Our Projects and Initiatives

Holywood Shared Town has undertaken a wide-ranging variety of projects in the local community. 

 

Projects have improved the local environment, encouraged community participation and togetherness, increased local knowledge of history and provided opportunities for cultural and social engagement in the Town and surrounding areas. 

 

Take a look below at some of our initiatives, past and present. 

Growing Food, Growing Community
2022-12-11 16:23 Welcome to the Growing Food, Growing Community project.   We want a food system that is good for people and good for the planet, built around local, healthy, seasonal and affordable food. Our priori...
Dunvile Garden Green Gym
2022-12-10 13:03 The Dunville Garden Green Gym supported by The Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland (TCVNI) is a way to improve your local green space whilst getting active and meeting others.  You don't need...
Holywood Walking for Health Group
2022-08-23 17:13 The Holywood Walking for Health Group meets each Wednesday morning at 11am at the Maypole Bar corner in High Street. We walk for an hour or so and then go for a cup of coffee. All are welcome and we a...
Holywood Resettlement Group
2022-02-13 16:06 NEW YEAR UPDATE 2024   We were delighted to welcome a refugee family to Holywood in June 2023, a mum on her own with four small children under 10. The family arrived on a beautiful summer evening an...
Community Garden at Redburn
2021-08-05 00:44   Community Garden at Redburn Country Park, Holywood   Report by Social Farms and Gardens following a public consultation on the proposal for a community garden in Holywood.   This is the repor...
History of Redburn House
2021-06-09 22:36 Holywood History brought to life as never before...     A film has been created telling the unique story of Redburn House and the eccentric Dunville family who lived there for over 70 years. As one...
Holywood Walks
2021-06-06 16:11 Holywood Walks   Visit the dedicated Holywood Walks site here.   As COVID lockdowns restricted us like never before, many of us searced for some connection to nature.  For those who knew their loc...
The Dunville Community Garden Project
2021-06-06 13:36 The Dunville Community Garden Project   [Ongoing]   This is a partnership between Holywood Shared Town and the Conservation Volunteers (TCV). We currently looking for volunteers to help re-establi...
Fiddle Field Allotments
2021-06-02 13:41 Fiddle Field Allotments   [Ongoing]   To bring further opportunities for self-sustainability at local and community levels, Holywood Shared Town have been exploring the potential for allotments an...
Friends of Ballymenoch Park
2021-05-30 15:11 Friends of Ballymenoch Park [Ongoing]   A Friends of Ballymenoch Park group arose from our Holywood Green Spaces survey and Big Tea event in March 2019.    Ballymenoch is a Green Flag Award winni...
Creative Holywood
2021-05-06 16:08 Creative Holywood   We firmly believe that the arts and creative activity are an important strand in fulfilling HST’s goals for a vibrant and cohesive community.   In normal times we run a program...
Entity / Spéirbhean
2021-03-08 15:59 ‘Entity / Spéirbhean’   Holywood Shared Town and Quotidian have come together to produce a brand-new performance piece with local artists from different artforms. What started as an idea for a serie...