The athlete leadership committee is the board directed by the athletes themselves for the athletes, who are responsible in the decision making of some, if not most of Special Olympics decisions. The Athlete Leaders are trained and educated on how to further improve the message and decisions that the athletes have towards the Special Olympics Malta Board of Directors.

Special Olympics Summer World Games are held once in every 4 years. Athletes train themselves and strive to give their best at such a high level of competitions.

The European Games are held once every 4 years. 58 European countries meet together for competitions. Each hosting country will decide how many sports are offered during these games.

The Young Athletes Program is another year-round sports training program designed for children with intellectual disabilities aged between 2 and 7.

It is a known secret that I have strongly pushed forward the Special Olympics Malta Committee to extend their programmes to the sister island, where I knew many families would have embraced with open arms such opportunities for their own children.

The Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Program is designed for athletes with severe or profound intellectual disability who are unable to participate in Official Special Olympics sport competitions because of their skill and/or functional abilities.

Integrating our Athletes into society and enabling them to live meaningful independent lives is a task that Special Olympics has at heart and we work very closely with the Athletes’ families to achieve this.