Coleralne Ulster Scots Regenwkn Group- Charlty number 102814 Trustees Report. 2016 Our group rnana8e5 a communoty resource centre wtrAdes a focal hub forthe local Ulster Scots and Orange communitle5. Various cthral and I01ka1 workshops are run a]k>win8 people tt> learn about local hlstory. the hlstoryand Iwit4e of the thnge Trder and the contrfbutlon uf Ulster Scots locally and worldulde. Tralnlng 55 also facilltated to provide members of local vokwrtary and communltygroup5 wlth the necessary skU15 to achleve thelr purp05e' thls Is dell¥u In partnersNp wlth varlous organlsatlons. We also hold exhlbltlons tuttlon dasses In the centre and It15 Used by mony local 01815atIOnS. Includln8 Other cultural groups, thejgral band5 assoclatlon and marshalllng forun to hold meetln85 and tran8 se55k)ns. Wtsitors to the centre can lexn about our ltUre lritage thro¥h Item5 on dlsplay In the centre. our l¥e cUNectl of books avallable for re5thvch purposes and variou5 publScatlons whlth are freely avallable. We work In partnershlp wlth other local orgarthdons, IndUd1 the Loyal Orders and other culturnl groups to organise a raree of events Indudlng commwltyfestfvab and exhlbltl1x. these events give the general publlc an opportunlty to learn about the culture and herltaze of the area and the loyal orders and atteThlant cultwe. theth funded In January we held a Bl8 Breafast in the tentre to ra•sefirM15 toward5 cerrtre runnln8 Cost Partnershlp worklng wlth Coleralne Fest5¥al Commlttee contlnued on the Centenary of the 5ornrne commemoratlon proJecL We ass15ted them to organlse a Centenary of the Somme Commemoratlon Olnner and the prtKeeds of the raffle were donated to the centre In appredatlon forthe level of support we were tlwh the centreforthelr woJEcL Coleralne Festfval CommSttee held thek annual ufsterscots Summer SthoDI In the centre In August and this generated a small 1nc0mettrrdS cost Donatlons were recdved from loc4 D15tr1ct Loyal ore Lodges In respect ofsUPPQrt whlth had been glven to varlous10(es throwdhout the yew and tralnry whlth had been wo¥ided. mlnl During 2016 the group was based In Colerane Ulsterscots Resowce Centre, located on the upper two Iloor5 of Colera5ne Orange Hall. meetir4 mDnthly. The trustees are as follows: Robert Mdlreawii Thomas Stirlin& Joanne HoneyFord, Iw Morrlson, Hey Mdlen, John Gildwell. Lorna McAfee. Kebryn Pearo, Hopkln StewarL Itles undertaken the furthw•Ke The purp05e5 of the tharlty are to promote and we5er¥etr* Ulsterscots ltt herlts8e; to promoie and preserve the Orange cultweand herlt4e; to advance knowledge, awarene55 and
The 8mup appreclates the help they have rec4 from the var?(ws groups use the centre ond the cOnnUe Mrnent of members tn the of Increasln8 dlffkulty. *ned Jo ne Hon