The development and coordination of a Cross Community Empathy and Good Relations Programme for Young People

Tender description

The expert services of a suitably qualified organisation(s) or collaboration of organisations from the public, private, or community & voluntary sector are required to develop a programme to enable participants to explore the meaning of empathy and understand the complexity of its application to a number of different, though related phenomena. The programme will engage young people (5-12) or (10-18) who are deemed most at risk in Donegal and will teach the participants skills of empathy for others and enable them to understand good relations. Through increased empathy and understanding participants will be enabled to connect with others on a personal level, increase their understanding of the impact of racist or sectarian behavior and develop new friendships with others of a different cultural/religious background. Targeting young people who are disadvantaged, excluded or marginalised as a result of their religious background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, parental status or economic status and providing opportunities for sustained, purposeful engagement with others of a different background.