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European Union Funded Projects

Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025 (EU Project)

Opening ceremonies at Turin World Winter Games 2025
As in previous grants supported by the EU the key elements of the Games are in line with the priorities of the sports priorities of the EU—Inclusive Sports Competition, Youth Leadership, Volunteering and Health which were a key part of these Games.

Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup

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The inaugural Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup will feature basketball players with and without intellectual disabilities playing on the same team.

Matthew Aaron

Matthew Aaron, Special Olympics Chief Operating Officer
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Every day we empower athletes to shatter stereotypes and exceed their personal bests on the playing field and in life. But for every Special Olympics champion, there is another who is waiting for a chance to win. Please donate and help us get one more athlete onto the playing field.

Karyn Tan

Karyn Tan
Senior Manager, Admin, Ops & Team Development, Unified Champion Schools

Holly Jacobs

Holly Jacobs
Director, Research & Evaluation, Unified Champion Schools

Susan Colacello

Susan Colacello
Director, Learning & Development, Unified Champion Schools
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Serendib (Sri Lanka)

Serendib (Sri Lanka)
Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

Special Olympics Serendib (Sri Lanka) is recognized as a Founding Committee. A Founding Committee is a group of people who join together and apply to Special Olympics International for recognition and the right to use the name "Special Olympics" with the ultimate goal of being accredited as a Program.

It’s at the local level—right here—where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.
Inclusive Health

The 2025 Global Golisano Health Leadership Awards

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The Global Golisano Health Leadership Awards recognize health champions—leaders and organizations—that are making a significant contribution to secure equal access to health, fitness or wellness for people with intellectual disabilities.
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