TBUC Camps Programme 2022-23
Applications are now open for groups who wish to run a Camp under the T:BUC Camps Programme 2022/23.
Completed applications must be returned to the Education Authority no later than 4pm on Monday 31st January 2022.
*Successful applications are subject to funding being made available
Current Funding Submission Information
Application Closing Date:
31st January 2022 @ 4pm
About T:BUC Camps
The T:BUC Camps Programme is a headline action described in the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) strategy which was announced by the Northern Ireland Executive in 2013. The relevant strategic aim relating to young people is:
To continue to improve attitudes amongst our young people and to build a community where they can play a full and active role in building good relations.”
The Programme is about building positive relations and long lasting friendships among young people across all parts of the Northern Ireland community. Camps must therefore bring diverse groups together to get to know each other, try new experiences and help build longer term relationships between young people.
Good Relations learning must be at the heart of every Camp.
T:BUC Camps Funding Guidance & Information
- Have a significant good relations element at every phase of the Camp which must be clearly demonstrated in funding applications,
- Be run on a cross community basis and include participants from Catholic/Nationalist/Republican (CNR) and Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist (PUL) communities. Proposals are also encouraged from other communities including ethnic minority communities and those of different racial backgrounds,
- Target young people aged 11 to 19 years,
- Have a social action element, and
- Be fun.
Each camp must be run on a cross-community basis and consist of three phases:
- Pre-camp engagement
- Camp
- Post-camp engagement.
- EANI registered youth organisations
- Bona fide voluntary and community organisations (including churches/faith based organisations, sports groups, arts groups etc.)
- Schools
- Regional organisations that have experience in working with young people
- Councils
Click below to download the application guidance notes:
Click the links below to request an online account and apply online:
Click below to see a list of the most frequently asked questions:
Good Relations Resource Pack
A resource pack has been created as a support for those who plan to deliver a Together: Building United Communities (T:BUC) programme. Click the link below to download a digital copy.
T:BUC Camps – Funding Forums and Applications Workshops
The Education Authority will be running workshops to support groups to develop their programmes and assist with applications.
Attendance at EA support workshops is strongly encouraged as it will allow you to meet and network with other possible applicants, speak directly to members of the T:BUC team, receive support and guidance on programming, good relations, resourcing and how to make a good quality application to the T:BUC Camps Programme.
In light of ongoing Covid 19 restrictions, these will be held online via Zoom. A place at the EA Support workshops can be booked online at www.eafunding.eventbrite.co.uk See below for dates and times.
It is essential that a place is pre-booked, in order to provide log in details for the workshop. One on one sessions will be facilitated through breakout rooms at the end of each of these sessions on request. Further workshops will be held if numbers are greater than current availability.
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
Wednesday 1st December 2021 | 11am - 1pm |
Monday 6th December 2021 | 7pm – 9pm |
Tuesday 7th December 2021 | 10am – 12pm |
Thursday 9th December 2021 | 11am - 1pm |
Tuesday 14th December 2021 | 7pm – 9pm |
Monday 10th January 2022 | 11am - 1pm |
Wednesday 12th January 2022
(SCHOOLS ONLY) * | 7pm – 9pm |
Saturday 15th January 2022 | 10am – 12pm |
Thursday 20th January 2022 | 5pm – 7pm |
Monday 24th January 2022 | 7pm – 9pm |
*Please note due to staff availability, schools may also attend any of the public workshops
Resources & Reports
Previously Funded Groups
113 camps received funding in 2021/22 and details of these programmes can be found below along with more information about 2021/22 T:BUC Funding.
74 camps received funding in 2020/21 and details of these programmes can be found below along with more information about 2020/21 T:BUC Funding:
Further Information
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