How to organise your own European Mile event

By Nerijus Tabokas, ISCA
28/04/2021

Our European Mile How-To Toolkit is hot off the digital press and ready to guide you in delivering your own walking, running or rolling event. The Toolkit provides a 10-step practical plan on how to organise a European Mile event of any size and shape celebrating the joy of movement.

The 10-step toolkit provides organisers with information detailing simple steps, inspiration and resources to organise any type of European Mile event. The practical guide can be adapted to the organiser’s needs and opportunities that may present themselves in the local community. A fun run or walk, an event including roller skating, kids’ scooters, wheelchairs, handcycles or stair climbing – the possibilities reach far and wide. The European Mile is about completing, not competing, and enjoying moving again with friends, family, colleagues, or exploring the great outdoors. 

The toolkit will help you to decide on the concept, size and location of your event – the most important first steps towards developing and implementing activities that will take place on the day of the event. It includes suggestions on how to identify and cooperate with partners, stakeholders and supporters, as this is an integral part of carrying out a successful event. Additionally, you will be guided through the free digital resources, promotion and communication advice and many other real life examples that are compiled in the European Mile toolkit for everyone wishing to make use of best practices around Europe.

You can find both the online and PDF format of the toolkit here. Happy organising! 

Remember to keep in mind how you can organise a safe and flexible event that complies with local regulations and research the Covid-19 restrictions in your local setting that apply to organising gatherings.

If you are not interested in organising an event, but would like to participate, please have a look at our FAQ section for participants. 

If you would like to find a European Mile national coordinator in your country, click here.

If you have any other questions, please fill in the contact form at the end of this page.

Posted on 28/04/2021 by Nerijus Tabokas, ISCA

European Mile is an initiative of the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) as part of the NowWeMOVE Campaign.

All activities under the European Mile title are voluntary and should take into consideration accessibility requirements for people with disabilities and medical conditions.

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European Mile & ISCA

European Mile is an initiative of the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) as part of the NowWeMOVE campaign. ISCA launched the NowWeMOVE campaign in 2012, with the aim of bringing the sport for all sector and a variety of other sectors together to tackle the physical inactivity epidemic across Europe. ISCA is a global platform open to organisations working within the field of sport for all, recreational sports and physical activity.

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