The St Bridget's School Show Group provides the opportunity for pupils to participate in a weekly after schools club, to develop their skills in Music, Drama and Dance. The Group will rehearse a show and perform this on the stage for the rest of the school and local community. 

Funds requested: £1000

Show licenses - £400 Props and staging - £600

We have outgrown our small basic greenhouse. We have been able to raise most of the funds to purchase a new substantial larger one. This will benefit our volunteers and schools and will enable us to grow so much more from seed and give us an extra space for teaching, producing  more fruit and vegetables to give back to our community. We have found  the health and wellbeing of our volunteers and visitors have greatly improved by participating at the community garden.

Funds requested: £1000

Purchase a Rhino 8ft x 12ft greenhouse with staging, shelves etc  £4018.00 Instalation and ground work £900

We intend to hold a concert in Geilsand hall in April 2023 and would like to invite a choir such as Beith/Gateside School or perhaps Garnock Campus Choir and piper. The money would be used to provide support for these choirs and performers to attend this concert. Encouraging young people in public performances is important as it increases their confidence and health and wellbeing.

Funds requested: £400

Donation to Choir/Conductor to cover their costs: £200 Donation to Piper: £50 Donation to Compere: £50 Refreshments for choir and performers: £100 Total cost for that element of concert: £400 The remainder of overall costs: Stewards, First Aider, Hall Hire and Band fee will be paid out of Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Club funds.

We’re continuing to develop our community garden which after a year of development now has raised beds for food-growing for the Village Larder. Our social gardeners successfully grew food from a pop-up for the larder last year whilst developing the community garden. Growing food together is educational, brings people together socially to exercise outdoors. Growing for the larder encourages community engagement and purpose, it provides a source of healthy produce for people on lower incomes. Developing other areas of the garden to provide a restful, communal green space will encourage more volunteer-engagement,and is good for mental and physical health. 

Amount requested: £1,000

Hedgerow plants & shrubs £200  Tools& Equipment £200 Publicity £200 Hammocks & benches £300 Bulbs & wildflowers £50 Security £50  

To sustain & develop our pilot recovery hub for people affected from substance use by providing educational materials to create a lived experience conversation cafe, support groups, health and wellness resources, training & employability skills, access to advice & information and community connections.  We hope to serve as an accessible, central hub to the local community connecting individuals in recovery & those affected by addiction serving with resources and support networks, with a no wrong door approach.

Funds requested: £1000

Contribution to Irvine Youth Forum charity to assist with costs to allow them to continue to provide the space for us - £500 Provision of Snack & hot drink - £300 Resources such as writing materials/educational resources throughout the year £200  

We have created a new Table Tennis Club for Largs and the local north coast and Cumbrae area, that will benefit the whole community, irrespective of age, ability and health. We run an open-to-all group session with activities for all abilities and ages. We have had attendance from ages 6 months to 93yrs! We offer FREE sessions for those under 18yrs. Our project is to hire or train our members to coach and train players. Our project will pay for attendance at accredited courses to develop players of all ages, through fun table tennis based activities.

Amount requested: £705

Attendance at Tennis Scotland's Coaching Level 1 course in Edinburgh, for 3 people including travel expenses. Course fee £135, course is on two days but separated by several weeks so there will be double travel expenses, estimated at £50 per visit, per person. £135+£100= £235 per person x 3 people = £705. Shared travel will reduce the costs, any reduced cost saving will be utilised for other training activities.