This ran during Good Relations Week 2024
It is here as a record of what happened. The dates and any booking links below are from 2024 and will not work now.
Opening of Black Mountain Shared Space
Run by Blackmountain Shared Space Project
A new £7m shared community building has opened in west Belfast as part of events to mark Good Relations Week. More than 70m (230ft) of peace wall was removed to make way for the Black Mountain Shared Space at the former Finlay’s factory on the Bal…
A new £7m shared community building has opened in west Belfast as part of events to mark Good Relations Week.
More than 70m (230ft) of peace wall was removed to make way for the Black Mountain Shared Space at the former Finlay’s factory on the Ballygomartin Road. Funded by the EU’s Peace IV programme, Stormont’s Department for Communities and the Republic’s Department of Rural and Community Development, the building will provide services for residents and hold a range activities.
Belfast City Council (BCC), the lead partner in the project, also provided funding. BCC, the Black Mountain Shared Space Project, the NI Housing Executive and Dublin’s Northside Partnership have all been involved in the construction of the building. Stormont Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said Wednesday’s opening is the “culmination of the many years of cross-community engagement”.