A core objective is to encourage cross-community involvement in the language, and the membership of the Board of Trustees reflects both major religious traditions.

[clarification needed] The offices of ULTACH are also located in 'neutral' Belfast city centre to facilitate visits by members of all sections of the community.

Through its cross-community work, the Trust seeks to stimulate interest in Irish across the political and religious divide, and to provide opportunities to learn and use the language in areas and among communities which are not normally associated with it.

The Trust seeks to identify obstacles to Protestant and unionist engagement with the language and to raise awareness within the Catholic and nationalist community to the difficulties experienced by learners from other traditions.

The Trust commissioned and published, in conjunction with the Gaeltacht authority, Údarás na Gaeltachta, two volumes of Abair Leat!, a guide for teachers of adult learners of Irish.

Through lectures, conferences, articles, reports, submissions to statutory bodies and occasional publications, the Trust has sought to stimulate debate on a number of topics.