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Media literacy activities for children and young people in Northern Ireland

Ofcom

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Ofcom

Buyer Address: Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, UKI44, SE1 9HA, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
174480.0 GBP
Published
10 Nov 2025, 12:08
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
07 Nov 2025, 00:00
Contract End
08 Oct 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79310000 - Market research services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Nerve Centre
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Ofcom has a requirement for media literacy activities that develop critical thinking about online content for children and young people in Northern Ireland. As a minimum, the following must be delivered by September 2028: • Embed critical thinking into delivery of content creation activities with children and young people and their parents in formal or informal education contexts • We expect any activities or resources to be co-produced with target participants • Organisations will ensure activities are embedded into existing activities, for example, delivering training, events, support or any other means necessary. • There is an expectation of stakeholder engagement which will include: o Promoting media literacy activities to relevant community organisations, schools or youth groups o Supporting activities intended to inform policy development, which will be led by Ofcom o Seeking input from expert steering group, which will be led by Ofcom o Working in partnership with any other organisations commissioned by Ofcom in relation to media literacy in Northern Ireland • Organisations will work with Ofcom’s evaluation adviser to produce a theory of change, key evaluation questions and data collection tools following the approach outlined in our evaluation toolkit • Organisations will be willing to share learnings with Ofcom’s Making Sense of Media network

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

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