SEUPB: Regional Level Projects
Overview
The Programme supports groups particularly impacted by the legacy of the conflict such as victims and survivors and those communities with low social capital as well as those identifiable groups and networks dealing with specific legacy issues such as young and older people, women, the faith community, those suffering from physical or mental disability arising from the legacy of the violence, ex-prisoners, displaced persons and former members of the security forces.
In all cases, projects will be inclusive in nature and will ensure meaningful, purposeful and sustained contact between people of different backgrounds, and which have the capacity to change attitudes and behaviour. Initiatives should evidence a direct commitment to tackling real and complex issues, such as sectarianism and racism.
This objective is to promote positive relations characterised by respect, where cultural diversity is celebrated and people can live, learn and socialise together, free from prejudice, hate and intolerance.
It will result in an increase in the percentage of people who think relations between Protestants and Catholics are better than they were five years ago; an increase in the percentage of people who think relations between Protestants and Catholics will be better in five years' time and an increase in the percentage of people who know quite a bit about the culture of some minority ethnic communities. These result indicators will be monitored from information collected by the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey.
The SEUPB opened two funding calls on Friday 22 March 2019 under the Building Positive Relations (Regional) objective of the PEACE IV Programme, as below.
Objective - 4.2 'Building Community Cohesion through Social Enterprise (Pilot project)
- This call will develop capacity building to support increased cohesion within communities through the development of social entrepreneurship, enterprise and innovation.
- Full details of the call including the agreed outputs and selection criteria can be found here -Building Community Cohesion through Social Enterprise call.
Objective - 4.2 'Building PEACE through Emotional Resilience for Today and the Future'
- This call will promote positive relations within communities through the development and delivery of emotional resilience activity.
- Full details of the call including the agreed outputs and selection criteria can be found here -Building Emotional Resilience call.