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Services provided by us

To find out about what we do and what we hope to do in the future, download our Corporate Plan

Below is a list of just some of the services we provide, using the income from the district rate:

Parks and leisure

• Leisure and community centres
We currently operate 10 leisure centres and 22 community centres across Belfast.


• Parks and recreational grounds
  We manage two city parks, nine district parks, five country parks, 36 local parks, eight playing field sites, 76 playgrounds and four allotment sites across Belfast covering an area of approximately 3,000 acres.

• 11,000 trees
  We look after 11,000 trees on streets across the city.

Environment

• Rubbish, waste and recycling
We carry out all aspects of waste collection and disposal for Belfast. We have four recycling centres and three civic amenity sites. We also provide a free bulky household waste collection service.


• Street cleaning
We clean over 444,000km of streets every year.


• Building control
We consider planning applications within the Belfast City Council area and submit views to the Planning Service.

• Public toilets
  Providing public toilets at 15 sites across the city

• Regulatory and licensing responsibilities
  We enforce regulatory and licensing responsibilities, in area such as environmental health, building control, public health, pollution, street trading.

Registration services

• Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships
We look after the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships in Belfast.


• Cemeteries
We manage and maintain nine cemeteries and the City of Belfast Crematorium.

Events, culture and tourism

• Culture, arts and tourism
We promote culture, arts and tourism in Belfast by supporting and funding organisations. We support over 70 cultural organisations including Belfast Festival at Queen's and the Ulster Orchestra as well as smaller community-based projects.


• Events
We organise major events each year including Halloween and Christmas celebrations, the Titanic Made in Belfast Festival and Rose Week. We also help to organise sporting events.

Other services

• Management of venues and sites throughout Belfast
We manage Belfast City Hall, Waterfront Hall, Ulster Hall, Belfast Castle, Malone House and Belfast Zoo. We also manage the Gasworks Business Park, St George's Market, Smithfield Market, Duncrue and Balmoral Industrial Estates and various other sites in Belfast.


• Funding
We provide funding for Investment Belfast, the Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau (BVCB) and Belfast City Centre Management (BCCM) in conjunction with private and public sector partners.

We also provide funding to community groups, sports groups and community relations projects across Belfast.


• Advice centres and offices
  We operate a Consumer Advice Centre, Neighbourhood Development Office and an outreach support office for the Traveller community.

• Support for businesses
  We deliver a wide range of business support programmes to entrepreneurs and businesses.

• Youth Forum
  We facilitate the Belfast City Council Youth Forum.

• Partnerships
  Working in partnership with many agencies on joint initiatives including the Community Safety Partnership, ARC21 Waste Management Partnership, Belfast Healthy Cities, Investing for Health and the Area Partnerships Boards.