Guideline
Community-driven small sport facilities
Dan Kollar · 2025
Summary
This practical guide explores how community-driven, small-scale sports facilities can promote inclusive physical activity, independent mobility and stronger neighbourhoods year-round. Featuring six European case studies, it highlights grassroots initiatives, participatory planning, funding approaches and cooperation with municipalities, offering lessons for creating accessible sports and play spaces close to home.
- Topics
- Planning & DesignHealth, Safety & Wellbeing
- Target audience
- PoliticiansPolicy makersUrban plannersPromoters & advocatesGeneral public
- Mode
- WalkingCyclingWheelingOther
- Conditions
- Year-round
- Population group
- ChildrenAdolescentsAdults
- Countries
- SlovakiaAustria
- Language
- English
- Access
- Open access
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Organisations
- Sustainable & inclusive access to sport practices · Project
- Cyklokoalicia · Author
- Winter Cycling Federation · Publisher
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