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Creative Legacies

We are investing £250,000 in ten large scale creative projects which aim to help the city become a shared cultural space and one that is peaceful and welcoming to everyone.

The Creative Legacies programme is a key part of the Belfast Peace and Reconciliation Plan, funded by the Peace and Reconciliation Programme for Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of the Republic of Ireland (PEACE III).

The Creative Legacies programme will also lead to the creation of six new pieces of public art across the city and fund an important piece of research examining the impact of artistic activity on community development – as well as producing an educational resource and a conference, exploring the impact of the arts in communities and showcasing best practice.

The projects receiving funding are:

Belfast East

This will see Beyond Skin engaging with Ravenlink Women's Groups and the Chinese Welfare Association to provide a range of cultural education programmes, encouraging greater acceptance of different cultures and traditions and use of shared spaces in east Belfast.

For more information email Darren Ferguson, from Beyond Skin, at info@beyondskin.net

Greater Shankill Partnership

Creative Exchange and Impact Training will be working together to deliver `Hewitt in the Frame` in north Belfast, using the works of local poet John Hewitt to encourage the Shankill community to express their history and culture through the arts.

For more information on the Greater Belfast Partnership, email Roz Small from Greater Shankill Partnership at roz.small@hotmail.com.

Learning to Share

This project aims to the increase knowledge of the Orange tradition in a way that encourages appreciation and acceptance. Lower North Belfast Community Council will be working with Arts for All, the Ulster Scots Community Network and North Belfast Orange Memorial Hall to engage with local people.

For more information on Learning to Share, contact Ian Crozier from Lower North Belfast Community Council at iancrozier1197@yahoo.co.uk

Grow How

This project will explore community environmental schemes, and create, landscape shared green spaces and integrated public art pieces. New Lodge Arts will be encouraging local teenagers from greater New Lodge, Westland and Mount Vernon to get green-fingered.

For more information, contact Katrina Newell from New Lodge Arts at katrina@newlodgearts.com

In our time: creating arts within reach

Northern Visions will be working with a range of partners including Ballymacarrett Arts and Cultural Society and Feile An Phobail to create a feature documentary exploring the heritage of the community arts sector and digital media projects for the web. For more information on In our Time, contact Marilyn Hyndman at marilyn@northernvisions.org

Dance and music project

Open Arts will be working with a range of partners to lead a dance and music project with disabled people across Belfast – ending with city centre performances, exploring the legacy of conflict from a personal perspective

For more information, contact Sam Walkett at samopenarts@yahoo.co.uk

All for Arts

This project involves creating an animated programme, a 3D sculptural wall frieze and publishing an intergenerational storybook. Upper Andersonstown Community Forum will be working with Lenadoon Community and Carn Media to celebrate the creativity and diversity of young people in their area.

For more information on All for Arts contact Angela Mervyn fom Upper Andersonstown Community Forum at angie@uacf.info

Heritage of the Hills

Upper Springfield Development Company will be working with partners on this project to connect existing and recent ethnic minority communities. The aim is to transform part of the Peace Wall interface between Springfield Park and Springmartin into a shared cultural space.

For more information contact Deirdre Mackel from Upper Springfield Development Company at deirdre.mackel@usdt.co.uk

Cultural identity project

The Workers` Educational Association will be working with a learning group and partners including the Ulster Museum and Ballynafeigh Community Development Association to explore culture and identity and difference to create pieces of art which portray new visions of Belfast.

For more information on this project contact Carole Kane from Workers’ Educational Association at carole.kane@wea-ni.com

Rainbow Community Links Arts

Youth Action Northern Ireland will be working on the Rainbow Community Links Arts Outreach project to engage teenagers from Springfield, Dee Street and Cliftonville in a series of creative workshops and a three day festival.

For more information on this project contact Tom Finlay from Youth Action Northern Ireland at tom@youthaction.org

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 9091 8734
Fax: 028 9027 0325
Email: culture@belfastcity.gov.uk

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