Youth sports –
In Morges, a place to exercise instead of “hanging out”
On Saturday evenings, 12-17 year olds will have free access to a gym. A project that responds to a motion from… 2013, aimed at limiting juvenile delinquency.
Maxim Schwarb
Published today at 10:31 a.m.
The Collège du Square Central, in Morges, will allow young people to use the gym on certain evenings.
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Open a gym on Saturday evenings, free of charge, to allow young people to practice their favorite activity. This is the concept of MidnightSports, a program launched by the IdéeSport association.
Active since 1999 and present in more than twenty cantons, the latter recently convinced the City of Morges to set up MidnightSports sessions in its territory. The first of them will take place this Saturday, November 2 at the Collège du Square central and in the presence of the authorities.
“Athletic rather than alcoholic” evenings
This project is in fact the response to a motion tabled in 2013 by municipal councilor Pierre Marc Burnand entitled “For athletic Saturday evenings rather than alcoholics”. But it took ten years for the Executive to present it to the deliberative body.
At the time, the mover regretted that “the 13-17 year old group is clearly disadvantaged, which leads them to meet up and hang out in public spaces which are not necessarily designed to accommodate their libations.” The Social Cohesion, Housing and Security Department also admitted to being “regularly contacted for nuisance issues linked to the presence of young people in public spaces in the evening, whether in the Square district or around the Bergerie, or behind the station.
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It is therefore for this age range that the MidnightSports program is aimed, which will now take place every Saturday evening – except during school holidays – from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Morgian room. There is no prior registration; young people are only required to bring indoor shoes and sports clothing. Social workers will also be present.
During the 2023-2024 season, the IdéeSport website mentioned 100 MidnightSports projects throughout Switzerland. In the canton of Vaud, young people from Bussigny, Echallens and Bercher can benefit from this initiative.
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