24-26/5/2017 The Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of Central Macedonia under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, and in the context of the Athletics Education Championships, co-organizes with the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace and with the support of the Region of Central Macedonia, the Regional Association of Municipalities of…
SAFEYOU+ team member Prof. Andrea Petroczi from the School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry of Kingston University is discussing about: “Fitness supplements, performance enhancing drugs, and the gateway hypothesis”
13/5/2017 The SAFEYOU+ team promoted the ‘stay fit, stay clean’ message to the participants of the 9th Aristotle Run, held in Thessaloniki, Greece. This is a running event organized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and includes a 5000m run for adults and a 1000m run for children. The SAFEYOU team distributed leaflets to athletes…
22/4/2017 The Nikos Poulantzas Institute with the European Parliamentary Group European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL) member Stelios Kouloglou, organized documentary festivals on the subject: “Breaking the cycle of corruption”, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The SAFEYOU+ team member Dr Barkoukis participated in the discussion held by Mr Kouloglou and whistleblower Rudolf Elmer and highlighted…
Dr Barkoukis presented the SAFE YOU TOOL and the SAFE YOU+ project at the Master students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. The presentation initiated discussion with the students on the performance enhancement culture in gyms and resulted in the establishement of research collaboration with the…
Dr Lazuras, Sheffield Hallam University, member of the SAFE YOU and SAFE YOU+ projects gave an interview on BBC sport about doping use in recreational sport. Dr Lazuras presented evidence about the health side effects and presented doping use as a dark side of exercise. The interview and the full article of BBC Sport are…
The kick-off partner meeting of SAFEYOU+ project was held in London, UK. The Greek partner presented the management and project monitoring procedures and the Italian partner presented the quality assurannce procedures. Project’s partners discussed the content of the qualitative and quantitative studies and set the milestones for the upcoming activities.
8-9/3/2017 Dr Barkoukis participated in the EU Sport Forum and presented the SAFE YOU project to international stakeholders. He demonstrated the elements of the SAFE YOU TOOL and discussed the usefulness of the tool on doping prevention.
The University of Kingston organised the launch event in London. Prof. Petroczi and Mr. Hudson presented the SAFEYOU Tool to exercisers and recreational athletes.
Welcoming the SAFEYOU Tool! Our team proudly presents the development of a user-friendly, online, open access educational tool that will raise young people’s awareness about the dangers of exercise doping and will help them make informed decisions about this issue. The tool covers a wide range of areas (core knowledge about doping substances and their…
