Stand Up! In context 5 Strand Approach 1.Schools 2.Non-formal Education 3.Changing Attitudes 4.Lobbying & Research 5.Empowering Young People and Families

Stand Up Non-formal Education & Online Youth Sector: – 2,100 + young people Viral: – Facebook likes 1,800 – Website Visits 19,958 Media – Colin Farrell – Ellen show – Late Late 5 ads – 19, 363 views Growing Up Gay – 1 in 10 of population.

Stand Up 2011 Schools – 750 (Partnership with Principals Association) Youth services – 750 Viral – Facebook likes 3,854 – Website Visits 11,227 Media

YouTube 2011 – 580,000 views in 4 weeks

School in DonegalSchool in Fermoy

Feedback from Schools It’s an important topic to deal with in schools’ ‘We had a school assembly to discuss it’ ‘Students responded positively’ ‘Most students didn’t previously know what LGBT stood for’ ‘I highly recommend the Awareness Week’ ‘DVD very effective in generating discussion’’ Send out a lot more posters! ‘I’m 17 and we’re not just going to take part in Stand Up, we’re going to make our school LGBT friendly for future generations of students to feel safe’ "Their most recent campaign – Stand Up! provides what will be an annual focus for promoting positive awareness of LGBT young people, tackling homophobia and homophobic bullying, and building allies among young people and youth workers. The Education Packs and other promotional material developed for the campaign are very impressive and I know that they have been well received in schools. Again, the endorsement by the NAPD of the campaign is an example of how important a partnership approach in education can be. “ – Ruraí Quinn TD Minister for Education & Skills

Galway – Youth ServiceBallymun – Youth Service

International Feedback ‘We’d like to use it for mandatory training of 35,000 professionals in South Australia’ ‘We want to publish the German version’ ‘Our high school Gay-Straight Alliance thinks your campaign is SO GREAT, is it spreading to Canada?’ ‘We used it in Espirito Santo University, Brasil’ Council of Europe’s Commission on Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg ‘Indispensible’

Context – Formal Education National Association of Principals & Deputy Principals SPHE Curricular Development Educate Together – ages Department of Education & Working Group

Context – Non-formal Education National Youth Work Advisory Committee Department of Children & Youth Affairs Addressing Homophobia Guidelines Youth Work Ireland

Context – Changing Attitudes Growing Up Gay LGBT OK General Practitioners Gay Prom

Context – Research & Lobbying National Suicide Prevention Strategy Supporting LGBT Lives Anti-Bullying Centre TCD Drugs Research Programme for Government

Context Empowering Young People Network of 15 LGBT youth groups (25 by 2014) Developments and campaigns directed by young people. Supporting young people back to school Advanced Youth Leadership/Activism Training

How it all fits together: Schools Non- Formal Ed Change Attitudes Research Lobbying Credibility & ‘the case’ Show the need Create willingness Develop the message Creates willingness URGENCY Reach young people in multiple ways Empowering Young People

For Discussion Response being driven by Young People Insider/Outsider nature of Education systems. Does each country need a very different response? Acting in multiple areas of young people’s lives Messages that empower Young People

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