Integrering och inkludering genom föreningslivet : En intervjustudie om föreningslivets möjligheter till integration av nyanlända och ensamkommande barn och ungdomar

Sammanfattning: Over the past few years, children and youths have been forced to escape their homes. On arrival in Sweden it is important that they become included into the Swedish society. The organization ‘Save the Children’ has developed a project to include these newly arrived children through organized sport activities. The main purpose of this study is to examine whether the leaders involved in this project experience that sport can promote integration for these newly arrived children. This qualitative study is based on 5 semi-structured interviews with the leaders. The main results are as follows: Most of the leaders find that this contributes to a certain level of integration in the society, the project contributes with knowledge despite some obstacles and the leaders have gained a greater cultural understanding and are assisting these children and youths in their everyday life.