On Friday 27th September our Founder/Development Director Mandy Young has been invited as a guest speaker at the first Sport4values conference, in Kaunas, Lithuania. The goal of the Sport4Values project is to promote European values through sport. This conference will be focusing on understanding the benefits of urban sports and how they can be used for the development of positive values such as equality and inclusion.

“Whilst urban sports are individual in nature, the culture surrounding them includes respect, solidarity, working together, freedom of expression and tolerance. These values not only support common European values, but also create feelings of social inclusion and cohesion within communities (both communities of place and communities of interest) and being part of a team – a cultural identity.” (Sport4Values Facebook page)

Mandy is the driving force behind Adrenaline Alley, Europe’s Largest Urban Sports Venue, she will talk about the benefits urban sports provide from strategic, social and health perspectives. We are proud to see Mandy’s influence and expertise go beyond Corby and as a charity our mission to help improve communities by developing parks in a similar way having a positive impact on more lives throughout Europe.