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Sense over Sectarianism National Week of Action Poster Competition 22nd - 26th Feb
Sense over Sectarianism National Week of Action Poster Competition 22nd – 26th February 2021 ...
Read MoreScottish Government announces rules on protests and demonstrations during Covid-19
Guidance for people organising and taking part in protests and demonstrations during the coronavirus...
Read MoreScarfed for Life Tour 2020
Scarfed for Life Tour The Citizens Theatre young company performed 2 shows a day for 5 days to an a...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism National Competitions and Awards 2020
Sense over Sectarianism National Competitions and Awards 2020 In February Sense over Sectarianism (...
Read MoreSense on Sectarianism - Holocaust Memorial Event
Every January since 2010 Sense over Sectarianism organise and deliver the Glasgow Schools Holocaust ...
Read MoreKillie Music Concert
31st January 2020 Take a Bow Centre, Fraser Walk, KA3 7PH Door open 7pm Tickets £5 Pre...
Read MoreFAMILY FUN DAY
SATURDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 10:30am to 3:00pm Take a Bow Opportunity CentreNew Farm LochKA3 7PH All ...
Read MoreCelebrating Diversity Conversation
2nd February 2020 Hosted by 4WARD 2GETHER and Ayrshire Interfaith "Standing Together" ...
Read MoreCollective Leadership on tackling sectarianism event
Understanding the challenges and gaining insights to new create possibilities. Part of the Fire Star...
Read MoreNational Month of Action Sense over Sectarianism Competition
The Sense over Sectarianism Month of Action will be take place in February 2020 and we are delighted...
Read MoreSix Months of Success for Fair Play Foundation
Over the past 6 months, the Fair Play Foundation has been extremely busy delivering workshops, devel...
Read MoreNew anti-bigotry campaign launched
Two charities have teamed up to stress that bigotry is not hereditary....
Read MoreYoung people brave waves against sectarianism
12 young people from several youth groups across Scotland who are part of the Youth Scotland's anti...
Read MoreGathering in Glasgow in Conflict and Faith
We invite you to join Place for Hope and partners at the Gathering in Glasgow in Conflict and F...
Read MoreSummer Football Camp
Once again during the “Summer” month of July Sense over Sectarianism worked in partnership with ...
Read MoreStand Up’s Summer against Sectarianism!
Stand Up’s Summer against Sectarianism! Youth Work Games! Stand Up peer educator at the Youth Wor...
Read MoreAmy Smith Wins Hugh Gallagher Award
There was emotion in the air at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as the winner of Nil by Mouth’s fir...
Read MoreSOS “Kilmarnock Event”
SOS “Kilmarnock Event” On the 6th June Sense over Sec...
Read MoreCollege and University Tour
Its’ been a busy couple of weeks for us at Nil by Mouth as we undertook a tour of colleges and uni...
Read MoreStand Up's Summer against Sectarianism
Stand Up’s Summer against Sectarianism! Stand Up is working with young people to make a ‘splash...
Read MoreBlind Hate or First Date? Sectarianism is a Turn Off
Sectarianism is a Turn Off’ - that’s the message of a new online campaign aimed at encouraging y...
Read MoreAre we living in the dark ages?
Sectarianism has been referred to as “Scottish football's dirty secret'. In the last week that sec...
Read MoreAction Sense over Sectarianism Awards....and the winners are!
The competition was strong and everyone submitted fantastic projects but the votes have been counted...
Read MoreDraft SOS
Sense over Sectarianism National Competitions and Awards There was a prize of £250 for each aw...
Read MoreSACRO at Braidhurst Highschool
‘We were invited to Braidhurst High School on the 10th of January to deliver our pilot Hate Crime ...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism “Holocaust Memorial Event”
Every January Sense over Sectarianism organise and deliver the Glasgow Schools Holocaust memorial ev...
Read MoreJanuary 2019 Months of Action
Sacro Month of Action January 2019 ...
Read MoreCurrent debate around the future plans for Orange Order Parades in Glasgow.
David Leask the Chief reporter for The Herald published article on 17th December examining the debat...
Read MorePromoting messages of tolerance and acceptance of all
Colours of our Scarves is a Scottish Government funded project run by Supporters Direct Scotland tac...
Read MoreNew Resource to Fight Religious Prejudice
The Ground We Share launches in Edinburgh...
Read MoreNovember 2018 – Lanark Grammar School
The Sense over Sectarianism team have been delivering in partnership with Lanark Grammar in South La...
Read MoreFinal report of the working group on defining sectarianism in Scots Law
Published today by Scottish Government This Working Group was established for a short and defined ...
Read MoreModernising Hate Crime law
Public views sought as consultation opens. The Scottish Government is calling on the public to help...
Read MoreNational Month of Action Sense over Sectarianism Awards
The first ever Sense over Sectarianism Month of Action will be take place in February 2019 and w...
Read MoreBridging The Gap November Month of Action
November will see Bridging the Gap's Month of Action. ...
Read MoreEuropean Football Comes to Barrhead
A Europe wide campaign to banish bigotry from football comes to Barrhead this week....
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism in Holyrood Secondary School
The Sense over Sectarianism resource “Employment, Social Media & Sectarianism” has been successf...
Read MoreSeptember: WSREC Month of Action
In September we will be focussing on the West of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) and thei...
Read MoreMonths of Action 2018-2019
This year we are running Months of Action for each of the funded projects doing work in tackling sec...
Read MoreWSREC Month of Action
In September we will be focussing on the West of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) and prom...
Read MoreStand Up to Sectarianism
In October 2018 we are featuring Youth Scotland's project Stand Up to Sectarianism in our Month of A...
Read MoreNew route to be imposed on Orange Order walk in Glasgow
Glasgow City Council will impose a new route for an Orange Order parade after the Orange Order refus...
Read MorePREVENT Resources Project
As a result of the successful Sense over Sectarianism led Tackling Sectarianism resources project in...
Read MoreGraffiti at Parkhead and Ibrox Takes Aim at Sectarianism
The image shows the Pope wearing a Rangers scarf and the Queen wearing a Celtic scarf whilst playing...
Read MoreNew Survey on Orange Walks
A new survey by Censuswide on Orange Walks in Glasgow found that two-thirds (67%) of Glaswegians wou...
Read MoreAirdrie 1, Bigotry 0
Pupils from across Lanarkshire have teamed up with the police and anti-sectarian campaigners to help...
Read MoreParliamentary Praise for Schools Programme
Nil by Mouth’s pioneering ‘Champions for Change’ schools programme has been publicly praised i...
Read MoreLatest News From Bridges and Barriers
Our Bridges & Barriers 2018-2019 project has had some important developments in the last couple of m...
Read MoreHumza Yousaf Condems Anti-Catholic Bigotry
New Justice Minister Humza Yousaf said that Anti-Catholic bigotry is equally as unacepptable as hate...
Read MoreRethink on Orange Walk Routes Requested
Following the incident where a priest and parishioners were subjected to abuse outside of St Alphons...
Read MoreHate Crime Incident Against Priest in Glasgow
Police Scotland are investigating a hate crime against Canon Tom White of St Alphonsus Church in Gla...
Read MoreColours of our Scarves Recruiting a Part-Time Project Worker
The Colours of our Scarves project is a programme tackling inequality and prejudice within Scottish ...
Read MoreLanarkshire 1, Sectarianism 0
Pupils from across Lanarkshire are teaming up with the police and anti-sectarian campaigners to help...
Read MoreGourock Goes to Holyrood
Two Gourock high schools have been honoured at Holyrood for their work building bridges between peop...
Read MoreMossend’s Got Talent
Pupils from two Mossend schools are celebrating after scooping a prestigious award from North Lanark...
Read MoreJune 2018 – A Busy Term 4 for SOS
As ever the Tackling Sectarianism resources are delivered in two ways. Directly by SOS staff and mor...
Read MoreSummary of Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation in Scotland 2018
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Read MoreIndependent Review of Hate Crime Legislation in Scotland
Lord Bracadale was appointed by Scottish Ministers in January 2017 to conduct an independent review ...
Read MoreNil By Mouth Month of Action
We kicked off in June with Nil by Mouth and they focussed on promoting their activities via social m...
Read MoreNorth Kelvin Sports Development Group's Bridges & Barriers Begins 2018/19
Our Bridges & Barriers Anti-Sectarianism after-school project has started for 2018-2019. This time ...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism School of Excellence
St Andrews secondary school in the east end of Glasgow changed to its new academic year timetable in...
Read MoreNew Book on Racism in Scotland
No Problem Here: Understanding Racism in Scotland, published in March 2018, suggests the popular bel...
Read MoreYouth Scotland's Stand Up to Sectarianism Project Release New Short Films
Youth Scotland's Stand Up To Sectarianism project have produced a series of short films about challe...
Read MoreScottish Football Questioned Over Attitude Towards Sectarianism
Nil By Mouth have called for Ministers to ban taxpayer funding for Scottish football until football ...
Read MoreAyrshire Against Sectarianism
Supporters Direct, in partnership with Ayrshire College, held a sports tournament in the name of tac...
Read MoreSTOP (Sacro Tackling Offending Prejudices) Service
We are delighted to have received funding for the STOP service from The Scottish Government’s Tack...
Read MoreBridges & Barriers City Wide Project Concludes
Bridges & Barriers project concluded successfully at the end of March with a Football Festival at Su...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism Resource Updates
The recent changes to Scottish Legislation around the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatenin...
Read MoreLaunch of Action on Prejudice
Action on Prejudice is an online portal aimed at young people and those who work with young people....
Read MoreOffensive Behaviour at Football Act Gets Officially Repealed
The Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act received Royal Assent and was...
Read MoreSmash a Fenian Day Flier Condemned
A 'Smash a Fenian Day' flier promoting violence on the 1st May was sent to an MSP. It comes after a ...
Read MoreNew Legal Definition of Sectarianism Sought
Professor Duncan Morrow, who chaired the Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland, has be...
Read MoreFunding Announced for Anti-Sectarian Projects in Scotland
The Scottish Government announced at the weekend it would be extending the funding through to 2018/2...
Read MorePolice Scotland launch “be greater than a hater” campaign
Police Scotland are urging young people to “be greater than a hater” in response to a rise in on...
Read MoreCriticism of Scottish football and it’s response to sectarianism
BBC Scotland spoke with a number of current and former match delegates employed by the league to hel...
Read MoreRepeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act
MSPs narrowly voted to repeal the legislation at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 15th March. Th...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism Cross Curricular Education
For the past 4 years, Sense over Sectarianism have supported Whitehill Secondary in the delivery of ...
Read MoreNew Research on Sectarianism on Social Media in Scotland
New research on Sectarianism on Social Media in Scotland shows more work needs to be done. This r...
Read MoreNew novel aimed at school pupils on sectarianism and racism in Scotland
Sunny, is due to be launched at the Aye Write 2018 festival at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow on ...
Read MoreStand Up to Sectarianism
Over the past year, Stand Up to Sectarianism committed itself to promoting young people's approaches...
Read MoreNew Anti Sectarian Strategy Needed, says Labour
The Scottish Labour party has announced that it plans devise a fresh anti-sectarianism strategy. Th...
Read MoreLarge Scale Communities Utd Projects
As part of the long standing Sense over Sectarianism Communities Utd programme many schools have wor...
Read MoreBridges & Barriers Enters New Block of Sessions
Bridges & Barriers is about to enter its final block of sessions for this funding period. Partners...
Read MoreRepeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act gets new backing
The repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act gets new backing from MSPs on Holyrood’s jus...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism Working with Glasgow University
As part of the ongoing partnership with Glasgow University, Sense over Sectarianism have been delive...
Read MoreNorth Kelvin Sports Development Group Wraps up Block 2 of Bridges and Barriers
NKSDG's Bridges & Barriers project completed Block 2. Great progress has been made taking the projec...
Read MoreHate Crime Awareness Campaign Spring 2018
Police Scotland will be running its annual Hate Crime Awareness Campaign in Spring 2018 to increase ...
Read MoreLord McConnell Honoured as a ‘Champion for Change’
The work of Lord Jack McConnell to challenge bigotry and intolerance in Scotland has...
Read MoreScottish Council of Jewish Communities: Hand in Hand – Interfaith Creativity
The theme of Scottish Interfaith Week – "Creativity and the Arts" – gave a wonderful opportunity...
Read MoreWSREC Illustration Competition Now Open
The West of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) is looking for individuals or groups intere...
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism Working With East Renfrewshire Council
As part of the collaboration with Education Scotland and YouthLink Scotland, Sense over Sectarianism...
Read MoreSacro in Glasgow’s Central Station to Promote Hate Crime Awareness Week
Sacro held an information stall at Glasgow’s Central Station to promote Hate Crime awareness week....
Read More‘Football People’ Tour Concludes in Style
It’s been a hectic two weeks for all involved with Nil by Mouth as they have taken their ‘Footb...
Read MoreRethinking the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act
The BBC reported today that MSPs have voted to urge the Scottish government to repeal its Offensive...
Read MoreYoung People Come Across ‘Hatred’ In Scotland – New Research
The Scotsman reported this week that Scottish young people...
Read MoreScottish LGBTI Hate Crime Report 2017
The Scottish LGBTI Hate Crime Report is Scotland’s most comprehensive study...
Read MoreHate has no home in Scotland
Campaign to increase understanding and reporting of hate crime....
Read MoreSense over Sectarianism - Glasgow Wide CPD Sessions
Sense over Sectarianism have offered annual teacher CPD sessions over a...
Read MoreBridges & Barriers Begins New Project in North West Glasgow
Bridges & Barriers began it's new city wide project in North West Glasgow....
Read MoreFootball 'lacks backbone' to tackle hate
The Scotsman has today reported that Nil By Mouth have accused Scottish footbaall of lacking the cou...
Read MoreInvestment in Youth Work in Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund
The Scottish Government have announced a £20 million investment for community projects to promote e...
Read More£20 million to advance equality and tackle discrimination
Scottish Government have today announced funding which will benefit over 200 projects working to pro...
Read MoreCharter to tackle hate crime on Edinburgh's public transport launched
The Edinburgh Evening News has reported that a new charter to tackle hate crime on Edinburgh's publi...
Read MoreOffensive Behaviour Act could be repealed by end of season
STV News have reported that Labour MSP James Kelly has officially launched a private members bill to...
Read MoreStevenston Schools Bridge The Gap
Pupils from two North Ayrshire schools are celebrating after scooping Nil By Mouth’s latest Champi...
Read MoreLanarkshire 1, Hatred 0, ‘Ten Schools Compete for Prize’
Teenagers from across Lanarkshire have teamed up with the police and anti-sectarian campaigners for ...
Read MoreMan jailed for fire attack on mosque
The BBC have reported that a man has admitted to a petrol bomb attack at the Central Mosque in Edinb...
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Tackling Sectarianism
Resources - Education Scotland
Here you will find a variety of resources which have been created and delivered within school and community settings to explore the issues surrounding sectarianism.
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