| Founded | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle CBE LL |
| Type | Charity |
| Focus | Heritage led regeneration, built heritage, social and physical regeneration |
| Location |
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| Origins | Founded to rescue historic buildings in Belfast through heritage led regeneration |
Area served | Belfast |
Key people | Chairman – John Marshall BEM Patron – Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle CBE DL |
| Website | www |
The Belfast Buildings Trust (BBT), founded in 1996 as the Belfast Buildings Preservation Trust, is a cross-community building preservation trust with charitable status[1] that delivers physical, social, and economic regeneration through the reuse of landmark buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Each building rescued by the trust seeks to regenerate the community it serves in a variety of ways, from traditional skills promotion to job creation and engendering a sense of civic pride. The BBT's work demonstrates what can be achieved through vision, determination and community energy. It is committed to restoring to Belfast those buildings that make it special, and which are landmarks in the heart of the city's communities.
The current chairman is John Marshall BEM, retired registrar at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. The founding chair, Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle CBE DL, with a background in public affairs, has extensive experience of regeneration projects having been a trustee of a number of regeneration charities, including the Prince's Regeneration Trust.[2]