Ulster Scots Agency: Partnership Funding

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Overview

Funding requests will only be considered under this scheme from those organisations not eligible under the Financial Assistance Scheme for voluntary and community groups.

The purpose of this policy is to obtain the greatest possible benefit for Ulster-Scots language, culture and history. Projects approved for assistance will, therefore, be in line with the Agency’s Corporate and Business Plans. The Agency will ensure that the Scheme operates within its allocated financial resources. The selection of projects for assistance will be based upon the need for those organisations applying for assistance under this scheme undertaking programmes in line with the Agency’s aims and objectives.

The Agency is prepared to consider for assistance applications which have an Ulster-Scots dimension and which fall within the following general categories:

Workshops, conferences, courses, events, tuition, classes, research etc in the areas of:

Linguistic development
Culture including:

Music and song, including bagpipes, drumming, flute, fife, fiddle, accordion and tin whistle;
Literature, including poetry
History, including genealogy
Drama, including pageants and re-enactments
Storytelling
Painting and design, including costume design and other cultural artefacts
Museum collections and archiving projects
Dance – including Highland, Scottish country and traditional set dancing e.g. quadrilles, lancers and Caledonians
The visual arts and media
or any other expressions of Ulster-Scots culture approved by the Agency.

The Agency anticipates that 75% of the “Partnership” budget will be allocated to projects where the organisers will obtain a minimum of 50% of the required funding from other sources.

However it is recognised that there will be projects of value to Ulster-Scots that will not be able to attract such a level of funding from other sources. Therefore the Agency will make available an anticipated 25% of this budget to groups and projects that cannot attract match funding where the project is deemed by the Board to be of such significance that it must be supported.

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