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The aim of the project is to develop a teaching method using sport and its infrastructure (sports stadiums) to educate young people about the values of tolerance and multiculturalism in an attractive way and to sensitise them to discriminatory behaviour. We will elaborate a lesson scenario and educational resources for participants. We will organize seminars for educators who, in cooperation with Polish sports clubs, will conduct workshops for young people at modern football stadiums. The educational resources will refer to, among others, the history and multicultural tradition of specific football clubs. Through references to Jewish, German and Russian founders, athletes and activists, we would like to show that sport has enormous potential, which can be used to unite different social groups (including national, ethnic or religious groups) and promote tolerance. During the workshops we will use motifs present in modern football, including well-known figures: football stars coming from different cultures and backgrounds and representing different religions. As part of the project, we will launch workshops promoting tolerance and multiculturalism in four Polish stadiums. We are implementing the project in cooperation with partners, incliding: CUKUNFT Jewish Association, Internationaler Bund Poland, Intermezzo Ungdomsorganisasjon (Norway), Association ‘Center for Structural Development’ (Romania). The partner from Norway will help to elaborate educational resources and will conduct training in Norway presenting experiences of Norwegian sports clubs in implementing similar initiatives. The continuation of the project will be a bigger initiative ‘Lessons at the stadium’implementing its goals. Under this initiative we plan to build a broad partnership of training institutions, sports clubs, stadiums and NGOs, promoting tolerance and counteracting discrimination.