Description
Aim of the event: 
  • Promote mobility
  • Raise Awareness
Goal of the event: 
The aim was to make the Erasmus students know what the sport boccia is about, which are the rules and how ASPACE users play. It was an approach to sports that people with disabilities practise.
Short description of the event: 
We have gone to see ASPACE users playing boccia. They are people with cerebral palsy. Their coach explained all the rules of the game and showed us all the materials and how they are used according to the degree of disability. After that, the Erasmus students have participated with them as an auxiliary aid (moving their wheelchair when needed, for example), following the indications of the coach. Boccia is a precision ball sport related to bowls and pétanque. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes with severe physical disabilities. It is present in the Paralympic games since the 1984 Paralympics.
How did your event go?: 
Really well! Erasmus students were so enthusiastic.
Involvement
Name of the partners: 
Aspace
Number of international students: 
7
Number of "locals" involved: 
8
Number of ESNers involved: 
2
Persons with disabilities joining the event: 
Yes
How did they contribute to your event?: 
ESNers and erasmus students saw people with cerebral palsy playing boccia. There were sometimes in which Erasmus students try to help them when they wanted to twirl their wheelchar or move the position of the gutter.
Boccia with ASPACE
Date of the event: 
Thu, 23/03/2017
Duration of the event: 
2hours
Scope: 
Local