About the Trust

Board members at Carnlough Harbour

Causeway Coast and Glens is a partnership body established in May 2002 in order to promote and enhance the unique qualities of the Causeway Coast and Glens area. The area covered by the Trust includes a wide variety of scenic landscapes, important wildlife resources and cultural heritage. Important in their own right these resources also contribute to the area's significance as a tourist destination. With this in mind the Trust aims to promote environmental management which aims to protect the unique heritage of the Causeway Coast and Glens area. It also aims to promote a sustainable tourism industry for the benefit of both visitors and the people who live and work here.

The Trust arose from the work of the Causeway Initiative which brought together a range of different organisations interested in the promotion of sustainable tourism in the Causeway Coast and Glens area. As part of this work, the initiative commissioned a 'visitor and environmental management strategy' which recommended the formation of a permanent Trust in order to promote visitor and environmental management and sustainable tourism in the area.