Ulster-Scots Community Network

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The Ulster-Scots Community Network, previously known as the Ulster-Scots Heritage Council, [1] was established in 1995 as an umbrella organisation to represent the Ulster Scots community. [2] The organisation, which is based in Belfast, [3] is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. [4] It is involved in "highlight[ing] the significant contribution of the Ulster-Scots community to the development of life in Northern Ireland, the border counties of the Republic of Ireland, and the wider Ulster-Scots diaspora", [5] and has published a number of works on Ulster-Scots history. [6] [7] In 2023/2024, the organisation received most of its funding from the Ulster-Scots Agency (£408,000) and Arts Council of Northern Ireland (£33,800), and expended approximately £300,000 on salaries and staffing costs. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Ulster-Scots Community Network - Submission to the Independent Review of Education Provision" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2025– via independentreviewofeducation.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Publishing the "invisible" language – some influences on Ulster-Scots publishing in the modern revival period". doi:10.4000/etudesirlandaises.3494 – via journals.openedition.org. the Ulster-Scots Community Network, formerly the Ulster-Scots Heritage Council, [was] originally intended to be an umbrella body for the sector's culture and language groupings.
  3. ↑ "Committee For Culture, Arts And Leisure - Official Report (Hansard) - Inquiry Into The Funding Of The Arts - 21 May 2009". May 2009 – via archive.niassembly.gov.uk. The Ulster-Scots Community Network [..], which was previously called the Ulster-Scots Heritage Council, was established in 1995. It is based in Belfast
  4. ↑ "Ulster-Scots Community Network". charitycommissionni.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "About Us". ulster-scots.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Publications". ulster-scots.com. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "NLI Catalogue - Works by creator - Ulster-Scots Community Network". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Ulster-Scots Community Network - Financial Statements - 31 March 2024 (PDF) (Report). pp. 31, 32. Retrieved 2 August 2025– via charitycommissionni.org.uk.


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