T2558 PEACEPLUS Youth Empowerment Project - Inspiring Future Belfast
- Belfast City Council
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0489e4
Description
The PEACEPLUS Community Empowerment Programme forms part of the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local
Community Action Plan, which is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU
Programmes Body (SEUPB).
This contract contributes to the implementation of the Thriving and Peaceful Communities theme of
the Belfast PEACEPLUS Local Community Action Plan.
Thriving and peaceful communities are defined by people with high levels of individual wellbeing;
who manage strong relationships and connections; and are empowered to lead targeted and
transformative programmes.
This theme will invest in cross-community collaboration to:
i. Jointly identify issues and opportunities in their areas; and
ii. Co-develop collaborative projects to address these and bring about positive change in their
communities.
It will build and sustain relationships between people from different communities, across a wide
range of sectors.
The Programme will result in an increased number of coordinated, community led responses to
challenges in areas which experience high levels of economic and social disadvantage.
This contract is for the development and delivery of a transformational youth empowerment
programme across 4 different age groups - Inspiring Future Belfast.
The focus is to enable young people to become Ambassadors for Peace in their communities and
beyond with the goal of promoting and understanding peace and Inspiring Future Belfast.
The project will be delivered across 4 Lots aligned with the 4 strands of activity.
Lot 1
9-12 year olds (Juniors) - 1500 young people developing friendships and understanding of diversity
through fun/life skills activity (24 contact hours).
Lot 2
12-15 year olds (Intermediate) - 350 young people undertaking activity focusing on relationship
building, life skills, leadership including an action learning element (52 contact hours).
Lot 3
16-18 year olds (Seniors) - 160 young people engaging in citizenship intervention approach that
includes education & training in good relations, diversity, as well as activity focusing on life skills,
youth leadership, volunteering, and action learning (80 contact hours (100 hours if include
residential setting).
Lot 4
19-25 year olds (Young Adults) - 96 Young Adults engaging in a targeted cross community project
focusing on building capacity of the young adults to develop as peer leaders in communities and help promote peacebuilding
Notices
F03: Contract award notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-009819
- Published
- 18 March 2025, 10:02am
F02: Contract notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-003181
- Published
- 30 January 2025, 4:48pm
F02: Contract notice
- Notice identifier
- 2024/S 000-028430
- Published
- 5 September 2024, 2:03pm
F01: Prior information notice
- Notice identifier
- 2024/S 000-025428
- Published
- 12 August 2024, 1:57pm