Ulster GAAID: 15381

GAA Mission: "The GAA is a Community based volunteer organisation promoting Gaelic Games, Culture and Lifelong Participation".

 The Vision of Ulster GAA is "To foster and grow the GAA across Ulster, strengthening its position as the Province’s leading amateur, cultural; community; and volunteer - driven movement".

 The GAA is Ireland's largest Sporting, Cultural and Community Organisation with over one million members and over 2,750 Clubs through the world. Within Ulster we have some 580 Clubs and units, involving around 250,000 volunteer members and over 1500 school activity involved in the promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture. As the governing body for the GAA in the Province the Ulster Council works in partnership with the nine GAA County Committees as well as the Ulster Councils for Ladies Gaelic Football, Camogie, Handball and Rounders. We do that to promote enhance, develop and strengthen gaelic games and associated activities at grassroots level.

As part of the GAA, Ulster GAA unequivocally value-driven. The values which guide its plans and its day-to-day work are:

• Community
• Volunteerism
• Identity
• Inclusion
• Excellence

 The Ulster Council GAA: 

• Oversees the development and delivery of Gaelic games associated activities across 580 GAA Clubs and some 250,000 active members
• Directly oversees year on year some 12 major inter- County GAA competitions
• Manages GAA events which attract annual lives attendance of 250,000.
• Facilitates the development of the GAA by the direct delivery of coaching and development programmes; by improving Club capacity; by providing grant aid; and by helping deliver government strategies and programme
• Supervises the core activities of its nine County Committees in the area of Games; fixtures; finance marketing; public relations and physical facilities.
• Deals directly with government on relevant issues. 
• Reinvests 86% of all revenue back to Club, County and Community projects.