Urban Regeneration

At FSP urban regeneration is all about inclusive and transformative place making and a commitment to create opportunities for greater connectivity and sharing. In this vein, urban regeneration is essentially a good relation programme that strives for greater social cohesion and inclusion.

We organise and facilitate events which showcase new approaches to urban regeneration. An example of this is Open Botanic, a Community Street Festival which highlights Botanic Avenue as an  accessible place  to pedestrians and cyclists with a family-friendly range of fun activities, community engagement projects & a celebration of all the people & diverse communities in the area.

We support local organisations and forums to address regeneration issues. We facilitate the Community Support Group (CSG), which is made up of a diverse community members from across South Belfast. These meetings are held at least five times per year and recommendations are taken forward to the board meetings. The role of the CSG is to identify, raise and initiate discussions on issues relating to physical, economic, social and community regeneration within communities. This aims to ensure that Forward South Partnership’s programmes are delivered in alignment with community priorities and needs. A recent example of a piece of work that grew from the CSG was a series of Community Conversations around the topics of housing, migration and community tension. A report with recommendations was produced which can be read here.

We co-ordinate work in the two Neighbourhood Renewal Areas and attend board meetings with Inner South and South West.