It is the new call for the Foundation with the South in which it is possible to participate until 30 October 2025.
Already scheduled for 16 September an online presentation of the initiative 24 July 2025.
Next 16 In September the Con il Sud Foundation will hold an online presentation of the call “Sport and inclusion” recently published.
The announcement makes available 3 million euros to support projects that combine sport with processes of inclusion and promotion of well-being, training professional figures capable of operating in complex contexts, restoring unused areas and spaces with motor and physical activities and supporting local networks of sports associations and volunteering.
The initiative is aimed at third sector organizations in Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily.
According to the Foundation, only the 16% of the people who live in the South practice sport continuously, against a national average of 25%. Even among young people the gap is evident: to the South beyond 28% of the boys among them 11 and i 17 He hasn't done any physical activity for years, a percentage that doubles compared to Northern Italy.
The percentage drops drastically among people who have a low income and who experience difficult situations, with disabilities or migrant background. “The inequality of access to sport is, Therefore, one of the many faces of social exclusion" says the Foundation.
“It is in this context that the announcement comes into play, in the belief that sport has a positive impact on well-being and social cohesion, even in the most difficult contexts, reducing territorial inequalities and promoting sustainable and participatory development".
The tender is divided into two distinct phases: the prima aimed at selecting proposals with the greatest potential impact on the intervention area; a later one second executive planning phase, aimed at enriching and making the proposal fully consistent with the objectives of the call.
Proposals must be sent exclusively online, by 30 October 2025 through the Chàiros portal, accessible from the Foundation website.
The proposals must be developed in close connection with the territory, enhancing Third Sector networks, sports volunteering and collaboration with public bodies.
Particular attention will be given to the ability to activate collective responsibility mechanisms and the generation of social value, cultural and economic within small communities (es. quarter, district, borgo, village).
To participate in the September meeting, pre-registration is required, simply leaving your email to which the link to participate will be sent later.
