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EGLSF ELECTS CARDIFF, UK, AS EUROGAMES 2027 HOST CITY

The EuroGames teams of Vienna 2024, Lyon 2025 and Cardiff 2027 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info   The EGLSF announces CARDIFF, UK as EUROGAMES 2027 Host City Amsterdam, The Netherlands (March 13, 2024) – On March 3, 2024, the EGLSF General Assembly elected member club Pride Sports Cymru‘s bid and the city of Cardiff, UK as hosts for our EuroGames 2027. The bid cycle deadline for EuroGames 2027 closed in December 2023 at which time we had received two bids: Cardiff, UK / Pride Sports Cymru‘s [...]

2024-03-14T12:16:01+01:00Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 11:46|Categories: 2024, EuroGames, News, Press Release|0 Comments

PLUSS: GRASSROOT DEVELOPMENT

A look into the past and a strategy for the future of LGBTIQ+ sport movement in Europe During the Annual General Assembly of EGLSF, held in Antwerp (Belgium), the opening conference hosted the workshop "GRASSROOT DEVELOPMENT, a look into the past and a strategy for the future of LGBTQI+ sport movement in Europe". 40 persons attended this dissemination event of the project “PLUSS - LGBTQI+ Policy and Leadership in Sport and Society”, funded by the Erasmus+ Sport programme and promoted by EGLSF. [...]

2024-03-12T20:22:13+01:00Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 @ 20:22|Categories: 2023, News|Tags: |0 Comments

THE EGLSF ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD 2024

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info The EGLSF announces the election of the new board. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (7 MARCH 2024) – On Sunday 3 March, the Annual General Assembly elected three new board members. There were no candidates for the female co-president's position. The board now consists of: Hugh Torrance, co-president, from LEAP Sports, Scotland Marcel Kreissig, treasurer, associate member of the EGLSF, Germany Erika Patrikainen, general secretary, from H.O.T., Finland Georg Kardaras, board member, from Alfa Athens SC, Greece Bo Madsen, board member, Pan Idraet Copenhagen, Denmark Vera-Linn Lanängen, board member, [...]

2024-03-07T16:46:35+01:00Thursday, March 7th, 2024 @ 16:46|Categories: 2023, AGA, External, News, Press Release|0 Comments

EGLSF’s Equality Commission

The EGLSF Equality Commission met on February 12th to continue work on developing strategic focus. The work of this commission will inform the EGLSF and EuroGames hosts on gender equality issues, proposing strategies and good practices to help increase the visibility and participation of diverse identities in our structures and tournaments and help make them more welcoming to underrepresented profiles in our LGBTQI+ community.

2024-02-29T13:31:31+01:00Thursday, February 29th, 2024 @ 13:31|Categories: 2024, News|Tags: |0 Comments

+PLUSS CAPACITY BUILDING ON EVENTS AND GOVERNANCE

Under the project +PLUSS “LGBTQI+ Policy and Leadership in Sport and Society”, funded by the Erasmus+ sport program, a site visit for fellow LGBTQI+ sport club leaders has been hosted by Out in Slovenia in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on February 16th-18h, 2024 in order to facilitate knowledge sharing and build a community of European leaders. 17 participants from #PLUSS partners and visiting club leaders had the chance to understand the ways of working, in particular related to growth/sustainability of the club and to advocating for LGBTQI+ rights in wider society. Partners organisations responsible for the 2 [...]

2024-02-20T16:25:28+01:00Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 16:25|Categories: 2024, News|Tags: |0 Comments