AQW 2023/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities how many arts venues have received the Arts and Disability Equality Charter plaque.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 29 June 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 29 June 2016
- Answer due by
- 18 July 2016
- Answered
- 14 July 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Arts and Disability Equality Charter Plaque of Excellence has been awarded to Strule Arts Centre in Omagh. A total of seven venues have received Charter Awards namely, Alley Theatre, Strabane; Waterfront Hall, Belfast; Burnavon Arts & Cultural Centre, Cookstown; Grand Opera House, Belfast; Lyric Theatre, Belfast; Ulster Hall, Belfast and Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey.
The Charter Certificate is held by Island Arts Centre, Lisburn. Eight venues hold Commencement Certificates. These are Braid, Ballymena; Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiach, Belfast; Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast; MAC, Belfast; Millennium Forum, Londonderry; Play Resource Warehouse, Belfast; An Gaelaras, Londonderry and Sion Mills Stables, Sion Mills.