Unite Games — The cause-driven sports event
Last weekend, we hosted the first Unite Games event where participants play for social causes instead of clubs or nationalities.
In Bremen, Germany, the participants of this first edition of the Unite Games played football and basketball in teams such as Climate Action, Gender Pay Gap, or Child Protection. In total, there were 8 causes which participants could play for.
Sweat for a greater good
The motto of the Unite Games is to use sports as a platform for spreading mutual understanding. Sports should not be about counting which country has more medals or which nation won the world cup. Sports is about overcoming challenges, resilience and teamwork. And we believe sports is also about fighting for something bigger than ourselves. That’s why we believe it is the perfect platform to advocate for social causes.
It doesn’t matter who wins or not, each team in the Unite Games is playing for one cause. We had a Gender Pay Gap vs. Child Protection basketball final. Participants were running and sweating for their causes and it wasn’t really about winning, it was about raising awareness for these important issues which we care about.
Join the Unite Games team and help organise the next events
We are now working on the next Unite Games events and recruiting new team members for our team. Our vision is for Unite Games to be a platform which helps people raise awareness for causes through sports. We have plans for multiple events in 2020, besides our open call for spontaneous new event applications.
We are looking for help on:
- Marketing
- Public relations
- Logistics
- Cause ambassadors
- Sports ambassadors
These are volunteer positions, in an exciting international team of change-makers.
Applying to be part of the team: if you are interested in being part of the team or hosting your own Unite Games event, reach out to the team leaders Nuno Carneiro (nuno@unitegames.org) or Elias Faethe (elias@unitegames.org).
