Kingdom of Dalriada
U Ister-scots Society
Annual Report
2022-2023

CONTENTS
1. Chair's Report
2. Music Tuition
3. Festival Overview
4. Other Projects
5. Management and Community Training
6. Working with Others

1. Chair's Report
During 2022123 it was my pleasure to chair the Kingdom of Dalriada
Ulster-scots Society.
The year continued to focus on recovery after the covid-19
impacting the work our group was able to complete during the year.
We had a reduced offering this year to ensure that everyone
remained safe and secure.
l am pleased to say that we obtained all funding requests from
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and have been
successful in obtaining National Lottery Community Funding to help
us plan for more activities in 2023.
I wish to say thank to everyone who has supported our organisation
during the year, having attended, volunteered, contributed to any
of the organisations activities as we aim to ensure that we bring a
public benefit from our organisations existence.
Ivor Wallace

2. Music Tuition
One of our main public benefits is to provide musical tuition for
anyone who is interested in learning a traditional Ulster-scots
instruments regardless of age or ability. All our tutors are chosen
based on their expertise and their track record of educating people
in their specialist field.
Music classes did take place during the months with some
restrictions during the year.
During the year, we teach 7 people a range of Ulster-scots musical
instruments.
3. Festival Overview
We returned to a reduced festival in April 22 and we are delighted
that it ran well and was extremely well attended. Estimates of people
attending Ballymoney Spring Fair were around 5000. The 4 day
festival was very successful and we are grateful to Causeway Coast
and Glens Borough Council for their financial support.
4. Other Projects
a) Culture, Arts and Heritage Project
A small number of people took part in the Culture, Arts and Heritage
project with 10 people taking part in the project funded by CC&G
Council.
5. Management and Community Training
During the time period, our organisation has continued to offer
training to our members and also to our committee in order that we
remain aware and up-to-date with all current legislation and
requirements. We have availed of free training where possible as
budgets have been stretched. All courses were virtually attended.
Food hygiene retraining has been completed by 1 of our members
Basic First Aid training has been completed by 3 of our members.

6. Working with Others
During the year, our organisation has worked with a large number
of groups, the main ones are shown below :_
Community
Armoy Community Association
Bannvalley Community Association
Leaney Liaison Committee
Topp Community Group
North Antrim Bands Forum
Ullans Speakers Association
Fuse fm Ballymoney
Castle Community Association
RAF Causeway Branch
British Legion - Ballymoney Branch
Organisations
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Building Community Resource Centre
Northern Area Community Network
Causeway Museum
Co-operation Ireland
Springboard
Mid Antrim Museum
Independent Orange Order
Orange Order
PSNI
Volunteer Now
CAN
Search and Rescue
Landhead PS
William Pinkerton PS
St. Brigid's PS