The IFF received a total of 55 applications from 30 different countries for the IFF Kids with Sticks UNIHOC floorball equipment support package! Below you can find all the projects presented in short. On Monday 18th of May, the IFF will publish the projects that make it to the final round and ask the floorball community to vote for the projects that should be supported.
Kids with Sticks projects 2020 presented (alphabetic order based on country):
- Austria 1 – Floorballbunnies (Facebook page & website)
Kids – Schools – Floorball: Present floorball to kids from 6 to 18 during their PE Lessons - Austria 2 – Austrian Floorball Association (Facebook page & website)
Develop floorball in schools on the countryside
- Belgium – La Louvière Floorball Club (Website)
Support to new floorball club in La Louvière - Bolivia – Ministerio de Floorball Bolivia (Facebook page)
Developing floorball for youth in Bolivia - Brazil 1 – Philanthropic association children’s Ark (Facebook page)
Providing floorball activity to vulnerable youth - Brazil 2 – Elementary Public School Father Domingos Zatti (Facebook page)
Zatti Floorball Club: Develop floorball activity for students in Campinas - Brazil 3 – Associação Campineira de Floorball (Facebook page & website)
Floorball Campinas At Schools: Spread ACFb to new cities - Brazil 4 – Invictus Floorball Campinas (Facebook page & website)
Youth Invictus Floorball Campinas: Launching U15 and U19 children’s teams - Burkina Faso 1 – Association Floorball Education (AFE) (Facebook page)
Contribute to the education of kids in Burkina Faso through floorball - Burkina Faso 2 – Centre Omnisports de Komsilga (Facebook page)
Floorball development and integration project in Ouagadougou and Komsilga - Cote d’Ivoire – Cote d’Ivoire Floorball Federation (Facebook page)
Festival Floorball Kids: Make floorball available to children of all social backgrounds and different abilities - Ecuador – Red Floorball Ecuador (Facebook page & website)
Development of floorball for children and youth - Estonia – Estonian University of Life Sciences Sports club (Facebook page)
Develop floorball for children in Tartu kindergarten - Finland – Helsinki United ry (Facebook page & website)
New floorball club creating children’s groups - France – Rennes Floorball Club (Facebook page & website)
Developing floorball through youth tournaments - Georgia – Georgian Floorball Association
Development of floorball in Georgian public schools - Germany – FC Stern Floorball (Facebook page & website)
Develop youth floorball in the club - Hungary – Hungarian Floorball Federation (Facebook page & website)
Promote youth floorball in Hungary - India – Amateur Karnataka Floorball Association (Facebook page)
Develop floorball in schools - Italy – ASD Spartak Floorball Milano (Facebook page)
Fountain of youth: Floorball development to kids in Milano - Kenya 1 – Tsunami Floorball Academy (Facebook page)
Floorball to more kids in Nairobi - Kenya 2 – Silverqueens Floorball Club
Improving kids floorball and living conditions in Kenya - Laos – Fida international
Youth Resource Centre to make floorball popular in Savannakhet - Malaysia – Seremban knight floorball club (Facebook page)
Knight floorball clinic: Organise floorball clinics for youth - Netherlands – Amsterdam Floorball Agents (Facebook page & website)
Unlocking floorball potential in two new neighbourhoods of Amsterdam - Peru – Unión de Floorball Peruano en CRISTO (Facebook page & website)
Unite floorball in Peru for better development - Philippines – Philippine Floorball Clubs Association (Facebook page & website)
Floorball Palarong Pambansa Project: Increase floorball participation in The Palarong Pambansa (National Games) - Poland 1 – Students’ Sports Club Young Wolves of Zabrodzie (Facebook page)
Floorball For All: Educate more children and promote floorball in the region - Poland 2 – UKS Bankowka Zielonka (Website)
Floorball – Challenge, passion, learning: Floorball for children in schools and kindergartens in Zielonka - Poland 3 – GRZEŚ Popular Sports and Athletics Club
Develop floorball activity for children and youth in the club - Poland 4 – Primary School and Nursery Unit in Halinow (Website)
Floorball Schoolgirls: Promoting floorball for girls in a big primary school - Poland 5 – UKS Salezjanie Poznan (Facebook page)
Floorball – Just start to become a champion: Promote floorball for kids at Poznan schools - Russia 1 – Floorball Federation of Republic of Karelia
Develop School Floorball League in Republic of Karelia - Serbia – Serbian Floorball Association (Facebook page)
My Sport – My Floorball: Develop youth floorball in Serbia - Slovakia 1 – FBK Galanta United (Facebook page & website)
Let’s play floorball in schools! Improve physical health and floorball skills in schools - Slovakia 2 – Snipers Bratislava (Facebook page & website)
Adopt a Sniper: Developing floorball for children of 4 age groups - Slovakia 3 – ATU Košice (Facebook page & website)
Cassovia Games: Developing youth floorball tournament - Slovakia 4 – FBC Grasshoppers AC UNIZA Zilina (Facebook page & website)
Kids with floorball sticks: more youth floorball players to the club - Slovakia 5 – Kindergarten Hlohovec (Website)
First steps to floorball in kindergarten - Slovakia 6 – SK Harvard Partizanske (Facebook page & website)
COOL sticks for sChOOL kids: Strengthening cooperation with primary schools - Slovakia 7 – Pre krajší dnešok o.z./floorballacademy (Facebook page & website)
Floorball For All Day: Big annual floorball event for youth in Liptovský Hrádokto - Spain 1 – Club Deportivo Córdoba Superglads (Facebook page & website)
Superglads floorball kids sports schools: Promote floorball for the children in Andalucia - Spain 2 – ADS (Sports Agrupation from North-West Madrid)
Promotion and development of floorball in annual multi-sports programme for school kids - Spain 3 – Floorball Valencia
Development of a floorball club starting with youth - Spain 4 – Colegio Maestro Ávila y Santa Teresa (Facebook page & website)
Promote floorball in the community - Spain 5 – Club Floorball Nazríes (Facebook page)
Play Floorball Programme: A school programme promoting floorball - Sweden – IFK Klagshamn (Facebook page & website)
More floorball for the future youth: launching floorball introductions programme - Uganda – Bondeko School Uganda (Facebook page & website)
Enhancement of youth development and life improvement though floorball - Ukraine 1 – Melitopol Sports Club «Legend» (Facebook page)
Floorball section for girls at school: Attracting girls to floorball classes - Ukraine 2 – FLC “Yantar” (Facebook page)
Promotion of floorball among youth with disabilities - Ukraine 3 – CBN “Emmanuel” (Orphan’s promise) (Website)
Project “School of Life” Berdyansk: Organising a floorball section at school - USA 1 – Backcheck Foundation (Facebook page & website)
Floorball 4 Schools in Indianapolis: Introduce the game of floorball through school-based Physical Education - USA 2 – Laramie Floorball Club (Facebook page)
Introduce more kids to floorball in Wyoming: Implementing a floorball club in Laramie Wyoming - USA 3 – Emerald City Floorball LLC (Facebook page)
Floorball Revolution Seattle: Give kids in the Greater Seattle area a new and fun sporting option - USA 4 – Joe’s Hockey Group
Small floorball with a youth age group: Introducing floorball to youth group of former ballhockey players
IFF Kids with Sticks Project and selection process 2020
The IFF invited all floorball associations, clubs and other organisations to apply for the support package. The deadline to apply was May 6th 2020. The aim with the Kids with Sticks project is to provide children and youth with floorball equipment, so that more kids around the world can enjoy playing floorball. The IFF will donate around 200 sticks, balls and 10 goalie equipment sets.
On Monday the 18th of May, the IFF invites all stakeholders to vote for the projects that are considered most important by commenting a post on IFF Facebook page (in the comment option under the post). The voting goes on for 48 hours. The comments received after this time are not taken into account. Based on the results, the IFF will then support the 10 projects that have received the most votes. These projects will receive an UNIHOC equipment support package including: 25 sticks, 30 balls and one goalie set. IFF may choose additional projects that will be supported.
