Creative Legacies

Girl Our Creative Legacies programme uses arts and culture to inspire projects, influenced by our city's history. The programme aims to help communities to develop shared cultural spaces and a sense of belonging to an open, welcoming and vibrant city. The first phase of our Creative Legacies programme was delivered from 2009 to 2010. It was funded by Peace III. The first phase provided:

Current projects

Our Creative Legacies Forum has helped shape the second phase of the programme. The second phase will increase partnerships and shared working practices at a forum level. This includes training and marketing.

Creative Legacies promotes equality of access to arts and culture, and ties in with physical regeneration of the city. It encourages community ownership and attendance at new flagship cultural spaces.

Tender for development and outreach projects

In autumn 2012 we sought proposals from arts, heritage and community organisations to deliver enhanced development and outreach projects in 2013. 11 Creative Legacies II projects will be delivered, with a total investment of £176,000.

We'll provide further details in February.

Research

Our research into the impact of arts in local communities found that Creative Legacies had improved participants' self esteem and ability to build relationships and it offered them a valuable way to learn their community and other cultures and values. The independent research into the Creative Legacies programme found that participants experienced an increase in self-confidence and self-esteem, but skills and knowledge acquired were also important:

More information

For more information, please contact:

Tourism, Culture and Arts Unit
Development Department
Cecil Ward Building
4-10 Linenhall Street
Belfast
BT2 8BP

Tel: 028 9050 0512
Fax: 028 9027 0325
Email: culture@belfastcity.gov.uk Funded by the European Regional Development Fund

This project is supported by the European Regional Development Fund under the PEACE III Programme.