We run Garnock Valley Carves, which takes place on Saturday 9th September and is expected to attract around 3000 visitors. 28 carvings (produced by 14 international carvers) will be auctioned at the end of the day, some for community benefit.
The event costs around £12000 to run. We try to make all children's activities free, with reduced entry for families (under 5's are free). Free stalls are offered to all not for profit community groups.
We provide 2 Face Painters, 2 Story Tellers, Play outdoors, Axe Throwing, Hands on learning at the Amateur Radio station, Wood working skills, and others.
Funds requested: £1000 to cover face painting and storytelling.
We have provided a breakdown of last year’s costs, and we plan to bring in additional funding from other sources to cover the outstanding costs:
Hire of 2 Face Painters @ £250 each = £500
Hire of Story Tellers @ £250 each = £500
Hire of Play Outdoors @ £650 + Vat = £780
Hire of Marquee 1 @ £400 =£400
Council Event Fees = £494
Hire of Toilets 6 off =£576
Insurance for the event = £406.35
Total of above (Last years prices) = £3,656.35
These are only some of the costs involved in running this prestigious event for the area.
Location: Beith Orr Park
Proposed on behalf of: The Carving Day takes place on the second Saturday in September each year and this year it will take place on the 9th September in the Manse Field Beith. This has proved over the past 4 events to be a really first class whole family day out. It has proved to be one of the highlights of the west of Scotland and something that has not been previously held in this area. We get national and also international coverage of the event in the Forestry Journal and last year their report hailed our event as the NEW BENCHMARK Chainsaw event and one of the best organised in UK,with some of the carvers commenting it to be one of the best organised chainsaw events in the carving world (This is world wide). In order to keep the very high standard we have set and achieved, we do need all the help and encouragement we can get from all sources. As a benefit to local not for profit groups, we offer free stalls and exhibition space to all local groups who may wish to attend
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