European Union

The European Union has recognised the important role sport plays in education, culture, social inclusion and public health within the European Society.  Some of our activities within our EU Member States are kindly supported by the European Union

Lionbridge

Lionbridge is honoured to join the family of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia sponsors this year. By donating the translation services required for the Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia website, Lionbridge helps to ensure all content is available in multiple languages, including Russian, French, German, Polish, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese.

Eurolotto

EuroLotto is Europe’s largest lottery with daily draws and has a guaranteed jackpot of 25 million euro. EuroLotto also has one of Europe’s largest scratch card with a 5 million euro jackpot. The lottery was launched all over Europe in 23 different languages in January 2011. In a short time, the lottery has gained a substantial player crowd from all of Europe

Microsoft

Through its Community Affairs programme, Microsoft has entered into a significant partnership with Special Olympics by donating a suite of key software products to Special Olympics.  Microsoft’s generous support enables the National Programmes in Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia to work more effectively and communicate more efficiently.  Microsoft also supports Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia by encouraging and facilitating its employees across 25 countries to volunteer with Special Olympics. 

Fleishman Hillard Press Release

International PR agency, Fleishman Hillard has become the official communications partners for Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia, committing to help significantly improve awareness of the movement across the region.

CMS Cameron McKenna

CMS Cameron McKenna has chosen Special Olympics as its charity of the year between May 2011 and May 2013 supporting programmes in Great Britain, Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Kiev (Ukraine), Prague (Czech Republic) and Warsaw (Poland).

FIBA Europe

Special Olympics European Basketball Week is the flagship event of the FIBA Europe-Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE) partnership that was established in May 2004 with the aim of developing basketball for players with intellectual disabilities. Since then, the number of Special Olympics players in the region has increased from 13,000 to 53,000 players.

FIFA

FIFA’s support of Special Olympics is through its Football for Hope programme. In 2007 FIFA partnered with Special Olympics to launch the Global Football Initiative which aims to utilise the visibility and reach of the world's most popular sport and to raise the necessary funds to significantly expand Special Olympics football participation on every continent.

UEFA

UEFA (The Union of European Football Associations) has a long-standing partnership is being maintained with SOEE, which promotes football for players with learning difficulties. UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe, runs Europewide national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.

Euroleague

Euroleague, one of the most competitive basketball leagues in Europe has committed to promote the Special Olympics movement during the 2009/2010 season. Under the slogan 'Basketball for Everyone', Euroleague will use the visibility of the league, players and teams to promote opportunities in basketball for people with intellectual disabilities.

The European Tenpin Bowling Federation

ETBF signed a partnership agreement with SOEE on March 20, 2010. One of way in which the ETBF are supporting SOEE is through demonstration events during European and World Championships, with the first taking place during the World Male Championships in Munich, Germany from August 11-22, 2010.

Tottenham Hotspur

UK Premier League Club, Tottenham Hotspur in 2010 became the UK’s first Global Football Ambassador for the Special Olympics movement. In this role Tottenham Hotspur are seeking to involve supporters, coaches and partners as part of the promotion of inclusion for people with learning disability in sport.

European Athletics

European Athletics is one of the six Area Associations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). European Athletics is a European non-governmental non-profit organisation. Currently European Athletics has 50 Member Federations. The vision and mission of European Athletics is to lead, inspire and equip the highest number of Europeans to enable them to form a loyal relationship with athletics for life.

European Union of Gymnastics (UEG)

The UEG counts 47 national member federations. With membership of 10 million gymnasts, the UEG represents quite different facets of European gymnastics: from Olympic sports to gymnastics for all. The Union provides high-level sport in the four Olympic disciplines and the three non-Olympic disciplines, but also leisure sport with offers for all age groups, from toddlers to senior citizens. The EUG also takes responsibility for hosting international events, galas and festivals.

Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN)

LEN – the governing body of 50 national European Swimming Federations, has officially partnered with Special Olympics to develop swimming opportunities for aquatics athletes with intellectual disabilities. The announcement was made on 3 September 2006 in Patras, Greece. As an initial step in the partnership, LEN hosted a Special Olympics aquatics demonstration during the European Swimming Championships in Budapest. Following this first SO demonstration similar opportunities were offered and accepted by LEN and LOC in the next long pool and short pool European Championships.

Lions Clubs International

Since 2001, the Lions Clubs International Foundation's generous support has made it possible to expand Special Olympics' Opening Eyes initiative globally. The contribution not only maintains and improves all aspects of the initiative, but also helps provide volunteer support to the organization.

The Rosetta Foundation

Partnership between Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia and The Rosetta Foundation will allow Special Oypmics Programmes across the region to access vital information in their native languagesSpecial Olympics Europe/Eurasia is proud of the partnership with The Rosetta Foundation. The Rosetta Foundation translates key Special Olympics documents into 14 European languages. Strategy and policy documents, healthcare guidelines, sports rules and coaching guides are just some of the material that is made accessible to Special Olympics National Programmes in up to 58 countries through this partnership.