BEST TOUR GUIDE FINALIST - Lorraine Mills Millie's Tours

Your Name: Lorraine Mills

Your Organisation/Company: Belfast Millie Tours

Your Website: www.belfastmillietours.co.uk

Your favourite thing about West Belfast: We still have a great sense of community and a wicked sense of humour

Your First Job: New Orleans cafe in the old Ross's Arcade

What it taught you? If you want something to happen, it's up to you to make it happen

What do you think are the key ingredients needed to make a person or organisation the Best of the West?  100% grafter, a bit of a hustler, not afraid of failure, Putting your heart into your work and taking a genuine interest in people to ensure they feel valued and enjoy the experience. Also being able to smile when your having a bad day!

I created Belfast Millie Tours (with training from the WRDA and The Women's Tech) to celebrate the contribution women have made to the development of Belfast, specially the women who worked in the linen mills. I reclaimed the word Millie in honour of these women. I was also encouraged by Belfast Mural Tours to get a taxi and do the political tours, I now offer all sorts of tours throughout the island of Ireland