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Bystander Intervention Programme


UCC's Bystander Intervention programme provides training and other resources on how to step in, speak up and support others in situations of sexual misconduct and sexual violence. Available to all UCC students and staff, and for a fee, to external users, the training includes everything from definitions, scenarios, role-plays, questions, action steps and resources to equip you with knowledge and skills to SAFELY intervene in instances of harmful or violent words, actions or behaviours.


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Bystander Intervention: A Quick Guide - Video


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Bystander Intervention: A Quick Guide

Bystander Intervention: A Quick Guide

About the programme

About the programme

Supports

Supports

Outreach

Outreach

Speak Out

Speak Out

Meet the team

Meet the team

Resources

Resources

FAQs

FAQs

Bystander Intervention Week

Bystander Intervention Week

Download our brochure

Download our brochure

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Participant Reflections

I felt empowered, even in the minutes following my workshops, to be better than I was before I began.

Laura, BA Applied Psychology student, UCC

Through the bystander programme, I really noticed how consent… is really a collective social responsibility that everyone has to buy into so that you can make the campus a safer a place.

Maeve, BA (Politics and English) student, UCC

Staff have a unique opportunity in the community to make decisions which will be in the best interest of our students, peers, members of our community.

Eleanor Donoghue, Head of Career Services, UCC

This course not only personally helped me but it gave me the skills to handle certain situations safely over Freshers’ and RAG Week with the Student Community Support.

Saoirse, BMus student, UCC

One of the things that really stood out to me all the way through the workshops was the idea that although we may feel like we are the only ones who care, that is not the case.

Student

Victims are often unsure to reveal details about their domestic violence...scared about the direct consequences (e.g. losing the partner/perpetrator) or being embarrassed of being not taken seriously.

Staff member

I want to spread awareness of how easy it can be to help someone out of a difficult situation and to show the importance of early intervention.

Student

All we need is for one person to stand up and say something, and the others will follow.

Student

Nobody should have the right to think they are better or more powerful because of anatomy. Nobody should have to die because of an unfortunate gender lottery.

Staff member

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News

(l-r) Celine Griffin, Ruth Breslin, John Twomey, Professor Louise Crowley, President John O'Halloran and Dr Gillian Murphy and John Twomey
05 Feb 2026

UCC Bystander Intervention Conference

Celebrating 10 years of programme delivery
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03 Feb

UCC Bystander Intervention Conference

UCC Bystander Intervention annual conference - celebrating 10 years of programme delivery.
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25 Jun 2025

UCC Bystander Intervention Jan-Dec 2024 Newsletter

The UCC Bystander Intervention Newsletter for January to December 2024 has been released. Click the following link to read:
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21 Dec 2023

UCC Bystander Intervention Jan-Dec 2023 Newsletter

The UCC Bystander Intervention Newsletter for January to December 2023 has been released. Click the following link to read:
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