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This article explored three different approaches or interventions in which previously low-mobility senior citizens have been made to move and play sports. The task is not easy, which is probably best reflected in the Go Out with the Elderly Campaign, which took more than four years to bring about a clear increase in the number of participants. Indoor curling is also a good example of an activity that has been going on for a long time. One of the explanatory factors in this was that the movers belonged to the same background community.

The long-term effects of recreational football cannot yet be said for sure, but its popularity during the project is a good basis for the activity to become an excellent model for socially inclusive sport.

The physical activities, exercises and sports presented are very different. Outdoor activities and walking are suitable for everyone, indoor curling is a sport suitable for everyone, when football is very close to a normal sport. Of course, even that has been applied and adapted somewhat to seniors in recreational football.

It can also be said that the principle of learning by doing (LbD) or experiential learning has been used in all modes of action, ie the action has been continuously researched and developed during the action. Quite rarely does any activity succeed with just a good upfront plan.

The obstacles found in the backgrounds of the participants have been made to be overcome by making the activity possible for each participant. Knowledge of adapted physical activity, but also interactive pedagogy and innovation, are factors that also help seniors with various disabilities to find a socially inclusive form of sport or physical activity.

Finding social groups in which activities can be organized or used as activators can be considered as a facilitator of social inclusion. It is also important to find a form of exercise, physical activity and sport that is of interest to seniors. Central to the activities themselves are the experiences that make the activities meaningful and adapted and socially inclusive pedagogical approach that supports participants in many ways.