Thousands of youngsters in the district will soon be playing a brand new card game - aimed at helping them to get to know each other and learn about Bradford's diverse history.

The culture card game will be launched next month by the Diversity Exchange project - a Bradford Vision scheme set up to promote community harmony in the multi cultural district.

Youngsters will be encouraged to collect full sets of 24 cards which will feature photographs of places of worship, museums, landmarks and tourism areas before taking part in the game which will test their knowledge and help them to meet new friends from different backgrounds.

The project was originally designed and run in Liverpool during its successful bid to become European City of Culture and followed research which showed large numbers of children in the city had never visited many of the major historical and tourist sites.

Diversity exchange development worker Liz Hanney said: "Each card in the set will feature at least one question related to the site on the card. The children will be encouraged to find the answer to the question and use a new culture cards web site to discover more.

"The answers to the questions will be obtainable through searching the Internet, visiting the site, researching local history or finding more about a particular faith or culture."

She said youngsters would have access to the culture card web site through school information technology and the web site would hold additional information about places not included in the cards.

The sites featured on the cards include all areas of the district and represent aspects of the many different cultures.

They are linked into the school curriculum and teachers will be able to use the cards to link into topics which they are covering.

Miss Hanney said several would also be suitable for individual and class visits and youngsters could have fun as well as learning about the district's history and cultures.

"Everyone involved feels the project involves all the key themes of community cohesion and will help boost civic pride in the district and develop an understanding between children of different cultures, and backgrounds and different areas within the district."

The project which will be available free to all primary schools is being led by the Diversity Exchange and developed in partnership with Education Bradford and Bradford Tourism.

The culture cards game will be launched in a special event at Cartwright Hall museum and art gallery in Lister Park next month.

Bradford Vision is made up of representatives from all the district's leading organisation and the Diversity Exchange is part Bradford's community cohesion plan.