Friendship Week
With over 20,000 children taking part, Friendship Week is Ireland’s largest human rights education and fundraising event for primary schools.
Key Details:
- Friendship Week Dates: 19 to 22 March
- Activity pack & bracelets: Your pack will be emailed to you and your bracelets posted to you, 2 weeks before the event.
- Flexibility: Your school can take part earlier than March if that suits best. Just let us know your dates when you’re signing up.
The Friendship Week Activity Pack 2024
Our FREE Friendship Week activity pack encourages creativity and critical thinking and is specifically tailored to Irish primary schools. Students explore human rights issues through activities ranging from debates and handouts to music and drama. Crafted to help children understand, develop, and express the concept of friendship and human rights, the activity pack provides fun and engaging activities to be used with a single class or by the whole school.
Friendship Week is also a fundraising event for Amnesty International Ireland. Participating schools raise funds for our life saving human rights work by selling friendship bracelets for €2 each. Unsold bracelets can be sent back by Freepost after the event.
What to Expect in the 2024 Friendship Week Pack:
- Ready-made games
- Debates
- Powerful questions
- Art projects
- Group work
- Music projects
- Human rights actions
How It Works: Friendship Week 2024
- Determine Quantity: Decide on the number of bracelets that would be suitable for sale at your school. Encourage participation from other teachers or even involve the entire school.
- Complete the Sign-Up Form: Fill out the sign-up form on this page and click ‘submit.’
- Receive Your Pack: Two weeks before the event, we will send you the digital activity pack to help you prepare for the week. Additionally, we will send the chosen quantity of friendship bracelets, to sell at €2 each, via An Post.
- Enjoy the Week: Engage your students in a dedicated week of enlightening human rights activities and exciting fundraising efforts.
- Return Raised Funds: Once your fundraising is complete, return the raised funds to us. We accept payments through cheques, postal orders, bank transfers or debit/credit cards.
- Receive Thanks: Following your contribution, we will send you and your students a heartfelt thank-you letter and a certificate to express our gratitude for your outstanding efforts!
Online Resources: Inside the activity pack, you’ll find download links to additional human rights resources, enhancing your Friendship Week experience.
Registration for Friendship Week 2024: To participate in Friendship Week 2024, simply register using the form on this page. Don’t forget to click the submit button after entering your details.
Thank you for joining us in making Friendship Week 2024 a memorable and impactful event. We appreciate your commitment to human rights education and fundraising.
Should you have any questions or need assistance during the process, feel free to reach out: friendshipweek[at]amnesty.ie.
To take part in Friendship Week 2024, simply register here. Remember to click the submit button after you’ve entered your details
Our teachers say:
“The children saw the value and really enjoyed the active learning that took place .”
Ciara Nic Mhaghnusa, Gaelscoil Thulach na nÓg, Dún Búinne, Co. na Mí
“The children got a kick out of trying to do random acts of kindness. ”
Séamus Grundy, St. Michael’s NS, Rackwallace, Co. Monaghan
“The children really embraced the concept and reported at the end of the week that it was much easier than they expected!”