Cultural Development The Verbal Arts Centre was established by Sam Burnside in 1992: he acted as its first Director until 2003. A registered educational charity and a company limited by guarantee, the Centre’s object and principal activity was articulated as the promotion and support of spoken and written literature and the improvement of knowledge, understanding and

Voluntary Work SOME CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS Arts Council NI (Board Member) Big Lottery UK Board (NI Member) John Hewitt Summer School, Associate Director Northern Ireland Adult Education Association (Chair) Voluntary Arts Network (Member UK Board & Chair NI Group) Ulster Historical Foundation (Trustee and Chair of Publications Committee) Western Education and Library Board (Board Member