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THE 5 KEY THEMES

The Portview team are working across these five identified themes with community groups and stakeholders to reimagine the future of Portview Trade Centre.



Heritage


Education


Resilience


Employment


Tourism

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Funding has been provided by National Lottery Heritage Fund to help secure the future heritage of an East Belfast site that was once the largest flax tow spinning mill in the world. Portview Trade Centre is on the Newtownards Road, formerly the site of the Strand Spinning Mill, which in the 1930s was a key feature within a vibrant East Belfast community sustained by thriving industries such as ropeworks and ship building.

Marrying traditional skills with technologies that were world-leading and very advanced for their time, the Mill also was known for its large employment for women.


From now to October 2020, plans will be drawn up to on how best to secure and retain the site’s heritage and, crucially, to ensure that it is sustainable and self-sufficient.

This long-term vision will be achieved by transforming Portview Trade Centre into a creative social hub in the area, with Heritage at its core while running across the above key themes.

LET'S CONNECT


National Heritage Lottery and Portview potential matters

laura@urbanscaleinterventions.com


For more information on workspaces and facilities

info@urbanscaleinterventions.com


Get involved in the Spinning Memories Archive

claire@urbanscaleinterventions.com


Submit your Portview Stories

my@portviewstories.com