Plan your international badminton activities together with the ISCA badminton network and take part in an exceptionally well organized badmionton experience.The schedule below highlight the main activities of the network. For further information please do not hesitate to contact the chairman of the ISCA badminton network, Benny Andreasen at : benny.andreasen@dgi.dk

Good news for seniors: Part of the prescription for a healthier, better retirement is exercise. That simple? Yes, it is! ISCA and SALSC from Scotland invite you to join the SANTE Thematic Seminar – Active Seniors,  August 30 – September 1, 2010 in Inverclyde (Largs, Ayrshire,Scotland)and to join the growing number of project managers and political leaders from SANTE  partners, as organisations and individuals with interest and experience in health-enhancing physical activity for seniors, health professionals who deal with sport as a means to strengthen and maintain health. They all believe that seniors who are actively  demonstrating that exercise helps keep a body strong and on the go.

 Grass-root sport is today engaging 40 % of all Europeans in physical activity on a regular basis. However, there is a considerable gap between European countries with regard to the degree of involvement of citizens in recreational sport and physical activity.The European Union has the potential to increase the number of citizens regularly active in sport and physical activity by another 100 million and we believe that this should become a common European vision.The benefits of such a vision are apparent. It will increase the quality of life and decrease the number of illnesses and deaths (WHO, 2006), as physical inactivity alone is causing 10% of deaths in Europe. Further, an increase in citizens’ physical activity levels will expand the economy related to the sport sector with approximately €50 bn alone in household spending (Amnyos & Eurostrategies, 2010). The Public Hearing on Sport for All and Physical Activity will discuss the role of the Sport for All sector in the effort to close the physical activity gap and thereby giving more Europeans the opportunity to practice sport. ISCA Europe strongly welcomes that both EU and national policies on Sport are increasingly evidence based, taking into account the actual situation and challenges regarding e.g. financing, facilities and volunteering. At the same time, we strongly encourage the European institutions to grant grass-root sports and the physical activity sector a prominent role in the upcoming EU Sports initiatives.

 On May 17th around Europe, but not only in this continent, was celebrated for the fourth year the "Day Against Homophobia", to promote initiatives against intolerance and prejudice about sexual orientation. "I am pleased that we talk about - says Tatiana Olivieri, member of national Uisp executive committee, and promoter of 0.3 Tolerance campaign, pictures campaign against homophobia in sports - there is still reticence, even if in the last year the attention about this topic increased because of the numerous cases of violence against homosexuals and transgenders". This year goal of the Day was to ask religious leaders to publicly declare what they think about violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people."The attitude of the Church is dangerous - continues Olivieri – because recently the Church compared homosexuality and pedophilia".