Media literacy activities for children and young people in Northern Ireland
- Ofcom
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0585c3
Description
Ofcom has a requirement for media literacy activities that develop critical thinking about online content for children and young people in Northern Ireland.
As a minimum, the following must be delivered by September 2028:
• Embed critical thinking into delivery of content creation activities with children and young people and their parents in formal or informal education contexts
• We expect any activities or resources to be co-produced with target participants
• Organisations will ensure activities are embedded into existing activities, for example, delivering training, events, support or any other means necessary.
• There is an expectation of stakeholder engagement which will include:
o Promoting media literacy activities to relevant community organisations, schools or youth groups
o Supporting activities intended to inform policy development, which will be led by Ofcom
o Seeking input from expert steering group, which will be led by Ofcom
o Working in partnership with any other organisations commissioned by Ofcom in relation to media literacy in Northern Ireland
• Organisations will work with Ofcom's evaluation adviser to produce a theory of change, key evaluation questions and data collection tools following the approach outlined in our evaluation toolkit
• Organisations will be willing to share learnings with Ofcom's Making Sense of Media network
Notices
UK7: Contract details notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-072361
- Published
- 10 November 2025, 12:08pm
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-047904
- Published
- 12 August 2025, 10:28am