Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (The Council), as lead partner are responsible for the delivery of the PEACE IV Local Authority Action Plan - Beyond Tolerance, which will promote peace and reconciliation in the local area focusing on three key themes: 

• Children and Young People

• Shared Spaces and Services

• Building Positive Relations  

The Council is seeking to appoint a competent facilitator to provide Cross Community Summer Schemes with a focus on shared history and culture. This is part of the Shared History and Culture theme, which falls under the Children and Young People theme.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE -Specific ive 2

Enhancing the capacity of children and young people to form positive and effective relationships with others of a different background and make a positive contribution to building a cohesive society. The Programme will invest in children and young people so that they can reach their own potential and maximise their contribution to a cohesive society. 

In particular, the Programme will bring about change in the form of clear, meaningful and sustainable "distance travelled" for individual young people in terms of good relations, personal development and citizenship:

Good Relations interventions will contribute to lower levels of community division, sectarianism and racism, and will make a positive contribution to reconciliation. The participants will develop:

• A respect for diversity;

• An awareness of and sensitivity to the values, beliefs, customs and traditions of others;

• An understanding of their own identity and respect for others from different community and cultural backgrounds, abilities and orientations;

• A positive predisposition to others from a different community/ cultural background;

• Personal development interventions will develop the social, emotional and 'soft skills' of the participant, including;

o Increased self-awareness and understanding;

o Increased confidence and agency;