Client The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland Project The Socio-economic Impact of the Traditional Protestant Parading Sector in Northern Ireland Division Consultancy May 2013 The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland The Socio-economic Impact of the Traditional Protestant Parading Sector in Northern Ireland May 2013 Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE ............................................................................ 1 1.2 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 SIZE OF THE SECTOR .................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 FINDINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 THE WIDER BENEFITS OF BAND MEMBERSHIP .......................................................................... 7 1.6 THE WIDER BENEFITS OF LOYAL ORDER MEMBERSHIP .......................................................... 8 1.7 OVERALL SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 9 2 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND OF THIS RESEARCH ............................................................. 10 2.3 TERMS OF REFERENCE ............................................................................................................... 11 2.4 OUR APPROACH ........................................................................................................................... 11 2.5 FORMAT OF THIS REPORT .......................................................................................................... 12 2.6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................... 12 3 POLICIES, DESK RESEARCH AND LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................... 13 3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 KEY POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ............................................................................................... 13 3.3 OTHER RELEVANT RESEARCH REPORTS ................................................................................. 17 3.4 EVALUATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 18 3.5 LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................... 18 3.6 SUMMARY AND FURTHER RESEARCH REQUIRED ................................................................... 21 4 BAND MEMBER SURVEY RESULTS ......................................................................................... 22 4.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 22 4.2 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................... 22 4.3 CHARITY WORK ............................................................................................................................ 24 4.4 OTHER CHARITABLE WORK ........................................................................................................ 24 4.5 COMMUNITY WORK ...................................................................................................................... 25 4.6 ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND TRAINING ............................................................................................. 25 4.7 TOURISM ........................................................................................................................................ 27 4.8 NETWORKING................................................................................................................................ 28 4.9 SOCIAL INTEGRATION .................................................................................................................. 29 4.10 PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................................................. 30 4.11 COMMUNITY COHESION .............................................................................................................. 31 RSM McClure Watters is a member of the RSM International network. 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Table of Contents The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland The Socio-economic Impact of the Traditional Protestant Parading Sector in Northern Ireland May 2013 4.12 ATTENDANCE AT EVENTS ........................................................................................................... 33 4.13 POLICE PRESENCE ...................................................................................................................... 34 5 BAND SECRETARIES SURVEY ................................................................................................. 35 5.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 35 5.2 EXPENDITURE ON REGALIA ........................................................................................................ 38 5.3 EXPENDITURE ON INSTRUMENTS .............................................................................................. 40 5.4 TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................................. 40 5.5 CATERING ...................................................................................................................................... 41 5.6 FACILITIES RENTAL ...................................................................................................................... 41 5.7 FUNDRAISING FOR CHARITY ...................................................................................................... 42 5.8 OTHER CHARITABLE WORK ........................................................................................................ 43 5.9 COMMUNITY WORK ...................................................................................................................... 44 5.10 ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND TRAINING ............................................................................................. 44 5.11 CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL ECONOMY ....................................................................................... 47 5.12 HOTELS .......................................................................................................................................... 47 5.13 NETWORKING................................................................................................................................ 49 5.14 SOCIAL INTEGRATION .................................................................................................................. 50 5.15 SENSE OF PURPOSE .................................................................................................................... 51 5.16 GOOD RELATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 51 5.17 ATTENDANCE AT EVENTS ........................................................................................................... 52 5.18 COMMUNITY COHESION AND INTEGRATION ............................................................................ 53 6 LOYAL ORDERS SURVEY .......................................................................................................... 55 6.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 55 6.2 BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................... 56 6.3 EXPENDITURE ON REGALIA ........................................................................................................ 57 6.4 TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................................. 58 6.5 CATERING ...................................................................................................................................... 58 6.6 TUITION .......................................................................................................................................... 59 6.7 CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION...................................................................................................... 60 6.8 FACILITIES/HALLS MANAGED AND RUN BY LODGES ............................................................... 61 6.9 PUBLICATIONS .............................................................................................................................