Appendix 2: RIBA stage 2 engagement
Engagement sessions
Between 19 November 2024 to 9 March 2025, there were 63 consultation sessions engaged 838 people from a wide range of stakeholder groups including:
- Political representatives
- Belfast City Council staff
- Other tourism attractions
- Other cultural venues
- Artists and arts organisations
- Heritage organisations
- Music sector
- Visual arts sector
- LGBTQ+ community
- Children
- Young people
- Schools
- Parents
- Carers
- Disabled people
- BSL and ISL users
- Irish language speakers
- Older people
- Women
- People from Muslim, Chinese, Polish and Roma community backgrounds
- Migrant workers
- Young people from a School of Sanctuary
- Geographic communities including Shankill, South Belfast, East Belfast, North Belfast, inner city and neighbouring communities
- Voluntary and community organisations
- Food and drink organisations
- Local businesses
- Architects
- Students
- Libraries
- The general public
Written responses from organisations
Written responses were received from the Belfast Agenda VCSE [Footnote seventeen] Sectoral Advisory Panel, Belfast Buildings Trust and Belfast Civic Trust [Footnote eighteen].
The following organisations also gave their permission to be named having responded via the survey:
- Beyond Binary
- Rovar.com
- Belfast Chamber Of Commerce
- Ulster against Ulster Scots
- Tools for Solidarity
- Carnegie Oldpark Library
- Linen Quarter BID
- Craft NI
- Maritime Belfast Trust
- Young at Art/Belfast Children's Festival
- Circusful
Footnotes
Footnote seventeen: Voluntary, community and social enterprise
Footnote eighteen: Written responses were also received from four individuals.
