The children and parents would like to develop an area in front of the school for the whole community to work together to create a seated area, a butterfly/ bee garden and flower planters to encourage families and the wider community to use the space to socialise across the generations and appreciate nature.

Amount requested: £1,000

2 recycled picnic benches - £400 each = £800 Gardening equipment eg. spades, forks, buckets and gloves- £100 Seeds and bedding plants £100

The funding will allow us to buy much needed resources for the group. This would encourage more young people to attend and tackle social isolation in this rural village which has a massive effect on  mental health and contributes to stress, anxiety.

By purchasing new resources that will encourage members of the group to return as well as attract new members. 

We are looking to reduce the young peoples stress and anxiety in the locality as well as promoting diversity and social inclusion.  

Amount requested: £1,000

Board Games from Amazon                 = £165 STEM activities                                      = £225 Chess sets £25 each x 5                        = £125 Glue slime kits, class sets £70 each x 2 = £140 Sports equipment                                  =£ 97 Bluetooth portable speaker                   =£248

TOTAL                                                    =£1000  

Continue improving local life and well-being of the community by extending the range of our activities and by being able to cover the travelling costs of off island speakers to our monthly meetings. Extending our activities by promoting civic pride and active citizenship by adopting a flower bed in the town and participating in a beach clean with the Field Studies Centre. Reduce social isolation by funding an off island bus trip for members Continue developing skills and intergenerational activities by our Handiwives group continuing to support pupils of Cumbrae Primary School  

Amount Requested: £950

£200 to cover cost of preparing, planting and caring for an adopted flower bed / planter £300 to enhance to the running of our monthly meetings and activities. £450 to pay for off island bus trip  

Our project is an extra curricular Organic Gardening Club focusing on growing our own fruit and vegetables in a sustainable way within our primary school grounds. This helps our mental health and well being, has created strong links within the wider community leading to other creative opportunities, helps break down barriers to participation and we are learning so much about wildlife habitats and the importance of our pollinators. We would like to develop our project and group by purchasing materials to filled our raised beds which are lying empty in time for this years growing season.

Amount requested: £1,000

Soil/Compost. The full amount will go towards purchasing the raw materials we need to begin filling our raised beds and for us to begin sowing seeds to start off our growing season.