Aquatic Hubs in remote areas

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The primary focus of the project is to create the first Aquatic Hub in Elafonisos, a remote area in Greece, in order to promote participation in aquatic exercise lessons in the local community. The Aquatic Hub aims to work as an eco-system for making organized aquatic physical activity accessible to children and adolescents with fewer opportunities excluded from mainstream swimming and water safety programs. Elafonisos is a small island of fishermen and youths have easy access in the sea environment but they lack of basic swimming skills and water safety knowledge. Project activities will include educational schemes for the local children and adolescents in order to develop theoretical knowledge about health-enhancing physical activity in the water and also practical sessions in the sea environment for developing aquatic skills, safety and water play. The Aquatic Hub will also work as knowledge exchange center for sport professionals (i.e., coaches, physical educators, youth-development experts, sport psychologists, sport managers) by offering the course “Training the Trainers” for developing new professional skills on how to manage the Aquatic Hub in Elafonisos ensuring the sustainability of project outcomes.