Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
Find Special Olympics Near Me
We are helping to make the world a better, healthier and more joyful place—one athlete, one volunteer, one family member at a time.
Your Program
Based on your location, your local program is %location%.
Your location could not be automatically determined. Choose a program below:
Your Special Olympics Local Program:
Looking for a different local program? Choose a program from the list below:
Africa
""
Asia Pacific
""
East Asia
""
Europe Eurasia
""
Latin America
""
Middle East North Africa
""
North America
""
Find It Fast
Find job opportunities with Special Olympics
What sports does Special Olympics offer?
Contact Special Olympics
Find events near me
Ways to give to Special Olympics

Search Results

There are 6,830 results that match your search. 6,830 results
Our Words

What’s Wrong with ‘Retard’?

While many of us bicker over things like political correctness and our constitutional right to insult, Frank Stephens lays bare the impact of our words.
Our Words

What's in a Word? Stigma

The other night I found Ben in bed, his face behind a book that was jiggling about because he was laughing so hard.
Our Words

Dighton-Rehoboth Students Pledge to End use of Hateful Words

For the second year in a row, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School embraced the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.
European Union Funded Projects

Young Integrity Ambassadors Programme

Young Integrity Ambassadors Programme (YIAP) and is funded by the Erasmus+. The project lead is EUROPEAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL SPORTS ORGANISATION (ENGSO). SO Europe Eurasia Foundation are a partner in this project to ensure that youth with an intellectual disability (ID) are represented in the project. The other partners in the project are: Riksidrottsförbundet, European Lotteries, EUSA, Smaland, A Confederação do Desporto, Opes Italia, Union of Lithuanian Sports Federation, Lithuania Olympic Committee. For more information on the project please see - https://www.engso-education.eu/youth-integrity-ambassadors-programme/
European Union Funded Projects

I Coach Girls

I Coach Girls logo
The project lead for this project is The International Council of Coaching Excellence. The aim is to get more young girls participating in sport. Our main role for SOEE is to recruit and maintain young girls with ID in sport. The project started in July 2022 and will finish by 30th June 2025. The other partners in the project are Sport Ireland, Lithuania Sports University, FIBA Europe, Hungarian Coaching Association and the Netherlands Olympic Committee.
European Union Funded Projects

Special Champions League

This Special Olympics Belgium-led project is funded through the Erasmus+ programme and SOEE are a key partner. Special Olympics role is to advise the professional football clubs in the project on how to develop coaching programmes and football teams for people with ID.
European Union Funded Projects

Special Olympics World Summer Games

The Environmental Sustainability Impact project breaks new ground as it focuses on how to make Special Olympics events and operations more environmentally sustainable. Funded through Erasmus, the project will last for 24 months in total, finishing on the 30th November 2024. The partners in this project will be SO Europe Eurasia Foundation, Special Olympics Italy and Special Olympics Belgium.
European Union Funded Projects

Unified Volleyball Spikes

The Environmental Sustainability Impact project breaks new ground as it focuses on how to make Special Olympics events and operations more environmentally sustainable. Funded through Erasmus, the project will last for 24 months in total, finishing on the 30th November 2024. The partners in this project will be SO Europe Eurasia Foundation, Special Olympics Italy and Special Olympics Belgium.
European Union Funded Projects

Special Olympics Environmental Sustainability Impact

European Union logo. Text reads: Co-funded by the European Union
The Environmental Sustainability Impact project breaks new ground as it focuses on how to make Special Olympics events and operations more environmentally sustainable. Funded through Erasmus, the project will last for 24 months in total, finishing on the 30th November 2024. The partners in this project will be SO Europe Eurasia Foundation, Special Olympics Italy and Special Olympics Belgium.
European Union Funded Projects

Special Olympics Operation Safeguard

Special Olympics Operation Safeguard is funded through EU Erasmus+ programme and will support the implementation of safeguarding across the SOEE region. While most safeguarding policies focus on children and youth, it is essential to protect vulnerable adults with intellectual disability (ID) also and this project will focus on correcting this. The other partners in the project are Special Olympics Ireland, Special Olympics Slovakia, Special Olympics Estonia, Special Olympics Cyprus, Special Olympics Belgium and the Centre for Sports and Human Rights (CSHR) - https://www.sporthumanrights.org/. CSHR are a key partner in this project as they have a wealth of experience in developing safeguarding policies and procedures
Previous
Next