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Footnote 1] Such as developing and delivering strategies, plans, policies, projects, programmes, funding, services and facilities Each theme has between 11 to 16 subthemes, but the framework is designed to be flexible. Stories may fit under more than one theme. If stories do not fit under a particular subtheme, a new one can be created. The purpose of the framework is to help gather, sort and celebrate a wealth of Belfast stories without being constraining. It is essential that the framework for gathering stories is inclusive of different people and groups so that they will share their stories. A City Belonging (active participation): Priorities under this theme will support citizens to be active agents of change and co-creators of cultural activity. Based on the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency’s mid-year population estimates for 2020, the age profile of Belfast is similar to that of the wider region. Almost one in five residents (19.9 per cent) are aged under 16, slightly lower than the Northern Ireland average (20.9 per cent). The working age population (aged 16 to 64 years) make up two-thirds (65.1 per cent) of all Belfast residents. Older people (aged 65 and over) currently account for 15.0 per cent of the Belfast population.

In this way, Belfast Stories has the potential to have a positive impact on equality of opportunity and good relations across all Section 75 categories.

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The membership of the steering group will change as one of its roles will be to continually ask itself “Who else needs to be part of the discussion around this table?” 4. Defining the aims of Belfast Stories The framework is designed to be a flexible, helping to gather, sort and celebrate a wealth of Belfast stories without being constraining them. Stories may fit under more than one theme. If stories do not fit under a particular subtheme, a new one can be created.

Belfast Stories will reflect the unique spirit of our city through a variety of media and immersive experiences. It will drive culture-led regeneration across the city, giving us the opportunity to put the people of Belfast and their stories at its heart. The results of monitoring will be included in Belfast City Council’s annual review on progress to the Equality Commission and in line with the council’s Equality Scheme. If the monitoring and analysis over a two-year period show a greater adverse impact than predicted or if opportunities arise which would allow for greater equality of opportunity to be promoted, Belfast City Council will take measures to achieve better outcomes for the relevant equality groups. 8. Consultation Members of Belfast City Council’s Equality Consultative Forum will be notified of this EQIA and invited to respond.

We have set up an equity steering group to make sure that equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Belfast Stories. Belfast Stories’ Equality Framework was developed in 2021. It recognises that the project’s vision cannot be achieved unless equality, diversity and inclusion are placed at its core and supported by co-design and an inclusive process throughout all stages of development. Belfast City Council’s tourism strategy 2022(link opens in new window) places authentic, local stories as key to attracting visitors to the city. It identifies Belfast Stories as a physical home for some of these stories and the flagship investment in product development in the city:

The Belfast Agenda(link opens in new window), Belfast’s first community plan, was published in 2017. It is currently being reviewed and revised.Belfast Stories is at the stage of developing the design brief. During this stage Belfast City Council will explore how the design and content of Belfast Stories can help achieve its aims and objectives. Funded by the Belfast Region CityDeal(link opens in new window) and Belfast City Council, Belfast Stories will open at the former Bank of Ireland buildings, 92 Royal Avenue (where North Street and Royal Avenue meet) by 2028. The film’s main events take place just as Branagh remembers them. “When the crowd came down our street that first time,” Branagh tells me, “it was a frenzy. It was sound, chaos, noise, jagged, surprising, bumpy, inelegant. Everything about violence was chaotic and anarchic.” Belfast is the gateway to the region. Attracting people to this authentic and vibrant city is essential to the growth of the tourism industry across Northern Ireland,” he said.

The screen centre will also support the local film industry with developmental space, flexible learning spaces and a story lab. There will be a particular focus on children and young people. Social Information from the second public consultation will help shape the spacial coordination and technical design stages, which will give us the building layout andA City Creating (new approaches): Priorities under this theme will facilitate and explore new ways of working, taking more risks and helping artists to have more autonomy to engage with citizens in new and creative ways. According to DfC in 2020/121, people from the two main religions, Catholic and Protestant, were equally as likely (86 per cent) to engage with culture (including arts, libraries, museums, PRONI and places of historic interest). 89 per cent of people of other or no religion engaged in culture, although the margin of error in the statistics means the difference is not significant. Ethnic group Footnote 8] http://artscouncil-ni.org/research-and-development/research-publications(link opens in new window)