
Clair Brown
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The project
The Olympic Legacy was an international project bringing together youth and public organisations
in the UK, Brazil and Hungary to build on the legacy of the Olympic Games. This project gathered
together and shared non-formal youth education developed through the Olympic games legacies
and built on the commitment of host country government, to ensure the Olympic games brings
lasting benefits to young people (particularly those with fewer opportunities).

Countries which were chosen:

United Kingdom: Brazil: Hungary:

The 2012 Olympic Games were held in London
and there have been some amazing legacy
youth education projects developed as a
result of the games. We wanted to share
these successes with youth organisations in
Brazil and Hungary in the hope that partners
could capitalise on these initiatives and the
benefits experienced could be multiplied and
reproduced.
When we applied, the 2016 Olympic Games
were planned for Rio. We agreed to offer
young people from the UK and Hungary
the opportunity to join local young people,
to share in this phenomenal international
experience in a participative way as well
as developing their own trilateral sports
education programme which could be rolled
out to youth organisations after the Olympic
waves swept Brazil in the summer of 2016.
Excitingly Gyor was planned as the host of
the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in
2017. We arranged the evaluation meeting to
coincide with this activity. Polgár Foundation
is committed to contribute to the creation of a
lasting social legacy of these sport events by
providing opportunities for young people with
fewer opportunities.

In each of the three countries represented, there was a local NGO/sport partner, experienced in the field of education through sports and we also
engaged with local government departments responsible for education or sport. We selected the specific partners to be able to build local projects
with the support and infrastructure from the local authorities in order to ensure that the programmes created through Olympic Legacy could have
longevity after the project’s end.
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Partners
Everything is Possible is a not-for-profit
organisation. When we formed 16 years ago,
our vision was to help young people with fewer
opportunities — offenders, jobless people,
uneducated people, substance abusers as well
as young people from ethnic minorities.
We knew that non-formal learning through
volunteering and experiencing new cultures
was a powerful way of helping people to
improve themselves. We still target these
groups but in order to make our work more
inclusive we also work with local schools,
youth centres and young people without
additional needs.
A key part of our work centres around building
strong support, relationships, networks and
infrastructure. This is exactly what we have
done, Olympic Legacy being a prime example
of this co-operation.
The Gol de Letra Foundation is a Brazilian
NGO created to facilitate new perspectives
for children, adolescents and young people
from socially vulnerable communities
through programmes that complement school
education, strengthen family ties and develop
the community.
Founded in 1998 on International Human
Rights Day by former prominent players
of the Brazilian national football team Raí
Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Raí) and Leonardo
Nascimento de Araújo (Leonardo), the Gol de
Letra Foundation has served thousands of
children, adolescents and young people, and
has had a direct impact in their families and
communities.
Polgár foundation’s mission is to improve
the life chances and circumstances of
disadvantaged, especially Roma communities
and individuals living in remote areas of
Hungary. As a responsible social mediator
it takes the initiative to set up strategic
cooperation with civil, private and public
organisations to encourage them to take an
active part in reducing poverty, discrimination
and social tensions by offering donations and
support. The foundation’s activities have a
special focus on young Roma people.
In addition to supporting external
programmes, the foundation has launched
some successful talent promotion programmes
in recent years. It has been running the so-
called Roma football talent programme since
2009, thus becoming a Talent Point member of
the National Talent Development Council.

Founded in November 1993, ACER Brasil
(Associação de Apoio à Criança em Risco)
started its work focusing on the recuperation
of street children in the centre of São Paulo.
In 2001 ACER extended its work to include
preventing children migrating to the streets
through founding the Hummingbird Centre,
where it initially offered services to 60 young
people from the community in southern
Diadema, São Paulo. In March of 2003 ACER
transferred its activities to a new Community
Centre.
After 23 years of activity, ACER currently
offers services to more than 7,000 children,
young people and adults, with activities to
promote human and community development
grouped in five areas: Social Work, Youth,
Sport for Social Impact and Local Economic
Development.
In association
with
Through this project Everything is Possible
also worked with students from Manor C of E
Academy. Manor has been serving the young
people of York for over 203 years. Considered
as one of the outstanding schools in the UK,
Manor’s aims reflect the teaching of Jesus
on three key areas; serving others, growing
together and living life to the full. As well
as helping their young people to achieve
academic success, they encourage their
students to help those in Romania and Malawi
and locally through the Leadership and Duke
of Edinburgh awards.
Funded by
This project was funded by the Erasmus+
programme of the European Union
Erasmus+ is the European Union programme
for education, training, youth and sport. It
runs for seven years, from 2014 to 2020, with
organisations invited to apply for funding
each year to undertake creative non-formal
education activities.
Erasmus+ aims to modernise education,
training and youth work across Europe. It is
open to education, training, youth and sport
organisations across all sectors of lifelong
learning, including school education, further
and higher education, adult education and the
youth sector. It offers exciting opportunities
for participants to study, work, volunteer,
teach and train abroad in Europe and around
the world.
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Start-Up Seminar in The UK
In November 2015, partners involved in
Olympic Legacy met together in the United
Kingdom.
This Start-Up Seminar was a great opportunity
to get to know each other’s organisations and
the professionals working on the project.
We spoke about Olympic Legacy: Quality,
Visibility, Priorities.
We planned the year ahead and spoke in detail
about future mobility opportunities and of
course of the Youth Exchange in Rio.
Partners had the opportunity to run some sport
coaching sessions in York.
Back in London, we looked at the Legacy of the
London 2012 Olympic Games for inspiration.
Finally, we agreed tasks and partners’ role.
A good start for an exciting project.

Preparation
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 Staff visit in Brazil
‘‘Having hosted our partners at Everything is
Possible and Manor CE Academy I was filled
with eager anticipation to visit Gol de Letra,
where we were involved in a pre-departure
training for their volunteers. We were
introduced to Douglas and Victor who would
be coming over to the UK for 9 months. We
also met some of the young people who will be
part of the project in August. They were happy
to receive a postcard each from my young
people back in the UK and I was sure they were
going to get on very well.
Whilst all parties have maintained confidence
in each other and have worked collaboratively
to plan the project, doing this across
continents and languages has its challenges.
By the end of the visit 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, United Kingdom

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 Training in Hungary
There were many other preparatory meetings:
In February, The Polgár Foundation selected
their participants and organised a few
Preparatory meetings in meetings to discuss the youth exchange, the
Brazil history and values of the Olympic Games and
practical information about Brazil.
In March 2016, Gol De Letra organised some
preliminary meetings to prepare the two EVS The organisation also tested their English
volunteers coming to the UK and the Youth language skills. For many of them this will
Exchange participants. be the first time abroad which makes the
initiative even more special.

Meeting Brazil - UK
On the 21st March, Clair Brown from
Everything is Possible and Raí Souza Vieira
de Oliveira from Foundation Gol de Letra met
together in London to speak about the profiles
of the EVS volunteers in Brazil and in the UK.
Partners also discussed the Youth Exchange
which will take place in Brazil during the
Olympic Games.

Fundraising events in the UK

The British participants met numerous time to
prepare the Youth Exchange.
They also organise a few fundraising events
such as Sports Days. In total they raise £1715
towards the project. They also managed to get
sponsors for their camping equipment and
also got some books offered by Waterstones
bookshop York for the local community in
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The Youth Exchange
This youth exchange hosted by the Gol de Letra Foundation was an
amazing opportunity given to young people from the UK, Hungary and
Brazil. They gathered together during the Olympic Games in Rio de
Janeiro 2016. During this phenomenal international experience, they
all had the opportunity to share their culture and their experience
in sports education. They organised a mini Olympic festival for local
community children; shared sport activities during a UNICEF-led
event; and created their own sports. They even had the chance to see
some Olympic games and build a mural for the hosted organisation.
A unique and unforgettable experience!

Day 1:
The project started on the 8th August 2016.
Participants had a long journey to the project. British and Hungarian
participants landed in Sao Paulo and then went to Rio by bus.
Straight after their arrival they were officially welcomed by Fundação
Gol de Letra and the Everything is Possible team. Football legend Rai,
also co-founder of Gol de Letra, was there to greet the group.
After a dinner, the team went through the week’s programme.

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Day 2:
‘‘Today we’ve been doing lots of different stuff to get to know the other participants, because
there’s people here from the UK, from Hungary and from Brazil.
So we’ve all been getting to know each other. We played some name games and loads of
different sports this morning.
In the afternoon we organised a little mini Olympic style competition for the local children.’’
Wanipa, British participant

‘‘My name is João Vitor and I live in Brazil.

In the evening, we did an intercultural activity in which each country presented a little of their
culture.
Our country, Brazil, presented some dances and some typical food.
For me it was very special because I learnt about different cultures that I don’t experience in my
day-to-day life.’’
João Vitor, Brazilian participant.

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Day 3: Creation of a mural
‘‘Hi, my name Richard Seres from Hungary. On
the third day we painted a mural. It was a great
thing because it brought the group together.
After that we started painting, which was really
funny
Despite not speaking each other’s language,
we learnt a lot about team work. This is a
Rubik’s Cube, which we’re painting with flags
and the Olympic symbol. And this is our gift to
the Gol De Letra organisation.
And the other half of the group went to watch
the swimming at the Olympic Park.’’
Richard, Hungarian participant.

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 Day 4: British House
‘‘On the fourth day we went for a walk around
the lagoon where the rowing events and
sailing events were held.
Towards the middle of the day we headed
towards the British house inside Rio, where we
participated in a UNICEF-run event, where we
played some sports with local children such as
volleyball and we did some dancing.
And then after that we went into the British
house where we met Chris Froome who just
won bronze that day and that was really
special.
And then, in the evening we came back to
Gol De Letra to do a capoeira class which was
really fun.’’
Joe, British participant.

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Day 5: Olympic Bvd
‘‘On the fifth day we visited the art museum. We saw some
Brazilian art. In the afternoon, we had free time. We could
walk around the Olympic Boulevard. We saw the Olympic
flame, which was really incredible. In the evening we had a
real Brazilian barbecue. And after that we could dance and
listen to Brazilian songs.’’
Dominika, Hungarian participant.

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 Day 6: Beach
On the 6th day, the young participants had to create their own new Olympic Games. They had
to spend some times in mixed country groups to develop and test some new innovative sport
ideas. They seemed very motivated to find something original. They then spent some time
learning each other’s new sport and practising it.
This was such a great way to learn the Olympic Games values. On top of this, as the activities
took place in Copacabana, they also had the chance to swim at one of the most famous beach
in the world.

‘‘This was the first time I ever saw the ocean.’’ Richard, Hungarian participant.
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Day 7: Water Polo
On the last day of the Youth Exchange, the young participants went to
the Olympic park where they had the chance to see some water polo ‘‘Yesterday we woke up and we went to the water polo. I’d never
matches and to look around. This was such a great way to celebrate this seen this sport, it was a very different sport for me. I very much
busy week. enjoyed it. The supporters who were with me were great fun.
Everybody enjoyed watching it. Everybody experienced the sport
At their return, we organised an evaluation meeting, where each
a little because many of us didn’t know about it.’’
participant had the chance to hold the Olympic torch given to the
Director of Gol de Letra Beatriz Pantaleão, who was a torch bearer. Each Larissa, Brazilian participant.
participant shared the impact that this project had on him or herself,
before a celebration meal.
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 ‘‘I learnt to respect other
people’s cultures because
they are two countries I
have never had contact with
and because of this, I had to
respect their diversity.’’

‘‘This programme is a very

great opportunity. It is
‘‘It’s been the best week of
very useful. You can get an
my life.’’
experience that will change
your life.’’

‘‘I learnt a little

of the language
from each country.’’

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 ‘‘On this exchange, I’ve
learnt team work when you
can’t really understand
somebody.’’
‘‘Even if it sounds scary
applying for this kind of
project if you ever get the
chance, if you don’t it would
be the biggest mistake you’ve
ever made.’’
Watch the video on
www.olympiclegacy.eu
Watch the video
One year ago, young people from Brazil, Hungary and the UK
or scan this QR Code.
gathered together in Rio for a youth exchange as part of the
Olympic Games 2016 and our project Olympic Legacy.
To celebrate the 1st anniversary of this project Everything
is Possible produced a video with all the highlights of this
incredible week in Rio.
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Youth Workers’ Mobility
Projects
Bence
‘‘Az Olympic Legacy projektnek köszönhetöen két hónapot tölthettem
Brazíliában a Gol de Letra alapítványnál, amely életem egyik meghatározó
élménye lett. Kint tartózkodásom alatt lehetöségem volt megismerkedni a
fogadó szervezetem mindennapi tevékenységével, a szegénynegyedekben
megvalósított szociális programokkal és a brazil kultúrával. Mind Sao
Pauloban és Rio de Janeiroban szemtanúja lehettem annak, hogy a sport
mennyire hatékony eszköze a társadalmi bevonásnak és egyben milyen
fontos eszköze a nevelésnek. Sok, nehéz körülmények közé születö brazil
fiatalnak a sport egyben kitörési lehetöséget is jelenthet, de a Gold De Letra
és hasonló szociális alapítványok munkája nélkül mindez elképzelhetetlen
lenne.
A két hónapos periódus alatt én is igyekeztem a saját tudásommal
hozzájárulni a program sikeréhez. Brazil fiatalokat tanítottam angolra,
az általam ismert nevelési célzatú játékokkal ismertettem meg a helyi
gyerekeket és persze néha azért én is beálltam egy meccsre.
Szerencsésnek érzem magam, a projekt alatt életre szóló élményekkel
gazdagodtam és nagyszerü embereket ismertem meg. Az élmények
mellett azonban nagyon sokat tanultam egy idegen, de annál befogadóbb
kultúráról, illetve önmagamról is. Számomra az Olympic Legacy projekt
bebizonyította, hogy a sport nem csak kitünö eszköze az emberek közötti
barátság elömozdításának, de egyben olyan univerzális értékeket is közvetít,
mint az esélyegyenlöség vagy a szolidaritás.

The Olympic Legacy project has proved that sport is an

excellent means of transmitting universal values ​​such
as equal opportunities or solidarity.’’
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 European Voluntary Services
Ruama
‘‘I volunteered with Everything is Possible at Poppleton Ousebank School with
Ms Armstrong and it was an incredible experience. Basically I helped her in
various activities in the classroom. I monitored children in their daily chores
and play. I had the privilege of some activities with Disabled children and
this was very important for me, because I had never had this contact, they are
incredible, loving and caring, I loved it. I was able to participate in celebrations
like Roald Dahl Day (I was in character as Matilda), Halloween and a beautiful
presentation of Christmas made by the children for their parents.
The city of York is a wonderful place with lots of interesting history and
beautiful places to visit. During my time there, I encountered great cafés,
shops, museums and contemplated the city walking the walls around it and the
view from there is just perfect. I also discovered Leeds, a larger city and also
with beautiful scenery. I went to Glasgow and Edinburgh, amazing places and
breath-taking landscapes. All the places I was able to visit were wonderful.
Participating in this project was a challenge for me, because it would be a new
language, staying away from my family and friends, a new culture with different
customs, but it was an incredible experience. It would be great if all the young
people had the opportunity.

I feel more mature, independent and more confident

after this project, I was able to find out what I really
like to do, and what I would like to do in my future,
which is working with children.
Thank you Erasmus +, Everything is Possible and Gol de Letra for giving me the
most incredible experience of my life. Thank you Ms Armstrong for the patience
and kindness you taught me and received me with at the Poppleton School.
To the next!’’
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Victor
‘‘Olá, Meu nome é Victor de Lima Prudencio, tenho 23 anos e sou Brasileiro.
Eu cheguei ao Reino Unido um pouco assustado, mas confiante que eu
estava prestes a viver um ótimo tempo por lá. Eu trabalhei em diferentes
atividades. Ajudei os treinadores em uma academia de futebol, treinando
garotos de 6 à 15 anos; também trabalhei como assistente de professores
de Educação Física, Artes e Design e Tecnologia em uma escola; trabalhei
em escritório de Marketing como Designer Gráfico e ainda trabalhei por
alguns dias em um centro de educação infantil e um clube de atletismo.
Meu projeto pessoal foi um clube de Fotografia durante o horário do almoço
na escola que eu trabalhava. No final eu pude ouvir uma garota dizer “Eu
espero conseguir fazer parte deste clube novamente no próximo semestre”,
mas infelizmente não estou mais na Inglaterra. Foi uma jornada bem longa,
mas tive excelentes experiências, conheci muitas pessoas, conheci projetos
maravilhosos e hoje tenho boas memórias e histórias para contar.
Uma das coisas que eu mais desenvolvi profissionalmente foi minha
comunicação. Eu sempre soube conversar com outras pessoas, mas ter que
lidar com pessoas diferentes, em lugares diferentes e até mesmo de idade
bem variada em outra língua foi algo novo e que eu posso falar com 100%
de certeza que minhas habilidades de comunicação cresceram muito. Já
pessoalmente eu digo estou muito mais sonhador. Eu quero viver coisas
diferentes o tempo todo, eu quero criar mais. Nós podemos ter uma vida
melhor no Brasil. Eu amo meu país e eu vou lutar para fazer dele um lugar
melhor.
Esta experiência mudou minha vida. Eu voltei um filho melhor, um irmão
melhor, melhor cidadão, um designer melhor, um sonhador melhor e
um amante melhor. Eu quero ajudar muito mais pessoas. I want to help
more the people.
This experience has changed my life. I returned a
better son, a better brother, a better citizen, a better
designer, a better dreamer and a better lover.
Eu tenho mais amor para dar e sinto que o amor é o começo para mudar vidas
e lugares. Nós precisamos de mais pessoas prontas para mudar o mundo. Eu
sou um rapaz jovem e este projeto foi bom para minha vida e espero que outros
jovens e pessoas mais velhas tenham a oportunidade de mudarem suas vidas
também. Eu recomendo para todas as pessoas trabalhar junto com a Fundação
Gol de Letra, Everything is Possible e a Erasmus+. Eu só quero agradecer a
cada organização que fez este projeto acontecer. Muito Obrigado!’’
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 Douglas
‘‘Sou Douglas Oliveira, brasileiro, 28 anos de
idade e sou envolvido com projetos de impacto
social desde meus 16, pois acredito que todo
mundo pode ajudar a mudar o Mundo para melhor.
O projeto de EVS que fiz parte foi relacionado
ao Legado Olímpico e desenvolvia atividades de
esporte em uma escola pública e em uma academia
de Futebol , com o desenvolver do projeto também
realizei atividades administrativas e financeiras.
A jornada foi longa e cheia de momentos difíceis,
mas gosto muito de me lembrar dos momentos
em que eu chegava à escola Woodthorpe e os
alunos vinham animados para as atividades e me
chamando pelo nome, mesmo com a dificuldade
na comunicação em inglês sentia que o trabalho
estava sendo bem feito e deixando as crianças
felizes.
Profissionalmente a experiência me trouxe uma
grande evolução na língua inglesa, alem de ter
desenvolvido muito meus conhecimentos na
área de prestação de contas e conhecimentos de
didática com crianças. Pra minha vida pessoal vou
carregar o aprendizado com as diferenças culturais
e o respeito e educação dos Britânicos.
Sem dúvida alguma ser um EVS transforma a
vida de qualquer pessoa,

without any doubts, EVS

transforms the life of any person
Os aprendizados e experiências vividas nos mostra
uma outra forma de olhar o Mundo, recomendo
fortemente a todos que tiverem essa chance, só
posso agradecer a todo os envolvidos nesse processo
Fundação Gol de Letra, Everything Is Possible, Manor
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School e i2i, obrigado por mudarem minha vida.’’
Andy
‘‘For my EVS (European Voluntary Service) I have spent the last seven
months at ACER Brasil, an NGO that provides activities for children and
young people of Eldorado, a neighbourhood in Diadema on the outskirts
of São Paulo.
My main focuses were photography and mural painting. I used my
experience in photography to take a lot of photos that reflect the
exciting and wonderful work with the children here, as well as creating
some short videos and interviews with the children and staff.
The majority of my time was spent organising three mural projects;
one at a school in a small town outside São Paulo called São Luiz do
Paraitinga and two of the local football courts in the neighbourhood
where ACER run some of their sports activities.
This is the work that I am most proud of and that will leave a lasting
mark on the community. Aside from the visual impact I am proud of the
personal relationships that I have made and improved through this
work.

I have learnt that it is important to follow your goals

and inspiration.
Big projects such as this take a lot of work, organisation and persistence
but if you believe in its importance you can make it happen. I will take a
lot away from my time at ACER in this regard, to believe in myself and my
abilities and the impact that I can have on others.
It really reminds me that the relationships and connections that we
make are what is important in life. It is an amazing privilege to be able to
work at ACER with such amazing children and young people and be able
to have some connection with them and some impact on their lives.
I would like to thank Everything is Possible and Erasmus+ for making my
voluntary experience possible, I will be forever thankful for the support. I
would also like to thank Jonathan at ACER for all his help during my time
at the organisation and for setting up the program.’’
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 Ayesha
‘‘The last three months have been super busy
as I am approaching the end of my volunteering.
I’ve been here for 6 months in total. Now that
the children are comfortable with us and a
stronger relationship has been built, we have
been trying to work on behaviour and respect
for each other.
We were also involved in sports and games
classes; I was able to join in with the Futebol
Feminina (girl’s football) classes and used my
experience of football coaching previously in
England. I ran a few sessions which at first
were very difficult with limited Portuguese and
having to do lots of demonstrations! But after
building a rapport with the girls and learning/
practising more Portuguese, the sessions
ran more smoothly and I now do a range of
activities. One thing I learnt is that it is very
difficult for young women and teenage girls
in the community to take part in sport due to
stigma and lack of confidence to take part in
a very male dominated sport in Brazil. This is
something I tried to work on alongside some
colleagues at ACER to

show the importance of

participation in sports for women
and to increase this especially
from a young age.
A huge thank you to Everything is Possible,
Erasmus+ and ACER Brasil for making this
opportunity happen!’’
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Simon
‘‘Our new family here at ACER Brasil have welcomed us with open arms,
generosity, kindness and a lot of patience! Amongst futebol, percussão
and other ‘esportes’ sessions, we have been trying to get to grips with
the beautiful language that is Português…Paulista style!
We have started delivering small games within the futebol sessions and
also leading the ‘toy and games’ sessions, which is a non-competitive
group of mixed-aged children. It has been difficult to begin with in terms
of explaining and describing new games to the children. We rely heavily
on the older kids to get our ideas across. People back home have been
really generous and raised money to buy new equipment, such as balls,
cones and a classic parachute! (Everyone loves a parachute right?) This
has allowed us to add more variety to the sessions as there is very little
equipment accessible to us.
All in all, it has been a great start to our journey here in Brasil.
Ate mais! (See you soon)’’
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Final Seminar in Hungary
The Final Seminar
In July 2017, partners from Brazil, Hungary and United Kingdom met
in Hungary for a final seminar. This was the opportunity to evaluate
the impact of this project and the progress made.
The 20 young people and youth worker gathered together during two
major sport events: The European Youth Olympic Festival in Gyor and
FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
During five days, participants learnt about using sport as a tool for
social inclusion; shared the successes and areas which could be
developed for the future and also identified what dissemination of
the project would take place. Youthworkers took the opportunity to
arrange evaluation activities on the evenings, so the participants
could also take part in sports activities during the day and take
advantage of the EOYF which was taking place in the country at the
same time.

‘‘On our day of arrival, I saw all my old friends from last year’s Youth
Exchange in Rio. There were lots of joyful faces and hugging. My
favourite thing from this moment is that it proved how lasting the
friendship between us all is and hopefully will be.
After we put our bags down in our cabin for the next few days a little
way from the centre, we went to a little book filled building in which
we had our dinner. After dinner, we stood in a circle and played a
game to remember the names of everyone.
Then we headed back to the main hall to get involved in the camp’s
evening activity- dancing. Luckily the Hungarian participants did a
great job of integrating us and making us comfortable.
Finally, after a long day, it was time for bed rest.’’
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 ‘‘It was great to have the continuity of participants and professionals
who had been involved from the start of the project right through to the
evaluation seminar. However there was also benefit to the new group
from ACER Brazil having a presence at this evaluation event as they
could share their experiences of joining a partnership which they had
not helped to create and consider their different position of joining this
established partnership. Likewise the participants who had not been
involved in every aspect, as an EVS volunteer or a participant on the
youth exchange could focus during the evaluation activities on how
they had observed benefit to the organisation and local community as a
result of the project Olympic Legacy.’’
Godfrey Brown – undertaking a youth worker mobility

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‘‘The Brazilian participants brought along a book with Portuguese- English
translations in, and we all had a go at learning a few phrases in Portuguese
which was very fun despite a lot of us were not very good with pronunciations.
After the morning evaluation events, we met outside the building where we
played games on the grass such as ‘Splat’ and ‘Horses, Knights and Cavaliers’
which we had to teach the other participants despite the language barriers.
We were also able to learn games from the other nations such as a Brazilian
game where we ran around in a circle trying to catch the person on the other
side which was hard but very fun.
We then headed back to Budapest where we gathered back and decided to
bond more especially with the Brazilian participants. We put blankets down
outside under the stars in the dark, ate some traditional Hungarian food, and
talked to the other participants using lots of hand gestures to communicate.
We also were able to engage with them despite our language barriers.’’
By Grace Armstrong, participant.

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 ‘‘On one of the day of the final evaluation
seminar, we travelled into the City of Budapest
to complete a ‘Budapest City Quest’. When
we arrived in the City centre, each nationality
were handed a booklet, in which had several
pages of instructions of activities we had
to complete in order to receive information
about something which would earn us
points. Due to the fact that many of the
Hungarian participants already knew a range
of information about the City itself and its
History, we were placed in teams, Brazilian
and English participants joined together and
split into smaller groups, and the same format
with the Hungarian teams. This enabled us
to exercise and work on our communication
skills, as we were put in a position which
meant we had to communicate across a
language barrier, equally share and listen
to ideas, and efficiently work as a team to
successfully complete the quest. This task
helped us evaluate the different skills Olympic
Legacy helped participants to developed.
Activities within the booklet helped explore
many skills, such as working in a team,
leadership skills such as organisation and
creativity, but also taught us interesting and
important information about the history of
Budapest itself. For example, one of the pages
had an old photograph from the city many
years ago, and the task encouraged us to go
and find the location of the picture, and then in
teams recreate the photograph as close to the
original as possible. This saw us being creative
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involved despite the language barrier.

This activity was a great thing to take part in

as it meant we got to travel across Budapest,
seeing many interesting sights, learn about
its culture and history, all the while working
on many leadership skills such as teamwork,
communication and building friendships.’’

By Emily Dodd, participant.

‘‘As late participants in this project it has been

both challenging and rewarding to integrate
with the groups from the other countries
and which was very successful at the wrap
up meeting in Hungary. Our teenagers and
staff got a lot out of the encounter and we are
looking forward to participating in more similar
projects as the gains the young people have
are very great. The job shadows that four staff
members have had in the UK have all been
valuable to contribute to the improvement of
our sports delivery in Brazil and it had also
been a great opportunity for the children in
our community to be having different sessions
with our EVS volunteers Andy, Ayesha and
Simon. A big thank you to Everything is
Possible and the Erasmus+ programme for
making all of this possible.’’

By Jonathan Hannay, ACER representative who

joined the project towards the end.
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‘‘On the final day in Hungary, the group had really mixed. The evaluation activities allowed participants
new and old to integrate and all be fully engaged in the evaluation process. They were all really nice
people, and we all got on really well by the end of the seminar.
The evaluation activities were split up by games. We walked back through Budapest and then Bence
got us to play a game called Chicken Goggles which was really funny and confusing.
When we got back to the camp, we, the British group, and the Brazilians all went in the pool to
celebrate the success of the evaluation seminar. When we got out, Bence told us to get everything
ready and to head back to the main building. When we got there, the Hungarian group were waiting
with T-shirts and bracelets to say goodbye! It was a very emotional goodbye because we’d all got so
close and we were all going to miss each other a lot.
The final seminar was an amazing experience and I made some really good friends.’’
By Lottie Hastings, participant.

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Spreading the word...
Partners and participants made a huge noise about the project by spreading the word on social media and media; and promoting the project at
various events. Here are some examples of the media coverage that Olympic Legacy received.

British participants regularly hit the media.

In June they promoted Olympic Legacy and
the books they managed to collect in order
to donate to a Library in Brazil. The article
has been published in The Press, York’s local
newspaper.
In June, the Press interviewed them again to
know more about the Youth Exchange itself.
Throughout the project they also did a few
radio interviews for Vale Radio or the BBC
Radio York.

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British participants were not the only ones who appeared in the media.
During the Youth Exchange, O Dia, a major daily newspaper in Rio de Janeiro,
mentioned the project in their Sunday paper. The average circulation of this
newspaper is 300,000 copies.
It gave great visibility to our project in Brazil!

Visit www.olympiclegacy.eu for more information about the dissemination of

Olympic Legacy, read the articles and listen to the interview.
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Thank You
First we would like to thank the European Commission and the Erasmus+ programme for funding
this amazing project, and making it possible.

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We would also like to thank all the partners involved: ACER Brasil, the
Gol de Letra Foundation, the foundation Polgár Alapitvany, Manor C of E
Academy.

We would also like to thank our generous sponsors: Manor PTA, i2i Sports,
the Foreign Commonwealth Office, Future Cleaning Services, British
Airways, brf and Voe GOL Linhas Aéreas.

Thank you to Waterstones for donating the books which the British
participants offered to local community libraries in Brazil.

Thank you to Millets for donating camping equipment for the youth
exchange participants in Brazil.

Thank you to all the individuals who’ve donated, helped organised or

supported in any way the project.

Thank you to all the participants from Brazil, Hungary and the United
Kingdom.

And finally, thank you to all the people who contributed to this photobook
(photographers and writers), including the talented András Farkas and
Ayesha Ismail-Gilroy who took the picture for the front cover.

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