Health promotion through sports

Description of pledge activities

The sporting Clube das Caldas will promote healthy lifestyles though its games, training, projects, general communication, tournaments, and all other activities related to daily health behavior of its athletes, coaches and staff. 

The club will promote activities related to healthy diet, soft skills development, personal hygiene, inclusion, and finding an academic balance with sport activities, etc.

For this purpose, coaches and staff will attend training sessions, giving them the tools and knowledge to organise activities aimed at the goals stated above.

 All athletes will sign an agreement with the club, stating that they will follow healthy behaviors, based on

• the moral principle of respect for the other person
• personal hygiene
• avoidance of behaviors and circumstances that can hinder their psychological and physical abilities

Each year, in a final ceremony, the club will deliver prize(s) to the young athletes that had demonstrated throughout the year, best behaviors in accordance with the agreement

Expected measurable outcome

The aim is to reach all athletes, staff and coaches, which means 120 athletes, 7 coaches and 7 staff members. Within the number of athletes, we include 40 adults and 80 children.

Additionally, the club will aim to will increase the number of athletes in their activities by 10% by the end of July 2024. This increase serves as recognition of the club’s positive impact on and contribution to the healthy lifestyles of their athletes.

Our activities will include home and away matches. In the previous session, we have had an average of 30 matches per team (2 adult teams – male and female and one under 12 team with both male and female participants). In the next year, we will promote this initiative at 90 home events throughout the season, reaching athletes, their families and the public in general.