Sports & Health

Œuvre supports initiatives that use physical activity as a health prevention tool for all groups. Whether through supervised sporting activities or everyday physical activity, these projects aim to promote lasting movement habits, adapted to different ages, life circumstances and individual paths.
Faced with rising inactivity, an ageing population and growing mental health challenges, regular physical activity is a recognised lever for prevention. 

Œuvre therefore encourages projects that raise awareness, mobilise and support a wide range of groups (children, adults, older people, people in vulnerable situations) towards a regular, beneficial practice of activity for their physical and mental health. Structured sport can play a driving role here, in particular through the regularity it fosters and the collective dynamics it generates.

This strand aims to guarantee access to physical activity for everyone. This means removing financial, physical, cultural or geographical barriers that limit or prevent some people from taking part in activities.

Œuvre encourages projects that open up concrete access to physical activity, particularly for people in vulnerable situations, people with disabilities, and those who are isolated or marginalised. This includes, among others, older people, newcomers, people in precarious situations, and young people who are distant from traditional sports structures. The environment on offer must be welcoming, supportive and well suited, whether for free physical activity or for sport run by a federated structure.

Particular attention is also paid to women's sport. Œuvre wishes to encourage projects that promote the participation, visibility and equality of women and girls in all forms of physical activity and sport, from recreational level to elite competition.

Œuvre wishes to support projects that use physical activity as a vector of connection between people. Moving together also means meeting, sharing and supporting one another: physical activity creates spaces of conviviality and solidarity that go beyond the purely physical dimension.

These projects see movement, whether spontaneous or organised, as a positive lever for bringing people together, celebrating community life and supporting participants' mental health. Through its collective rituals, teams and events, sport provides a particularly fertile setting for building lasting ties and fostering a sense of belonging.

Physical activity can only deliver its benefits within a protective environment, free from any form of violence, discrimination or abuse.

Œuvre therefore supports projects that put safeguarding measures in place: preventing potential abuse, protecting vulnerable participants, and training supervisors on safeguarding and ethics — in both federated sports structures and informal physical activity initiatives.