The EastSide Economic Regeneration Conference 2025 will bring together policymakers, business leaders, community stakeholders, academics, and social enterprises to explore sustainable, inclusive, and place-based economic growth strategies.
This high-profile event will:
Celebrate economic regeneration successes in east Belfast
Provide a platform for forward-thinking dialogue on local economic development
Promote new partnerships between public, private, and community sectors
CELEBRATING ALL THINGS UNIQUELY EAST AT EASTSIDE ARTS FESTIVAL 2025
EastSide Arts has revealed its programme for the annual EastSide Arts Festival, 24 July – 2 August 2025.
Putting places and spaces uniquely east Belfast at its heart, festival-goers are in for a treat with a line up featuring over 60 events across 10 days of music, workshops, comedy, walks, theatre, literature and visual arts.
Suzanne Wylie has been appointed as the Chair of EastSide Partnership.
Suzanne Wylie is Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber), a leading business membership organisation representing over 1,000 businesses in all sectors across the region.
EastSide Learning marks a decade supporting children and young people in east Belfast
EastSide Learning, a pivotal educational project within EastSide Partnership (a regeneration charity), which supports children and young people to develop their abilities and reach their potential whatever their background, has marked a decade of learning in east Belfast.
A new Place Shaping Plan for Tullycarnet has been launched by Department for Communities Minister Gordon Lyons.
Over the last eight months, a meaningful and inclusive engagement with the local community, key stakeholders and service providers in the area resulted in the creation of the new plan. At its heart is the long-term vision for Tullycarnet;
PLAN UNVEILS VISION FOR VIBRANT AND CONNECTED NEWTOWNARDS ROAD
An east Belfast Local Action Group brought together by EastSide Partnership, a neighbourhood regeneration charity, has unveiled ‘Our Vision for Newtownards Road’. A five-year plan which focuses on the role that a range of community, statutory and local businesses will play to support and develop a collective vision to create a unique and vibrant destination, connected with Belfast city and welcoming to all.
Holywood Arches Business Association has revealed a destination brand to help promote Belfast’s Holywood Arches as a vibrant hub to shop, explore and relax as part of Belfast City Council’s "Supporting Vibrant Business Destinations" initiative, funded through the Department for Communities Revitalisation programme.
