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Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council seek to appoint a suitably qualified organization(s) / individual(s) to offer a fully comprehensive and unique programme to provide an understanding of the rich cultures that reside within the Causeway Coast and Glens Area. Using the medium of music, sports, arts, dance, food & crafts participants will learn about each other and come together in new ways. This programme will bring both indigenous and newcomer communities together to share in each other’s cultures, to educate one another about their traditions and to understand the important role each culture has in creating a thriving economy and a socially diverse community that supports the positive development of the Borough.

The tender response must address the following key issues:

• Lack of understanding and cohesion between both between both local (indigenous) and newcomer (BME – Black and Minority Ethnic) communities and the importance of sharing cultural expressions.
• Poor relationships between both local (indigenous) and newcomer (BME) communities.
• Increased division and fear amongst both communities.
• Difficulty in integrating and participation in local life for newcomer (BME) communities.
• Support participants in being able to understand and share in each other’s culture.
• Challenge and support greater understanding around contested views and opinions.
• Raise awareness around the issues and misinformation which is preventing local people and newcomer communities from engaging with each other.
• People feeling unable to share information about their culture and heritage.
• Lack of confidence within newcomer (BME) communities in being able to share their knowledge and learning.
• Build new relationships with people who have an interest in sport by providing opportunities to learn and educate themselves about the various sporting traditions throughout the Borough whilst building new relationships between both local and newcomer communities.
• Preserve and explore local cultural, sporting traditions.

Targets

• Recruit minimum 250 participants to engage in a minimum of 26 hours (total) of meaningful multi-cultural engagement per participant. (CNR: 33%: PUL 33%: OTHER: 33%)
• Delivery of a recreational programme which provides access to 12 sports.
• Delivery of showcase or celebration event.

Outputs
• Increase in the confidence of participants to explore other cultural traditions.
• Increase in the participants to feel safe about demonstrating their cultural traditions.
• Improvement in relationships between both the indigenous and newcomer communities.
• Increase in knowledge that participants understand about other cultures.
• Increase in feeling respected within the local community.
• Improvement in the levels of trust between newcomer and indigenous communities.
• Increase in confidence amongst newcomer communities to feel they can participate in wider society.

Programme Activities

Stage 1: Recruitment of 250 participants across the 7 DEA areas

Stage 2: Delivery of an educational programme which captures, shares and educates participants about the rich sporting culture across the Borough and build the confidence of all participants to participate in wider society.

The education and learning should contain workshops on diversity, equality, active citizenships relationship building and conflict management, preferably as an accredited format. The programme also has to be able to build relationships amongst all participants and provide learning which helps challenge the stigma and division between both indigenous and newcomer communities.

Stage 3: Delivery of sports-based and recreational programme which explores at least 12 sports played at a local level by people from a range of cultural backgrounds. The sports selected should be reflective of both local and newcomer communities.

Stage 4: Delivery of celebration or showcase event.

BUDGET:
117,842 EUROS

Timeline:
14 months

This list of activities is not 100% exhaustive. As part of the Tender Quality Assessment, bidders are asked to deliver a profile that reflects these areas as well as allowing for their own knowledge, innovation, and experience.

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council would welcome a partnership or collaborative approach from several organisations / individuals that between them have the necessary expertise and experience. Individual submissions are also welcomed.

2.3 Project Budget

The project has a maximum budget of 117842 EUROS (excl. VAT)

All tender submissions should be submitted exclusive of VAT, to design and deliver the above activities and achieve the anticipated results by September 2027.

Please carefully note that up to 20% of project funds will be released on award of contract and thereafter on a staged basis, your tender should align costs to the delivery of stages or outputs.

2.4 Project Timescale
It is anticipated that the successful bidder will be contracted to begin project delivery within 6 weeks of contract award.
All project activity must be completed by September 2027.
All project related financial invoicing must be submitted within 1 month of the completion of the final report.

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council seeks to appoint suitably qualified organisation(s) / individual(s) to develop opportunities to raise awareness within the LGBTQIA+ community of the support and services available within the Borough and to ensure that these support systems are viewed as being accessible.

The programme will ensure that a platform is given to the LGBTQIA+ community to ensure that their voices can be articulated and heard. The project aims to support the education of the wider Borough about the valuable contribution the LGBTQIA+ community has made and continues to make within the Borough.

The tender response must address the following key issues:
• Intolerance.
• Lack of awareness.
• Challenges and Obstacles faced by the LGBTQIA+ Community.
• The history of the LGBTQIA+ Community.
• The perception of who is part of the LGBTQIA+ Community.
• Challenging the level of intolerance towards the LGBTQIA+ Community.
• Encourage the wider community to learn for themselves, drawing their own conclusions and remembering that the wellbeing of all can be influenced by acting on some of our views.
• Promoting and supporting visibility and inclusion.

Targets

• Recruit minimum 245 participants (CNR: 20%: PUL 20%: Other 60%)
• Co-design a programme which tackles both isolation and vulnerability within the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Deliver an exhibition which explores legacy of local LGBTQIA+ icons.
• Deliver 7 public talks across the Borough to explore lived experiences. Counselling or other appropriate infrastructure support services also need to be available.
• Delivery of a showcase event.
• A minimum of 26 hours (total) of meaningful engagement must be provided per participant.

Outputs

• Increased levels of tolerance throughout and between the communities.
• Increased levels of knowledge and information shared in relation to the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Increased levels of awareness about the issues facing the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Increase in confidence within the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Opportunity to connect LGBTQIA+ members through a more localised network.

Programme Activities

• Stage 1: Recruit 245 participants to the programme (Approx 35 from each DEA area).
• Stage 2: Co design a programme with the 245 participants which helps support both younger people and especially older people and young people from a rural background who need to access the support services of LGBTQIA community. The programme needs to tackle both isolation and vulnerability, whilst increasing visibility from the community.
• Stage 3 An exhibition and talks which explores the opportunity to look the wide range of people in the legacy CCGBC area, who hailed from the LGBTQIA+ community who have contributed to our society (this could manifest in an exhibition or publication).
• Stage 4: Deliver 7 Public Talks/discussions/Panels to explore the lived experience of local people in the area, as a way of increasing awareness, but encouraging the public to look at their practices, attitudes, how they could make improvements or support systems. This could provide an opportunity for the public to look at education, awareness raising and an event to consider the aspect of compassion as a key principle from which to operate from. This will require a tight structure, experience facilitators and support services (befriending and/ or counselling).
• Stage 5: Delivery of a special event to showcase the LGBTQIA+ community and build relationships within the community. Additional guidance to be taken around the correct and planned delivery of PRIDE event that has been consulted on, planned for, and delivered in an atmosphere of acceptance (perhaps look at the Enniskillen example).

BUDGET: 147998 EURO

Timeline:
18 months

This list of activities is not 100% exhaustive. As part of the Tender Quality Assessment, bidders are asked to deliver a profile that reflects these areas as well as allowing for their own knowledge, innovation, and experience.

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council would welcome a partnership or collaborative approach from several organisations / individuals that between them have the necessary expertise and experience. Individual submissions are also welcomed.

2.3 Project Budget

The project has a maximum budget of 147998 EURO (excl. VAT)

All tender submissions should be submitted exclusive of VAT, to design and deliver the above activities and achieve the anticipated results by January 2028
Please carefully note that up to 20% of project funds will be released on award of contract and thereafter on a staged basis, your tender should align costs to the delivery of stages or outputs.

2.4 Project Timescale
It is anticipated that the successful bidder will be contracted to begin project delivery within 6 weeks of contract award
All project activity must be completed by January 2028
All project related financial invoicing must be submitted within 1 month of the completion of the final report.

2.5 Project Management

The successful applicant will be required to develop a sustainable delivery mechanism and be responsible for the overall management of the project activities. Throughout process work agree on areas and consultation methods.
The successful applicant will be required to work with the Council Officer charged with the management of PEACEPLUS and will meet with them at the following stages:
• On appointment, to agree a forward work plan, the proposed schedule for implementation and the reporting requirements.
• A formal meeting on a regular basis to review progress against agreed timeframes and milestones, to identify emerging issues and risks and plan for mitigation strategies, and to agree targets for the next quarter or stage.
• It should be noted that the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council maintains the copyright of the project and the materials produced.

Please note this project is funded by SEUPB PeacePlus
Queens University Belfast has published a tender for a specialist sub-contractor to assist in delivering and refining a programme to enable assessment and development of digital manufacturing capability within the SME manufacturing base in Northern Ireland and border counties of Ireland.

In order to access the documents and submit a response, you must use Queen’s university Belfast tendering platform - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home

The closing date for this tender is 4pm 23/04/2026.