Article Source: Go Forth Stirling
Last Updated: 27 May 2024 11:13
Go Forth Stirling BID brought BRICKLIVE’s Ocean tour - a trail featuring sharks, fish, crabs, turtles, squid, a coral reef and more – to the city centre during April.
Residents and visitors were entertained by the trail which featured 13 sculptures comprising more than 300,000 colourful bricks.
A total of 1800 people picked up paper maps to follow the tour around the city while 575 signed up to an app which allowed users to take part in an interactive game featuring the Ocean Trail.
Danielle McRorie-Smith, Project Director at Go Forth Stirling, said: “We’re thrilled with the success of BRICKLIVE – which helped increase footfall for Stirling’s businesses and promote the city as a popular family destination.
“We were pleased to offer families the chance of a free activity during the Easter school holidays and we also had some great feedback from traders who reported more people coming into the city which meant they benefited from extra footfall and business.”
One of the most popular sculptures was the giant squid in the Thistles which, along with the green turtle, mako shark and octopus, brought extra visitors into the Centre.
The Thistles, who partnered with Go Forth on the initiative, also had a face painter who painted 121 faces during the event and a brick pit where children could play and create new models. And a lucky winner scooped an Ocean-themed LEGO bundle worth £200 after sharing their creations on social media.
In addition to the Ocean Trail, the BID organised an interactive game which participants could download via an app and dive beneath the waves to join Shelly Shark on her first migration while discovering all the BRICKLIVE sea models.
Meanwhile, several city centre businesses organised ocean-themed events and activities including film screenings, face painting, board game nights and arts and crafts sessions.
A variety of life-sized models could be found across Stirling by following the Trail around the city and visiting a range of retailers including New Look, Blue Lagoon, Let’s Party, Contempo and Slaters.
Brown Bear Barbershop and Salon on Barnton Street had a colourful model of an angler fish in their shop.
Owner Gregor Brown said: “It was great to be involved in the BRICKLIVE event this year. We had plenty of people at the window, interacting and taking part in the event. It also made for some good conversation with clients when they asked about it. We’d love to get involved again!”
Rosalind Houston, of Archie’s Pet Shop in King Street, enjoyed hosting a model of a spider crab created from 4,260 bricks in the shop.
She said: “We felt an increase in street activity and lots of engagement from customers and liked the fact that the Trail made the street feel more alive. We were very happy to participate in the event.”
Staff at charity shop Something Old Something New said they were “really, really pleased with the whole experience” and set up a whole tropical background and origami decorations to help their parrotfish brick models look even more eye-catching.
Port Street Gift shop Clan Artisan offered visitors the chance to create their own sea creature-themed artwork which could be added to various gifts while every child who created a design was given a free sea creature-inspired greeting card to colour in.
Co-owner Jen McEwan said: “It was great to be involved and the kids really enjoyed coming in and creating their own designs for personalised prints. In fact, the `colour your own postcard’ was such a hit, we will be continuing to offer them to youngsters while their parents are putting their gift boxes together in the store.”
The BRICKLIVE Ocean tour is one of a number of initiatives provided by the BID with the aim of increasing footfall and attracting more visitors to Stirling.
The non-for-profit organisation was set up in 2017 and currently represents more than 600 local businesses with a key objective of delivering projects and services which improve Stirling’s trading environment to benefit businesses, shoppers and visitors.
For more details visit www.goforthstirling.co.uk
Macrobert Arts Centre is thrilled to announce the funding award from Theatres Trust Small Grants Programme supported by The Linbury Trust.
READ MOREChris Brookmyre, the winner of this year’s McIlvanney Prize, was presented with a giant Glencairn Glass trophy at this year’s Bloody Scotland Festival.
READ MOREDobbies Garden Centres is embracing the autumn season with a series of free-to-attend events throughout October, including Grow How, Little Seedlings Club and Little Seedlings Holiday Club.
READ MOREAsda's charity, The Asda Foundation, has awarded £150,000 to eight community groups across Scotland through its Investing in Spaces and Places grants.
READ MOREStatues of everyone's favourite bear will be taking a seat in locations across the UK and Ireland in early October!
READ MORETickets for this year's IRN-BRU Carnival launch with the chance to win on Glasgow's streets!
READ MOREStirling’s annual Photography Festival is underway this month with its theme of ‘Roots and Rituals’ marking a celebration of the city’s people and place during its 900th year.
READ MOREAsda invites customers across Scotland to donate pre-loved children's books for onward gifting to families who have fewer books of their own.
READ MORETime is running out to enter Caledonian Sleeper's photography competition aimed at encouraging everyone to capture views of the most scenic locations on route between Scotland and London.
READ MOREThe winners of the Scots Language Awards 2024 were crowned on Saturday at a celebratory ceremony in Ayrshire.
READ MOREMacrobert Arts Centre has announced the full programme for Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2024 (CSDF).
READ MOREFor October, Dobbies Garden Centres has launched a brand new autumn edition of its hands-on planting experience, combined with a tasty Afternoon Tea.
READ MOREThe Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award, today reveals the 20 outstanding Scottish albums on 2024's Longlist.
READ MOREBBC Scotland's topical TV programme Debate Night returns later this month and they are searching for people to be part of the big studio audience.
READ MOREThe recently launched Scottish Live Music Awards (SLMA), in association with GO Radio, has seen an overwhelming response, receiving over 3000 nominations in just the first 2 days.
READ MORECommunity groups, local organisations and artists gathered at Forth Valley College on Thursday evening to mark the culmination of Stirling’s Remembering Together Covid Memorial Project.
READ MOREThe award-winning Tolbooth Stirling has been chosen to host a flagship music event that promotes Scottish music and artists across the globe.
READ MOREThe Edinburgh Butter Company is excited to announce the launch of Scotland’s first-ever croissant competition, open to bakers across the country.
READ MOREContemporary glass maker Elin Isaksson has been chosen to create the awards for Scotland’s national music prize the Scottish Album of the Year, via this year’s SAY Award Design Commission.
READ MOREHold onto your popcorn, because Cineworld is thrilled to announce the whirlwind return of the blockbuster hit Twisters to 4DX screens nationwide, due to an overwhelming tornado of popular demand!
READ MOREFilm fans are invited to revisit a galaxy far, far away this September as every main Star Wars film brings some of cinema's most iconic heroes and villains back to the big screen.
READ MOREAre you ready to take on Scotland's greatest running event at this year's AJ Bell Great Scottish Run in Glasgow on Sunday 6 October?
READ MOREMacrobert Arts Centre has announced the cast of Santa's Magical Lighthouse, to be performed this Christmas at the Stirling venue.
READ MOREFestival-goers attending the fourth Music at the Multiverse festival at the weekend enjoyed fantastic live music, sunshine and showers in one of Scotland’s most spectacular outdoor venues.
READ MOREStudents go FREE with Stena Line on Cairnryan and Liverpool routes.
READ MOREResidents are being asked to shape the future of Stirling Council's libraries in a new consultation.
READ MOREA rare opportunity to study the plans that led to the construction of the National Wallace Monument will form the centrepiece of a double birthday celebration this week.
READ MOREPrepare to be enchanted once again this winter as Monteviot Lights returns to Monteviot House & Gardens!
READ MOREParticipants can choose any novel way of racking up 100 miles this September to help raise crucial funds for those who need it most in the UK.
READ MOREThe Stirling and District Schools Pipe Band are celebrating after being named fourth best in the world!
READ MORE