Building Bridges: Empowering Forced Migrant Youth through Sport and Leisure

We’re excited to invite you to attend Building Bridges: Empowering Forced Migrant Youth through Sport and Leisure, an innovative free event co-organized by I Speak Football and Loughborough University and funded by Leisure Studies Association and the Economic and Social Research Council. This gathering will explore best practices in using sport and leisure as tools for inclusion, wellbeing, and empowerment.

📅 Date and time: 28th of May 2025, 9am – 5pm
📍 Location: Loughborough University London, The Broadcast Centre Here East, Lesney Avenue, London E20 3BS
🎟 Register now via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1280925134559?aff=oddtdtcreator

Bringing together sports organizations, refugee and migrant groups, researchers, education providers, and policymakers, this event will be an opportunity to exchange knowledge, build capacity, and expand networks to support future collaboration.

With interactive workshops, keynote, panel and a practical football-based session led by the I Speak Football Youth Advisory Board, this will be a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and create lasting change.