Wild Woods Of Tyrone

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From: Iain Carlisle <IainC@ulster-scots.com>
Date: 6 November 2012 10:12

Dear All,

Please find details of upcoming media skills seminar organised by the Orange STRIPE Project team which may be of interest to your group – for further details contact Richard Forsythe at the numbers below.

Regards,

Iain

FREE MEDIA SKILLS SEMINAR – STRIPE Project

November 6, 2012

Kilsally

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DCAL – Ulster-Scots Strategy — Your views are needed!!!

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From: Iain Carlisle <IainC@ulster-scots.com>
Date: 25 October 2012 16:38
Subject: DCAL – Ulster-Scots Strategy — Your views are needed!!!
To: Iain Carlisle <IainC@ulster-scots.com>

Dear All,

As you know the Department of Culture Arts & Leisure have produce a strategy for Ulster-Scots which is currently open for Public Consultation until 27^th November.

The Ulster-Scots Community Network (USCN) are keen to encourage as many Ulster-Scots groups as possible to respond to the consultation. This is the only chance our community really have to influence future policy decisions.

The consultation is open to the entire Ulster-Scots community and other interested parties – so your views are important and will be very much appreciated.

We at USCN fully appreciate that many Ulster-Scots groups are effectively managed by a few volunteers – and as such, responding to weighty policy documents is a time consuming and often thankless job.

With this in mind – we have attached our planned response – with which you may or may not agree.

Groups are welcome to use some or all of the material from our response – or to simply drop an email to info@ulster-scots.com stating that you agree with the position adopted by USCN – this will greatly add to the weight attached to our response.

Please find attached a copy of the DCAL Consultation and the planned response from Ulster-Scots Community Network – I would again encourage as many of you as possible to make a response in one of the ways outlined above as we believe this is an important opportunity to make your views known.

With best regards,

Iain

Iain Carlisle

Ulster-Scots Community Network

68 -7 2 Great Victoria Street

Belfast

BT2 7BB

T. 028 90 436710

E. iainc@ulster-scots.com

W. www.ulster-scots.com

Consultation on Ulster Scots language, heritage and culture strategy.pdf.pdf Download this file

DCAL Strategy Response Oct 2012.doc.doc Download this file

October 26, 2012

Kilsally

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Ulster-Scots Agency Tuition

Letter to all groups re tuition 2013 roadshows.doc Download this file

Dear All,

Please find attached, a letter from the Ulster-Scots Agency detailing their forthcoming information sessions regarding the 2013 Music & Dance Tuition scheme which will open 1^st October and close on 26^th October 2012.

USCN staff will be in attendance and as usual we will be happy to assist any bands requiring help or guidance.

Regards,

Iain

Iain Carlisle

Ulster-Scots Community Network

68 -7 2 Great Victoria Street

Belfast

BT2 7BB

T. 028 90 436710

E. iainc@ulster-scots.com

W. www.ulster-scots.com

September 25, 2012

Kilsally

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IFI Community Leadership Programme

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Date: 16 August 2012 11:44
Subject: IFI Community Leadership Programme
To: Iain Carlisle <IainC@ulster-scots.com>

Dear All,

Please find below some information on the IFI Community Leadership Programme which has been extended for one more year.

Expressions of interest are now invited from groups who can provide 5 people to undertake the programme (12 month period with approximately 11 sessions)

More information can be found at www.communityleadershipprogramme.org The closing date for expression of interest forms is 31 August 2012.

Free leadership training and a bursary of £2,500 or €2,750 for an action learning project for your community group.

Recruitment for this year of the IFI Community Leadership Programme (CLP) is now open. Please send your expression of interest to NICVA now.

Who’s it for?

• Groups based in Northern Ireland and the six southern Border counties – Sligo, Louth, Leitrim, Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal.

• Grass roots community groups that work with the whole community (not single issue groups).

• Community groups that are willing to show leadership in their community and are committed to local regeneration and development

• Group leadership ie Board/committee members

What does your group get?

• Eight action learning sessions with a dedicated facilitator for your group.

• Support with your governance through the governance health check, bespoke training and an action plan. Some groups can also have their governing documents reviewed or drafted.

• Ongoing support and advice from NICVA, including a year’s free membership.

• One year free subscription to Grant Tracker/Funding Point, online funding databases.

• Networking at three roundtable workshops with others from the CLP.

• Accreditation for five participants from your group in the Institute of Leadership and Management Award in leadership level 3.

• Bursaries for up to two people from the group for the Certificate in Management Practice from University of Ulster.

• Maximum bursary of £2,500/€2,750 for an action-learning project.

Further information and expression of interest forms are available on www. communityleadershipprogramme.org or by emailing clp@nicva.org

Groups interested in the 2012/2013 programme should complete an expression of interest form by 31 August 2012 and return to clp@nicva.org or CLP Coordinator, NICVA, 61 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast, BT15 2GB. A member of NICVA staff will then contact you and if suitable send you an application form to complete.

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August 16, 2012

Kilsally

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Royal Black Institution Ulster Covenant Gospel Tract

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Royal Black Institution Ulster Covenant Gospel Tract

August 9, 2012

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August Ullans Alive E-Newsletter

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Please find attached the August edition of the Ullans Alive E-Newsletter. Please copy and pass on as you wish.

Regards
Ullans Speakers Association

August 3, 2012

Kilsally

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DCAL Ulster-Scots strategy

Consultation on Ulster Scots language, heritage and culture strategy.pdf Download this file

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From: Iain Carlisle <IainC@ulster-scots.com>
Date: 1 August 2012 10:39
Subject: DCAL Ulster-Scotsd strategy
To: Iain Carlisle <IainC@ulster-scots.com>

Dear All,

Please find attached a copy of the recently published consultation for the DCAL Strategy for Ulster-Scots.

Consultation will close in November and I would encourage as many groups as possible to study the document and respond to the consultation.

USCN will prepare a comprehensive response and I will forward this to all member groups for their consideration prior to its submission.

Regards,

Iain

Iain Carlisle

Ulster-Scots Community Network

68 – 72 Great Victoria St

Belfast

BT21 7BB

T. 028 90 436710

E. iainc@ulster-scots.com

August 1, 2012

Kilsally

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School children ‘could study Ulster-Scots for GCSE’

25 July 2012 Last updated at 11:36

School children 'could study Ulster-Scots for GCSE'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18983567

By Robbie Meredith

BBC News

School children in Northern Ireland could be given the opportunity to study Ulster-Scots to GCSE or A Level.

The proposal is included in a strategy produced by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL).

The areas for action include promotion of Ulster Scots language and culture in education and the media.

DCAL have also produced a similar strategy for developing the Irish language.

The Strategy for Ulster Scots language, heritage and culture is currently out for public consultation.

It includes a number of proposals aimed at children in primary and secondary education.

These include developing a "an A-Level in Ulster Scots language, heritage and culture".

There are also plans to develop a GCSE level qualification, and to establish a unit in the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and assessment (CCEA) to provide learning and exam materials on Ulster-Scots.

The strategy also includes plans to increase the number of Ulster Scots programmes on television and the development of a "dedicated Ulster Scots language, heritage and culture radio station".

The strategy has been welcomed by leading Ulster-Scots activist Lord Laird who said that Ulster Scots had stamped its culture on other parts of the world particularly America.

"Seventeen presidents of the United States came from Ulster. Twelve men stood on the moon and two of them were Ulster men – people whose ancestors a few generations before came from Ulster," he said.

"I had no part in the writing of the Belfast Agreement. But in the Belfast Agreement it says that the Ulster Scots language, culture and heritage has equal status to that of Irish.

"A lot of people voted for it. We have found over the years we have not been able to cash in that cheque, for want of a better word, but we are slowly beginning to do this."

Consultation for the proposals ends on 27 November.

July 25, 2012

Kilsally

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University of Ulster Exhibition Tells Story of Ulster-Scots Poetry

http://www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/university-of-ulster-exhibition-tells-story-of-ulster-scots-poetry-1-4085985

Published on Tuesday 24 July 2012 09:03

A touring exhibition on the influences that have shaped Ulster-Scots poetry has been launched by the University of Ulster.

Entitled ‘Every Townland Earned its Name in Song: John Hewitt’s Ulster-Scots Tradition’ is one of the centrepiece attractions at this year’s John Hewitt Summer School.

It will run at the Marketplace Theatre, Armagh, until 20 August, before touring theprovince and finishing at the Magee Campus in November 2013, as part of theUniversity of Ulster’s City of Culture activities.

Consisting of a state-of-the art series of panels that tell the story of John Hewitt’s fascination for the poetry of the Rhyming Weavers, the exhibition traces the history of the Scots language in Ulster and how it became an integral part of the poetry of local poets.

The narrative also follows the history of printing and the linen industry in the north of Ireland and how it had an impact on Ulster literature. There is a map showing where Ulster-Scots poets lived and wrote. Visitors can also nominate other poets to be included as the exhibition evolves and moves from venue to venue.

The centrepiece in Armagh will be a bronze bust of John Hewitt, which has been generously lent to the project by the Linen Hall Library. Later venues will include sound and filmrecordings and examples of Hewitt’s personal Ulster-Scots library.

The project is co-ordinated by Dr Frank Ferguson and Dr Kathryn White from the School of English and History and is designed by Professor John McMillan of the School of Art and Design.

Dr Ferguson said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of this exhibition. At the University of Ulster, we are particularly fortunate to have John Hewitt’s personal library of Ulster poetry books, and it is marvellous to get the opportunity to communicate the significance of Hewitt’s work to the general public.

“We are particularly happy to have the support of the Ulster Scots Agency in such amajor exhibition and outreach project and to have John McMillan, who workedwith Hewitt, as our designer has been a fantastic experience.”

Dr White added: “We are very excited about this project as it develops work that the University has already carried out on Ulster and Ulster-Scots poetry and opens up many new opportunities for our research to be heard.”

The exhibition has been made possible by a project partnership agreement with the Ulster-Scots Agency and by grant funding from the University’s Arts and Humanities Research Institute.

As part of the project, the co-ordinators will be organising a series of talks, schools workshops and other activities to explore John Hewitt’s enthusiasm for Ulster-Scots literature.

‘Every Townland Earned its Name in Song: John Hewitt’s Ulster-Scots Tradition’ is at the Marketplace Theatre, Armagh, until 20 August 2012. For information about the project, future exhibition venues, talks and workshops, email either Dr Frank Ferguson (f.ferguson@ulster.ac.uk) or Dr Kathryn White (k.white@ulster.ac.uk), or call: +44 (0)28 70123577.