So true Belfast Design Week - look up and for details that are clues to the legacy of Belfast’s industrial history! I’ll point out many of these on the ‘Merchants who grew a City’ walking tour, 27 March. Book ¡MAGINE!

Love fashion?🧶👗 Concerned about the environmental impact of fashion processes🌏? ♻️Learn about environmentally positive processes in fashion with our panel of experts- Sean-Henry Fitzsimons from London College of Fashion & Lucinda graham from Quiet Ceremony 👇 ow.ly/FB4U50IhcYX

Coming up this Sunday is our tour "The Merchants Who Grew A City" as part of ¡MAGINE! curated and led by Dolores Vischer of Creative Tours Belfast. We've created a short blog to give you a flavour of the tour & what to expect: belfastdesignweek.com/blog/themercha…

Busy weekend for me, leading two tours for ¡MAGINE!! Below in blog I spoke with Belfast Design Week about the merchants tour - the people behind the industries that helped Belfast grow from town to city.

📢 Our plans for 2022-23 📢

NI Creatives📢We have a new selection of online learning modules to help you update your skills. They include: ⭐️Digital Community Strategy and Management ⭐️Ways to Monetise Creative Services ⭐️Bringing your Training Online Access them for free here 👇 creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/blog/22/07/29/…

NI artists/ cultural professionals📢 Connect with South East Asia: Connections Through Culture grants are now open with up to £8K available! Funding can be used for projects including residencies, performances & publications. Deadline: 23 October More👇 nireland.britishcouncil.org/programmes/art…

The suspicious fire at the Cathedral Building today is so devastating. If you can, please consider donating to help support some of the artists affected ; gofund.me/ed8e0a75

We are inviting UK & Vietnamese arts organisations & individuals to submit project proposals with focus on the themes: ‘Climate & the Environment’ & ‘Shared Heritage’. Grants worth up to £20,000 per partnership available. bit.ly/ukvnseason 🧵2/3

NI Creatives: As part of our UK/Viet Nam Season we're offering scoping grants to Viet Nam! These will support travel-related costs to undertake scoping visits to meet with potential or existing Vietnamese partners. Apply by 21 Oct (5PM)👇 britishcouncil.vn/en/programmes/…

Join us & Venture Folk next Saturday 10th June, 10am - 12pm for our 1st "Grow Your Own Way" workshop w. local growing expert Jilly Dougan (author of Sow, Grow, Munch & Co-Director of Yellow Door Catering). Book your free tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/grow-your-ow…

Jilly strongly believes that everyone should have access to ‘Good, Clean and Fair’ food, and that food growing can be incredibly empowering. She also believes in public produce, and that food can be grown anywhere, given the will and vision. She also keeps honeybees!

Our first Grow Your Own Way workshop in collab with Venture Folk & Belfast Design Week kicks off this Sat, book your free ticket now via the link below

A huge thanks to Jilly Dougan for leading our "Grow Your Own Plants" workshop today at Aleksandar's Bakery in The Holylands. We learnt lots, tasted plants, started growing plants and left with lots of new knowledge and ideas. 🌿🌻🪴

Our next 2 "Grow Your Own Way" workshops take place on Saturday 17th & 24th June. 💡17th - Grow Your Own Ideas w. VentureFolk + Belfast Design Week at Lawrence St. Workshops ✏️24th - Grow Your Own Designs with Ian Pitt Blick Shared Studios Find out more & book! eventbrite.co.uk/e/grow-your-ow…