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October 2006
SUMMER SCHOOLS GET GENEROUS FUNDING |
| The Ulster-Scots Agency has ring-fenced £1100,000 for summer schools next year across Northern Ireland and in the border counties of the Irish Republic. The Agency piloted seven very successful summer schools throughout the Province this year,reporting high participation levels and a very positive feed-back from local Ulster-Scots groups and the wider community. |
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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP SEMINARS |
The Ulster-Scots Agency is hosting two Community Leadership seminars aimed at stimulating the formation of
Ulster-Scots groups.
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The Ulster-Scots Agency secured a historic first with its recent Hamilton and Montgomery 1606-2006 celebrations when the DoE's Environment and Heritage Service kindly allowed promotional banners to be erected at two key H&M sites over the summer.
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Ulster-Scots logo inclusion welcomed
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The Ulster-Scots Agency has welcomed a positive response by the Special EU Programmes Body to representations made that in the interests of cultural balance they should add Ulster-Scots to their logo. At present the SEUPB logo appears in English and Irish and since it has been reproduced on publications by bodies funded by SEUPB, there was resentment that only Irish was included. Now, following representationsby DUP MEPJim Allister, SEUPB has instructed that their logo be redesigned to include Ulster-Scots. Commenting, Mr Allister said, "This is a small step in t
he interest of cultural equality and one which, therefore, should be welcom
ed. It was unacceptable that only Irish was hitherto included." Ulster-Scots Agency chief executive George Patton also warmly welcomed the move. "It's all a question of cultural equality," he said. |
