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Towerlands Youth Group
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
We are a new youth group and are starting from scratch and would like to build up some arts & craft resources and sports equipment such as a table tennis table. We would also like a speaker and projector and screen to allow us to have discos, movie nights or quizzes. These activities will allow us to have fun with our friends in a safe space away from school and home.
Funds requested: £1000
Projector and screen – £200 Speaker - £30 Table tennis table - £160 Sports equipment - £250 Arts and crafts - £250 Chess – £10 14 in 1 multi games table- £100
Total - £1000
Irvine Youth Forum
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
We would like some funding to run discos for special occasions throughout the year and also enough to run a tuckshop at the discos to help raise funds for the group. These discos will be ticketed to keep track of numbers but will be free for any young people to attend. The discos have previously been very well attended and provide a great opportunity for young people from across Irvine to come together and meet up.
Funds requested: £1000
West Coast Castles Hire - £200 per disco x 4 community events = £800 Tuckshop materials (sweets, juice crisps etc) - £200
Total - £1000
Springside Youth Group
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
We would like cooking lessons and to buy hobs and ingredients allowing us to plan and cook a healthy menu promoting a healthy lifestyle with a focus on the rising cost of living. We would like a themed party night where the young people can develop important social and life skills such as planning and budgeting. The group is somewhere young people from the Springside area can come together each week and take part in fun activities, spending time with friends. We would also like to experience a new activity such as ski-ing at Newmilns Dry Ski Slope as well.
Funds requested: £1000
Kitchen equipment and cooking resources £600 Fun / Themed nights £200 Ski Trip £200
Friends of Redburn
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
The group are requesting funding to host a series of family bingo evenings, movie nights and a celebration day for the King’s Coronation. We would also like to provide at least one eight week family homework and cooking on a budget programme where families can come straight from school, get support with completing their children’s homework and then cook dinner together with a shared meal at the end of the programme which they have cooked together. These activities will promote a healthy and active life style as well as offering fun activities for all ages and improve community well being.
Funds requested: £1000
£500 Food for Cooking On A Budget Programme, 10 sessions, 10 families x £5 per family £400 For family events throughout the year including hire of mobile cinema, food, cost of lets, children's entertainment

Friends of Trindlemoss
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
We are in the process of completing our community café we would like to be able to offer good low cost food for people in the local area while providing opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Our aim is to create a warm welcoming café for all , provide opportunities for learning new skills for future independence and potential employment . We would hope that these skills include catering, growing of produce , front of house skills , computer advertising skills and social skills , spending time with the local community offering friendships and shared learning for all. We hope to operate a weekly drop in community café that there is a soup and sandwich delivered at a very minimal charge .
Funds requested: £1000
Signage and Branding £260 , Plants ,seeds , compost , (sustainability) £300 Food basics to start up community cafe drop in session of subsidised soup and sandwich .£560
Marymass Festival Committee
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
At the last festival we provided a family zone on the moor to provide free activities to young people and families. This was a great success last year and we would love to be able to run it again this year. We would like to be able to provide free pancakes and toppings for people coming through as well as glitter tattoos for young people. In addition, we would like to hire extra activities such as inflatables and simulators to offer for free.
Funds requested: £1000
£150 - pancakes and toppings £100 - glitter tatoo resources £750 - equipment hire (surf simulator, bouncy castle etc)
Total - £1000

Haus of Seisay
2023-02-24 • No comments • • Official position 1 • Irvine
This money how go towards our mental health and well being mentors, these mentors work with the young people to promote positive roles model for our care experienced young people. This type of training will empower our learner to feel that they can achieve and have opportunities just like there peers. Some mentors have lived in experience. These are postive role models for our learners.
Amount Requested: £1000
mental health and well being service £1000
Vineburgh "Wellness Warriors Family Group"
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
"EXPLORING THE ISLANDS IN NORTH AYRSHIRE" Our project involves two outings one to Arran and one to Millport. Some of the family's that we work with have never been out of our local community. We want to explore nature and wildlife on our doorstep so that before and after the outings we will work every Monday night on our findings and make vision boards on both islands that we can then share with the local community.
Funds requested: £999
TRIP 1 - ARRAN Boat £262.50 Train £94.50 Food £120.00
Trip 2 Millport Boat £112.50 Train £139.50 Food £120.00 Bikes £150.00
Coastwatch Scotland
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
Our project is to teach basic life support (CPR) skills to people from across Irvine at events where we engage with the public and from our base at the beach park. We already do this in a limited capacity using CPR training dolls, but we would like to buy 20 sets so that we can teach bigger groups and take it into school.
Funds requested: £1000
BHF Push Call Rescue kit - £534.60 x 2 Total - £1000 (plus £69.70 contribution)
Vennel Gardens Entertainment Committee
2023-02-13 • No comments • • Connected Communities • Irvine
As a new starting committee we would like to apply for a budget for a trip, live entertainment at Vennel Gardens and purchase public liability insurance.
Funds requested: £1000
Public Liability £140 Trip (Bus hire) £450 Entertainment (live performers) £410