ABOUT Mittetulundusühing SPIN

"MTÜ SPIN in Estonia greq out from from the Kickz programme (England) that focused on skill development through football for disadvantaged youth. The first SPIN initiatives were kicked off in 2015 in cooperation with the Heoteo SA and support from the Ministry of Interior in Estonia and currently it is operating with 32 groups across Estonia."

The Mission ofMittetulundusühing SPIN

"The aim of the SPIN-programme is to provide development opportunities and reduce antisocial behaviour amongst young people. To achieve this, SPIN targets young people living in unsafe circumstances with a sports-based program that involves two thirds of training and one third of focused development social skills in a strategically planned set of workshops. The invovled staff involves sport coaches, but also a youth worker, social pedagogue or a psychologist to offer the most holistic approach to benefit the participants. SPIN is a value-based programme that emphasises the need for a mental and physical balance and contributes to increasing the social and self-discipline of the participants. One of the important aspects of the programme is also building youth leadership skills and including them into decision-making - for example rules of the group, what activities they'd wish to see and who to invite as guests to the practice. The long term aim is to encourage social inclusion, reduce youth crime, build stronger communities, lower the rate of falling out of education and increase the number of young people moving into skilled labour force."