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Creating Inclusive Spaces for Young People and Beyond

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By understanding the importance of inclusivity and taking steps to foster it, we can build environments where everyone—especially young people—can feel safe, valued, and empowered.
What We Do

Lead to Include

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The Lead to Include project creates an opportunity for Youth Leaders from around the world to convene through local Summits in their own countries and regions to learn and grow from each other.
Athletes

Celebrating United Nations Day

David Evangelista and Gerald Mballe standing side by side.
In 2020, the United Nations marks 75 years of working toward “peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet.” On United Nations Day, we celebrate the UN’s work with a look at some of the Special Olympics athlete leaders, from around the world, who have spoken before UN audiences throughout the years.
Tributes

A Letter from Taoiseach Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern

But Eunice was always clear that the purpose of Special Olympics was not the staging of spectacle for its own sake.
Athletes

For Special Olympics Jamaica Unified Cup Athlete and Coach, Inclusion is More Than a Nice Word

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Meet Special Olympics Jamaica athlete Geovannie Britton who is taking part in the Unified Cup 2022.
In the News

Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Joins Forces with The Scort Foundation To Boost Disability Inclusion Through Sport

A group of players in football kits chase a football on a green pitch in front of a banner reading “Together we inspire”.
Educational opportunities through football development to be provided to people with intellectual disabilities across the region
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Special Olympics and UPS Extend Global Collaboration to December 2026

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Renewed engagement includes a USD 310,000 grant supporting inclusive programming across five regions.
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West Virginia

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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.

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.

Download the Special Olympics West Virginia Fact Sheet
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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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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.

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.

Download the Special Olympics Saint Kitts and Nevis Fact Sheet
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U.S. Virgin Islands

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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.

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.

Download the Special Olympics US Virgin Islands Fact Sheet
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