BEST COMMUNITY GARDEN FINALIST - Clowney Alley

Your Name: Stacey McAnoy

Your Organisation/Company: Clowney Alley

Your Website: Facebook & Instagram - @ClowneyAlley

Your favourite thing about West Belfast: The hospitality and sense of togetherness and community

Your First Job: Waitress

What it taught you? I took a year out to focus on me, then I realised that with no sense of learning and ongoing progress, I knew I needed to get back into a learning environment so that I could fully focus on myself

What do you think are the key ingredients needed to make a person or organisation the Best of the West? To be passionate, open minded, respectful, considerate of others. I think it's important to realise and appreciate our differences. I believe that the individual needs to see the potential of where they live and contribute in improving their living environment

I am a full time working mother of one. I am from the local area, I have worked in some of our nursery settings, school and Daycare to gain qualifications in child development. I am involved with local GAA club with my son & partner. I like to help out other local community gardens nearby to share ideas and resources.