Our Priorities

West Belfast Partnership Boards vision is of a vibrant confident welcoming and prosperous community at ease with itself and its neighbours that haas the resources, infrastructure, enviroment and services to grow the economy, enchance the cultural life and well being, education safety and secuirty of its citizens and be a top class destination for vistiors and investment.

The strategic priorities for West Belfast Partnership flow from our vision and mission and are defined around the key development themes of social, community, economic and physical renewal:

Social Renewal

Health

The West Belfast Partnership will play a key role in addressing inequalities in health and positively influencing public policy. Through research and consultation we will establish the key health priorities in West Belfast and work with a range of partners to identify where we can add value in addressing these priorities. Cardio vascular disease; mental health and effective use of the health estates have been identified as areas in which we can have a transformational impact.

Education

To work to improve educational outcomes in west Belfast by addressing the recommendations for improvement made in the ETI Inspection Report (2009); by establishing and facilitating an Education and Training Forum which will address educational needs through a partnership process and devise and support programmes that aim to raise educational attainment levels. In addition we will directly organise and host the Easter Schools and Aisling Bursaries

Community Renewal

Communication

To provide a comprehensive information service for the West Belfast Partnership, raising awareness of the Partnership, its membership, key activities programmes and services.

Good relations and reconstruction

To support, facilitate and advocate good relations, post conflict reconstruction and reconciliation efforts in West Belfast and beyond.

neighbourhood renewal

To lead an effective neighbourhood renewal strategy in West Belfast, working with the Neighbourhood Partnerships to ensure that people living in the most disadvantaged districts have access to the best possible services and opportunities to experience a better quality of life and an improved environment.

Economic Renewal

Economic development

To maximise economic growth and employment creation, and enhance the employment potential of all residents of West Belfast, attracting to West Belfast resources and investment commensurate with need.

Tourism

To support a sustainable tourist industry in West Belfast, which contributes to job creation, economic regeneration and post conflict reconstruction.

Physical Renewal

housing, planning & enviroment

To work in partnership with agencies, communities and elected representatives, enabling West Belfast to become a self-sustaining community in which the quality of the natural and built environment is enjoyed equally by all and is developed within an agreed and planned framework.

To promote the implementation of the West Belfast Strategic Regeneration Framework for West Belfast which identifies key physical regeneration and capital build projects which will have a transformational impact on West Belfast.