Spaces for Sports
| Compassion for Migrant Children and Barclays are teaming up to bring the Barclay’s Spaces for Sports program in China, with the goal of providing a platform for social inclusion and personal development for migrant children and their parents at a migrant community in Beijing. The Spaces for Sports Community Sports Centre concepts is based on Barclay’s Spaces for Sports concept that has been widely recognized in UK, US, South Africa and several other countries as an effective tool for revitalizing and rejuvenating underprivileged communities (http://www.barclays.com/community/spacesforsports/index.html). It is a £30 million program across the UK and the country’s single biggest investment in grassroots sport by a private company and has won various prestigious awards for its contribution to local communities. By constructing high-quality sport facilities in a migrant community in Beijing and establishing expert value-based programs aimed at migrant kids and their families, this project will provide an improved physical and social environment through which some of the burning migrant-related issues in the area will be addressed. Local and international sports organizations will be involved to provide qualified and value-based sport programs to Dongba’s children and engage the parents in coaching and administrative roles. The existing programs at the CMC Community Center will be linked in to provide more of an educational and character-building impact on attendees of the sports programs. The Spaces for Sports Community Sports Centre facility and related community-based sport and educational programs will reduce the levels of neighborhood vandalism and contribute to revitalization of community through creation of a healthy and constructive environment for children’s development and engagement of parents in its programs. It will also decrease the self-perception of migrants as “second-grade” citizens by equipping them with modern facilities and providing the links to more of the world outside their communities, helping their integration into city environment and enabling them to take pride in their community. | 打工子弟爱心会目前正在中国推广“巴克莱运动空间“项目。该项目旨在为在京打工子弟及其父母融入社会以及他们的个人发展提供一个平台。 “运 动空间——打工者社区运动中心”源于巴克莱的“运动空间”理念。这一理念已在英国, 美国, 南非等其他国家得到广泛的认可，被认为是复兴贫困社区的有效途径和有力工具。巴克莱的“运动空间”项目在英国全国的投入高达三千万英镑，也是英国最大的一 个由私有公司资助的民间体育项目。这一大型项目在地方社区贡献卓著，赢得了多项嘉奖。 “运动空间——打工者社区活动中心”设施及相关的社区体育和教育项目将减少对社区的破坏行为，并通过为儿童发展创建一个健康积 极的环境，吸引家长参与等举措促进社区的发展。同时，通过为社区居民提供现代化的设施和了解社区外世界的机会，本社区运动中心还将减少社区居民的“外地 人”意识和自卑感，帮助他们融入城市生活并让他们为自己的社区感到自豪。 |
