Home Sewn will link New Scots women with community sewing groups across North Ayrshire, using recycled materials to make a quilt, each square one woman, each locality contributing one block of squares, creating a giant quilt representing the women of North Ayrshire, which will be displayed in community venues. Quilting brings women together to share time, feelings and experiences, improving well-being through connection, creativity and shared learning of new skills. It will help communities integrate and feel positive about themselves, and continue beyond the initial project as women will have access to the sewing machine and skills to use it.

Amount Requested: £400

Refurbished sewing machine - £180 Bamboo Environmentally Friendly Quilt Backing - £40 Rotary Cutter/Cutting Mat/Acrylic Ruler/Fabric chalk/Sewing pins set x 3 - £90 Glue baste - £30 Backing material - £30 Cotton threads - £25 Quilting pins - £3 Postcards for word pieces - £2

Working in partnership with Largs Community Council, we have developed a litter project. The youth forums involvement is to promote the project with signage within and around the school, tie pin badges for all pupils and litter picks involving the school.   The Youth Forum will also be contacting local businesses to help with the promotion and offer pupils wearing the tie pins, a discount on items purchased from there shop. 

Amount Requested: £1,000

Pin badges for pupils- 76p per badge x 1000 =£760 signage £240

We would hold social events within the local community to bring the community together. Promote social inclusion by holding events that are multi-cultural and multi-generational and ensure people from all family financial incomes have the opportunity to attend.    Plans for Summer ParkLives and Party In The Park are already in process as well as bingo, quizzes and pop up family cinema nights.

Funds requested: £1000

Food and drinks  £500 Gas for BBQ's   £100 Equipment for sports and crafts activities   £250 Prizes and gifts   £150

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

We would use the funding to take all the Pegasus group members on a trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park. This would be a real boost to the mental health and wellbeing of all the group members and provide an opportunity that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford. Going away on trips allows the group to bond closer together and link up with each other.

Funds requested: £1000

Bus cost - £550  Blair Drummond Tickets - £450  Total - £1000

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)