This European School Sport Day showed all the innovative ways schools and school children are keeping active and adapting to a “new normal” at school. But we like to think of European School Sport Day as being “more than one day”, and as a trigger of more physical activity and healthy lifestyle habits that can […]
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Hungarian School Sports Day recognised as official theme day in Hungary
The Ministry of Human Capacities in Hungary has announced that the Hungarian School Sport Day, an initiative started by the Hungarian School Sport Federation and successfully rolled out as European School Sport Day, is now an official national theme day. This means that, in addition to the voluntary participation that has taken place so far, […]
What next for the COVID generation? The wellbeing challenge ahead
By Maria Malyshkina, ISCA “Take a step back and think about what children have had to go through over the last few months,” Amanda Vernalls, Head of Research & Insight at Youth Sport Trust, asked the audience during her presentation in ISCA and the Hungarian School Sport Federation’s latest webinar for European School Sport Day […]
FESI member Puma donates shoes for European School Sport Day
Global sports brand Puma is supporting European School Sport Day with a donation of shoes for school children. More Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) members are set to join them in support. The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has called on its 55 sports brand members to donate sporting […]
Mental health a timely focus topic for European School Sport Day 2020
By Rachel Payne, ISCA “I can’t think of anything more timely to be the focus topic of ESSD 2020,” Youth Sport Trust International’s Managing Director Helen Vost said about the choice to put mental health at the forefront of the European School Sport Day’s (ESSD) 2020 campaign at ISCA and the Hungarian School Sport Federation’s […]
Spain launches European School Sport Day 2020 Challenge
Today, 1 September, Spain’s European School Sport Day (ESSD) National Coordinator Sport for Education and Health has officially launched an “ESSD 2020 Challenge” contest for all schools participating in the Day. The ESSD 2020 Challenge is being organised in collaboration with international organisations, public administrations and organisations promoting sport and physical activity in different countries. […]
New European School Sport Day and FESI partnership
Celebrating sport in school to kick-start a lifetime of health We are happy to announce that the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) and the European School Sport Day consortium, the Moving Schools Alliance, are now working together to amplify the European School Sport Day 2020 messaging and to get more children on […]
Time to start planning for European School Sport Day 2020!
Registration open for in-person and digital events for 25 September Schools and school sport look very different across Europe this year, so it has never been more important to find creative ways to keep children active for their physical and mental wellbeing. The 6th European School Sport Day, on 25 September, invites schools to show […]
“Tartu Call for a Healthy Lifestyle – Where are we 2 years later”: Seminar in Brussels, 19th June 2019
On 19 June 2019, Commissioners Navracsics, Andriukaitis and Hogan as well as professionals from the health, sports, education and food sectors met in Brussels to take stock of progress made in implementing the 15 commitments of the Tartu Call. The Hungarian School Sport Federation was also present at the event to promote the European […]
ESSD Seminar organised with the particiation of 28 European countries
“Getting schools on the move – Together for a healthy lifestyle”, this year’s slogan was the focus of a seminar organised by the Hungarian School Sport Federation (HSSF) from the 27th to 29th of March in Budapest. 50 participants arrived from 28 countries to attend workshops on implementing the 2019 European School Sport Day® (ESSD) […]