Our team and regional structure

Chairman of honor of Bulgarian Sports Federation for Children Deprived of Parental Care is Mrs. Stefka Kostadinova, also Chairman of Bulgarian Olympic Committee and high jump world champion.

Chairman of the Board of Directors is Mr. Anatoly Iliev, who has worked many years for Bulgarian sports and physical culture.

Members of the Board of Directors are:

Anatoly Iliev
Lilyana Tomova
Irena Georgieva
Robert Gergov
Gergana Stefanova.

In order to involve children from the residential care institution into sports life the Federation established sports clubs in close proximity to the institutions. There are sports clubs in the bigger Bulgarian towns named ‘Big Heart Sports Clubs’. They unite the efforts of the local society and the Federation and its specialists to organize the sports life of the children from the institutions. With the cooperation of the clubs, since 2002 we organize Christmas Tournaments for children from the institution in five sports – football, basketball, light athletics, table tennis and badminton, and since 2005 – Easter Tournaments as well. By now there are Big Heart Sports Clubs in: Sofia – region, Plovdiv, Gabrovo, Ruse, Shoumen, Bourgas, Pleven, Sliven, Haskovo and Stara Zagora. The clubs in Varna and Nesebar are in the process of establishment but notwithstanding this they already function actively.

1. Sofia Big Heart Sports Club – Sofia region, Blagoevgrad, Kjustendil, Pernik;
2. Plovdiv Big Heart Sports Club – Plovdiv, Smolyan, Pazadgik, Kardjali;
3. Sliven Big Heart Sports Club – Sliven, Yambol, Stara Zagora;
4. Bougass Big Heart Sports Club – Bourgass, Pomorie;
5. Gabrovo Big Heart Sports Club – Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Sevlievo;
6. Pleven Big Heart Sports Club – Pleven, Lovech, Montana, Vidin Lom;
7. Rousse Big Heart Sports Club – Rousse, Silistra, Razgrad;
8. Shoumen Big Heart Sports Club – Shoumen, Varna, Targovishte, Dobrich, Veliki Preslav;
9. Stara Zagora Big Heart Sports Club – Stara Zagora, Haskovo;
10. Varna Big Heart Sports Club - in process of registration.
The clubs have members – sports teachers and specialists, to teach children different sports and to train them for regional and national competitions.