Welcome to Causeway the British - Irish Youth Programme Exchange

The Causeway programme has been developed as a means of helping to strengthen and improve relationships between young British and Irish people.

Activities funded include:

It has been designed to contribute to the development of strategies aimed at diminishing misunderstandings that have existed and which currently exist between people of these islands.

The programme is successfully administered through a close relationship between the two operational agencies Leargas (Republic of Ireland) and British Council (United Kingdom)

Strategic and developmental support for the programme is co-ordinated through a joint management committee steered by the two Governments of Great Britain and Ireland, and supported by representatives from key organisations from both islands committed to the vision of the programme.