Project Description
The Project, located in Portballintrae, a small, picturesque village which overlooks the North Atlantic where the Girona ship met its’ fate will provide participants with an opportunity to look at layers of history and heritage in an area that has a significant historical impact. The area has a huge draw for walkers, tourists, and locals. We will use the Causeway Coastal path to deliver learning against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic heritage sites we boast on this island.
Through animation and interpretation, the project will embrace and develop the local heritage that the village sits upon, to support a level of renewal and transformation of the village by the village.
The programme will address the following key issues:
- The fear around embracing shared history.
- The ability to articulate the shared history and heritage that exists as a positive element in our landscape, with confidence.
- The ability to connect and link in with other groups and communities, who alongside this community have a common goal, but may have a variation of backgrounds.
- The sense of pride and confidence achieved by a community, who have undergone a sense of regeneration and transformation such as this proposal.
By the end of the programme, the following targets will have been achieved:
- 435 participants will have engaged with the programme.
- Increased levels knowledge and understanding about the significant heritage of Portballintrae and the surrounding area.
- Increased levels of confidence around the ability to articulate the shared history of the locality as well as from outside the catchment area, for reasons of interest on a cross-community/cultural level
- Provision of trailhead information hub in main car park
- Repairs to Three Quarter Footbridge to replace decking and handrails.
- Repairs to raised boardwalk alongside River Bush to replace decking and associated handrail and substructure repairs.
- Repairs to sections of localised cliff erosion alongside pathway.
- Replacement of flight of timber steps along route, plus seating along route.
BUDGET: £235,217