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: • Preserve and explore local cultural & music traditions • Improve relationships between those within the bands culture. • 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. Targets • Recruit a minimum of 200 participants - (CNR: 33%: PUL 33%: OTHER: 33%) • Delivery of an educational programme which develops and supports musical talent. • Creation of a good relations programme. • Creation of an ‘Local Artists Guild’. • Delivery of an event which showcases the musical talent within the band fraternity across the Borough. • A minimum of 26 hours (total) of meaningful cross-community engagement must be provided per participant. 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 200 participants. • Stage 2: Delivery of a learning and development programme in music for both young people and adults which should include accredited qualifications or professional training. • Stage 3: Delivery of good relations programme (accredited if possible) which explores how music and musical tradition can build relationships. • Stage 4: Creation of an ‘Local Artists Guild’ in which musicians and artists can share skills and information to develop their artistry. • Stage: Delivery of an event which showcases the musical talent within the band fraternity across the Borough BUDGET: 102,471 EUROS Timeline: 14 months