Fund to provide £250,000 to promote understanding
Howard Lake | 13 February 2008 | News
The Integrated Education Fund in Northern Ireland, which promotes Catholic and Protestant integrated schools, has opened a funding programme to promote the development of skills, structures and relationships that will enable schools to increase their understanding, acceptance and respect for political, cultural and religious differences. ‘Promoting A Culture of Trust ({PACT) is open to all primary and post primary schools in Northern Ireland.
Inspired by school, parent and community achievements and in response to their demand for more funding for increasingly ambitious initiatives, the ninth round of the programme, PACT IX, will pilot a three level grant structure with a total pot of £250,000. This will allow schools to apply for grants at a level of funding and for a duration which meets their individual needs and the depth of the work in which they wish to engage.
The PACT programme was established in 2000 by Senator George Mitchell, with support from the Northern Ireland Fund for Reconciliation and to date has awarded over £475,000 to 143 projects involving 321 schools and organisationsacross Northern Ireland. The IEF has been supported in funding the new round of PACT by the Department of Education and BT.
PACT Projects must involve two or more schools and these partnerships must represent at least two of the main traditions in Northern Ireland. Therefore, single school projects will not be funded and neither will single identity projects nor two integrated schools working together unless they have a partner school of a different tradition.
The new programme will operate a three level grant structure with grants up to £5,000, £10,000 and £25,000 over the next three years. The closing date for applications is Friday 18 April 2008 and guidelines and application forms are now available from the IEF website
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