Statement:

Bridges and Barriers is a Scottish Government funded anti-sectarian project that is being delivered into the north-west of Glasgow. The project includes both sport and educational activities that will be provided to children, young people and young adults and will address various aspects of sectarianism. The project works in partnership with local primary and secondary schools, youth and community based organisations, local service providers and sports clubs in order to achieve a community based approach over a sustained period of time.

The Bridges and Barriers project will target children in primary 5 to primary 7, secondary school children in 1st and 2nd year, and 16-24 year olds. Qualified coaches will deliver educational workshops and sports-related activities which tackle intra-Christian sectarianism head on by addressing prejudice, discrimination and sectarianism whilst promoting friendship building and inclusion. Bridges and Barriers is a zero tolerance approach to sectarian behaviour that aims to raise awareness without casting judgement upon others.

Targeting the three age cohorts identified will ensure that the entire community, through multiple disciplines and institutions, receives the same message resulting in a deeper and more meaningful impact that ultimately leads to a reduction in religious prejudicial attitudes and sectarian behaviour

 Definition of Sectarianism:

‘Sectarianism in Scotland is a complex of perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, actions and structures, at personal and communal levels, which originate in religious difference and can involve negative mixing of religion with politics, sporting allegiance and national identifications. It is expressed in destructive patterns of relating which segregate, exclude, discriminate against or are violent towards a specified religious other with significant personal and social consequences’

- Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland definition

Resources within www.actiononsectarianism.info

Sectarianism: Glossary of Terms

Bridges and Barriers Resource Pack

Bridges and Barriers Staff Pack

Name:  Iain Hunter

Address: Maryhill Community Centre

                  35 Avenuepark Street

                 G20 8TS              

 Website: www.NGFDG.co.uk

 Telephone: 0141 946 0603

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