Decathlon Italy has presented My Personal Training, an app specially designed for the members of its staff affected by Down syndrome. The app has been developed in partnership with AIPD (Associazione Italiana Persone Down) and AGPD (Associazione Genitori e Persone con Sindrome di Down). Decathlon has been collaborating with these two associations since 2017 to offer internships to sportsmen and women with cognitive disabilities. Decathlon employs 42 people with Down syndrome in Italy, of whom 29 have a permanent contract.
The My Personal Training app, accessible via the company’s smartphones, features an information sheet, video tutorials, a booklet with specific terminologies, a calendar of the activities with related alarms and more. The app is simple and intuitive to allow people with Down syndrome to be independent in the workplace and elsewhere in their daily lives. The app was the winner of the Innova Retail Award & Ki Best 2022 award.
Decathlon is present in 59 countries with more than 1,600 stores. The company has 143 stores and two factories in Italy, where it has an overall workforce of 8,000 people.
