Club takes part in ‘Around the World’ programme
![Members of Moneyslane Football Club and also members of the Lithuanian group who have teamed up.](https://www.northernirelandworld.com/webimg/legacy_oak_40307745.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Members of Moneyslane Football Club and also members of the Lithuanian group who have teamed up.](/img/placeholder.png)
The aim of the project was to use sport as a mechanism to appreciate cultural diversity, challenge racism and increase community cohesion.
The project has been managed by the PEACE III Southern Partnership’s Challenge of Change priority and supported by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (PEACE III) managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
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Hide Ad‘Around the World through Sport’ enabled participants from different backgrounds, including Polish, Lithuanian and Northern Irish to take part in taster sessions of national sports, including basketball, Gaelic football, rugby, hurling, volleyball and badminton, as well as learning the background and cultural significance of each sport.
Participants have teamed up with the Moneyslane Football Club and will experience firsthand our national sporting traditions by attending a soccer match in Windsor Park and Gaelic game in Croke Park.
Participants will also enjoy a number of friendly soccer games and training sessions with members of the Moneyslane Football Club during April and May 2013.
One participant made the following comment: “This project has helped me to make friends and learn about the different sports around the world – it has been great fun.”