Coleralne Ulster Scots Regenw*kn 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 I￿￿01ka1 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 worldu*lde.
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 018￿15atIOnS.
Includln8 Other cultural groups, thejgral band5 assoclatlon and marshalllng forun to hold meetln85
and tra￿n8 se55k)ns.
Wtsitors to the centre can lexn about our ￿ltUre l*ritage 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 commw*ltyfestfvab 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.
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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 1nc0mettr￿rdS cost
Donatlons were recdved from loc4 D15tr1ct Loyal or￿￿e Lodges In respect ofsUPPQrt whlth had
been glven to varlous10(*es throwdhout the yew and tralnry whlth had been wo¥ided.
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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 ￿lt￿t herlts8e; to
promoie and preserve the Orange cultweand herlt4e; to advance knowledge, awarene55 and

The 8mup appreclates the help they have rec￿￿4 from the var?(ws groups use the centre ond
the cOn￿nUe￿ ￿M￿rnent of members tn the of Increasln8 dlffkulty.
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