In March 2005, the Sectarianism: Don't Give It, Don't Take It resource was developed for teachers and others who work with young people to provide material they can use to raise awareness of sectarianism and religious intolerance and encourage better mutual understanding.
Designed for early years, primary and secondary pupils, the material has a broad focus for use across Scotland. The web-based resource was re-launched in September 2006 after redevelopment of the resource content to include a section on Islam and is complemented by a training DVD. The DVD, Challenging Sectarianism: anti-sectarian education in practice aims to support practitioners in using interactive methods to raise awareness of sectarianism.
The schools tour of the play Singing I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim in February and March 2006 also used interactive techniques to raise pupils awareness of sectarianism. Each event on the tour featured a performance of the play by professional actors, followed by pupil workshops. These workshops addressed the learning points from the play by using the setting of two football fans thrown together to explore the issues of sectarianism.
In May 2006 the Scottish Executive, with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and Scottish Catholic Education Service (SCES), hosted a seminar on twinning. The seminar highlighted the role twinning can play in tackling sectarianism and in bringing communities together. It also allowed attendees, including Head teachers and other education professionals, to share good practice and experiences running effective twinning arrangements.
The First Minister launched the National Union of Students' Stamp Out Sectarianism Campaign on 26 June 2006. A range of campaign materials and a website were produced to tackle sectarianism on college and university campuses across Scotland and engage with students from further and higher education on the issue.