7/2018. SAFEYOU project and tool were presented at two international softball tournaments. The tournaments included four female softball matches between Italian and American teams. SAFEYOU team members informed athletes about how to prevent doping use in sport and introduced the SAFEYOU tool.
Details29/1/2019. Project SAFE YOU was publicly launched in UK in the context of the UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD) Clean Sport at the Front Line event, at Loughborough University. The theme of this year’s event was the protection of vulnerable athletes. The event brought together stakeholders from across the UK working in athlete support, research and sports administration and development.
Details29-31/3/2018. SAFEYOU project participated in the 3rd International Exhibition of Sports (SPORTEXPO) held in Thessaloniki, Greece. The SAFEYOU team distributed leaflets at the exhibition, and approached exercisers to inform them about doping use and increase their awareness about the hazards of doping use in recreational sport.
Details12/6/2018. SAFEYOU team member Dr Lambros Lazuras (Associate Professor in Social Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University) organized and delivered the first Sheffield Forum for Clean Sports under the auspices of the Sheffield Institute for Policy Studies (SIPS). This initiative recognized the complex and multifaceted nature of doping use across all levels of sports, and promoted open…
Details24-25/1/2018. SAFEYOU team member Dr Barkoukis participated in the “Preventing Doping in Professional and in Grassroots Sport through Education and Investigation” in Sofia, Bulgaria. This high-level 2-day Event brought together representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament, the member states, the Olympic movement, the civil society organisations and further stakeholders. The event was…
Details3/2018. In the context of Pancyprian Races of Veteran Track & Field Athletes, SAFEYOU team member Dr Michaelides discussed about the prevalence of doping use among athletes. Also, he addressed the need of preventing the use of doping substances and he presented the objectives and the activities of the SAFEYOU project.
Details9-10/9/2017. The Cyprus Sports Medicine Association and the University of NIcosia organized the Pancyprian Conference of Sports Medicine, in Nicosia, Cyprus. The event was opened by Prof Konstantinos Natsis, President of the Sports Medicine Associationof Greece.SAFEYOU team member Dr Michaelides presented the aims and the activities of the SAFEYOU project at the conference. He highlighted the…
Details14-16/12/2018. SAFEYOU co-organised the National Congress of Sports Psychology with the national Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology. SAFEYOU team members presented the different aspects and deliverables of the project. Dr Barkoukis presented the SAFEYOU and SAFEYOU+ projects and discussed the conceptual approaches to doping prevention in sports. Prof Zelli talked about the need to…
Details4/2018. SAFEYOU team member Dr Michaelides participated in the meeting of European Commission and World Health Organization, in Cyprus. In this event, the World Health Organization was represented by Dr. Joao Breda, the Head of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and Programme Manager for Nutrition, Physical Activity and…
Details7/9/2016 The SAFE YOU team in Thessaloniki joined the Life Skills Sport Academy organised by the Aristotle University Sports Center and discussed with emerging exercisers the importance of sport in the development and maintenance of health, as well as the negative physical, psychological and social consequences from the use of maladaptive practices during sport involvement. …
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