Belong To’s Stand Up Awareness Week is a time for post-primary schools, youth services and Youthreach centres in Ireland to join us and take a stand against homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying.
The week is an opportunity to take steps to make spaces welcoming and inclusive for LGBTQ+ young people. We will equip you with the resources, tools and knowledge needed to host Stand Up Awareness Week in your school, youth service or Youthreach at any time that works for you.
It is heartbreaking that one in five young LGBTQ+ people face bullying and that 76% of LGBTQ+ students feel unsafe at school. Together we can create spaces where LGBTQ+ young people feel safe, equal and valued.
Stand Up Awareness Week 2025 Educator Workshops
Belong To’s Education and Training team will be delivering 45 minute workshops for educators on various dates throughout September and October. The workshops will cover everything you need to know about running a successful Stand Up Awareness Week in your school, youth service, or Youthreach centre.
Choose a session below to sign up!
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“Who wouldn’t want to be a teacher during Stand Up Awareness Week? A time of fun, friendship, learning and solidarity. A time when the the community that schools can provide gets to shine and we get to show love, compassion and inclusion for every single member of our school.”
Lauren Comer, Mercy College Coolock, Dublin
Stand Up Awareness Week 2025 Resources
Belong To will send schools, Youthreach centres and youth services a resource pack including an information guide and posters later this year.
You can download the resources for Stand Up Awareness Week 2025 here:
Check out all our education resources on the Education Hub here:
Spill the Tea
Every year for Stand Up Awareness Week, schools, Youthreach centres, and youth services around the country hold bake sales, coffee mornings, and bake offs to raise funds to support our life saving work with LGBTQ+ young people.
Our free ‘Spill the Tea’ fundraising event pack makes this simpler than ever, with a whole pack of materials, decorations and resources sent to anyone holding a Spill the Tea fundraiser, including as part of Stand Up Awareness Week.
Find out more about Spill The Tea, and get in touch to receive your free pack here:
Marriage Equality 10 Years On – A Resource for Schools and Youth Services
Friday, 22 May 2015 marked the historic day when Ireland became the first country in the world to achieve marriage equality by public vote.
This year we published the Belong To Marriage Equality Resource for Schools and Youth Services, designed to support young people in schools and youth services to learn more about this period in Irish history – how it unfolded, and what it meant for LGBTQ+ people then and now.
Stand Up Awareness Week Awards
In 2024, we introduced the Stand Up Awareness Week Awards to celebrate the diversity of inspiring and impactful actions that will have been carried out in schools, Youthreach centres and youth services all over the country.
The winners of the Stand Up Awareness Week 2024 awards were announced by CEO, Moninne Griffith (she/her), on Tuesday December 10th 2024 – Check out the video below to see the winners being announced.
Make sure to enter the Stand Up Awareness Week 2025 awards to have your efforts to foster inclusion for LGBTQ+ young people in your community recognised.
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Stand Up Awareness Week Endorsers
Thank you to our Stand Up Awareness Week funders:
Stand Up Awareness Week is endorsed by:
LGBTQ+ Quality Mark
Learn MoreTraining for Educators
LGBTQ+ Terminology Poster 2025
LGBTQ+ Terminology Poster 2025 – Irish
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