The Shared Island Project is a joint two-year initiative between Waterford City and County Council and the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to develop and enhance our shared sense of community. Building Shared Creative Communities supports and deepens the understanding of the importance of how our industrial heritage shaped our locality and the potential of our micro creative industries and what is in common between the two areas, along with other topics of interest.

This will be achieved by fostering creative opportunities for connection through social interaction, engagement and dialogue and by examining our shared industrial heritage including the importance of craftmanship and innovation in the past and for the future. 

Five strands of work are planned to be completed. These include topics on industrial heritage, mural art, literature, sound in health and wellbeing and support for creative industries. The importance of person to person and community to community social interaction will be emphasised throughout the lifetime of the project.

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.