in autumn 2023 when a further equality screening will be carried out in advance of a public consultation on the concept design It identifies a major cultural attraction that will be shaped by the stories of local people, attract visitors and connect to the city’s wider cultural offering as a strategic project. Make yourself at home It aims to attract both tourists and locals while helping to regenerate the city and surrounding areas. Our impact assessments will be available on our online consultation hub - yoursay.belfastcity.gov.uk(link opens in new window)

According to the council’s Equality Consultative Forum, people with caring responsibilities may find it difficult to take part in engagement opportunities, and the council’s Putting You First customer service strategy notes that people with dependants may prefer to carry out business digitally due to demands on their time.A summary of the principles and themes from the framework for gathering stories is included at appendix 2 at the end of this document. Approach to consultation and engagement Healing from conflict and trauma: (explore city efforts for people to heal individually or in groups) To help you share your views and ideas, we have come up with some questions we would like you to answer.

Stories will be told in the first person (that is, using words like “I” and “my”). This means that they will keep their distinctive, human and relatable voice, told from a personal point of view rather than by an official or authority. We will start to test ways to gather stories based on what you have told us during the public consultation. Belfast through theatre: (how performance art like theatre is part and parcel of the city’s culture / their societal impacts / contributions) Country of birth statistics taken from the last census in 2011 show that 6.55 per cent of all usual residents were born outside the UK and Ireland. Almost a third of this group (2.1 per cent of all residents) were born in the Middle East and Asia.

From early 2023 we will be developing the design brief for this new visitor attraction. The design brief describes – in general terms – what we are trying to do, why, when and how much it will cost. Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 places a duty on all public authorities to have due regard when carrying out its business [Footnote 1] to the need to promote equality of opportunity: Belfast City Council has developed a framework for gathering stories in consultation with Lord Cultural Resources and over 50 stakeholders from Belfast. Your personal data may be shared internally within the Council with staff who are involved in the delivery of the engagement sessions. We may also share it with Smith and Kent Consulting who we have appointed to help us with this engagement. The personal data is held and stored by the Council in a safe and secure manner and in compliance with data protection legislation and in line with the Council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule. It will not be shared or disclosed to any other organisation without your consent, unless the law permits or places an obligation on the Council to do so. Climate resilience in a city: (adopting strategies to build a safer, sustainable city in the face of climate change)

Among other age groups, Thrive’s research showed that cost is the main barrier for both 16 to 24-year-olds and 45 to 54-year-olds. 25 to 34-years-olds are time-poor because of their social lives, but 35 to 44-year-olds are time-poor because of family and work. Special values: (values that are important to the people of Belfast, values that best reflect the city) That is people of different religious belief, political opinion, racial group, age, marital status or sexual orientation; men and women generally; persons with a disability and persons without; and people living in rural areas. The Equity Steering Group Inner North Belfast (including the North Street and Royal Avenue intersection) is recognised as a special action area which “should be home to Belfast’s growing learning and innovation culture” and considers opportunities for a “creative hub”. A City ImaginingWe have set up an equity steering group based on co-design principles. Co-design is a way of thinking and working that recognises peopleare part of the solution because they are experts in their own experience. It invests in equal relationships and supports everyone to make decisions about what affects them. The stories will be exhibited using a range of media – words, pictures, photographs, animation, film, virtual technology and so on – in 2,000m 2 of exhibition space including a library of stories, a main exhibition space and temporary exhibition spaces. Visitors will be guided through the space by a trail which will end at a viewing platform on top of the building where they can reflect on the story of the whole city. Screen Visual arts initiatives: (paintings, photography, murals, digital art etc that are part of Belfast’s visual landscape)

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 The purpose of this strand is to make sure that Belfast Stories is green and sustainable. It will bring together environmental, tourism, culture and economic development stakeholders. 3. Partnership Consultation is a process by which Belfast City Council communicates with its residents and stakeholders so that it can make better decisions about things that affect them. This visitor experience will be authentically Belfast, celebrating the city, its people and its stories, and what makes them unique. It will further galvanise our growing tourist offering and provide even more reasons for local, national and international visitors to spend more time in Belfast.” Belfast’s future in the making: (changes we can foresee in Belfast’s future, what do we want to see / prevent)Belfast City Council is the data controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) for any personal data gathered from this survey. You are not asked to provide any personal data, but if you do, the personal data you provide consensually will be held and stored by the Council in a safe and secure manner and in compliance with data protection legislation and in line with the Council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule. Crafting a city’s identity through humour, including dark humour: (humour that is unique to Belfast and is part of the city’s identity)