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Eligible applications: Irvine

Total budget £35,347

School Visits to Wellwood Burns Centre & Museum

Primary Schools’ Education Programme: Irvine Burns Club

No comments John Murdoch Irvine

1. Annually, during January and February Irvine Burns Club invites local primary school Primary 6 pupils (450 in 2024) to Wellwood Burns Centre & Museum to learn about the life of Burns and the pivotal role Irvine played encouraging him to develop as a poet. 2. By entering a “Champion of Champion” event, Primary Schools demonstrate their pupils’ reading and speaking skills, boosting their self-confidence and fostering an appreciation of the Scots language.

£1,000
Megan's Space

Parent Wellbeing and Health Event

No comments Rob Copeland Irvine

We are a North Ayrshire based mental health charity that supports children and young people to rediscover hope and happiness through theraputic interventions. We intend to run a session for parents of young people that we support to promote physical and mental wellbeing. The Parent Wellbeing and Health Event will be open to adults and parents of young children.

£1,000
Eglinton Park Path Stewards PPE

Eglinton Park Path Stewards

No comments Eglinton Park Path Stewards Irvine

Formed in 2022 and constituted earlier this year, we are a group of volunteers who survey the core path network in Eglinton Country Park and identify problem areas affecting accessibility. We primarily improve paths where there is flooding and cut back branches and bushes along borders to help make paths accessible for all park users.

£995

Irvine Rangers Supporters Club

No comments IrvineRangersCommunitySocialClub Irvine

The supporters club was founded in 2016 shortly after we formed the Community Social Club within the club to put something back into the community, such as Christmas dinners for pensioners and Christmas parties for children. As in these times of austerity it's hard for most people. The club itself used to pay for it but as stated it's feeling the effects of austerity.

£800
Boxing Club Young People

Irvine Vineburgh Boxing Club

No comments Irvine Vineburgh Boxing Club Irvine

We are looking for funding to put towards the club, it helps bring young people off the streets and learn how to look after their wellbeing. The club is open to everyone aged 5-95.

£1,000

Friends of Redburn Community Group

No comments Friends of Reburn Community Group Irvine

Provision of community lunches and essential training for volunteers providing them with valuable skills while fostering community engagement and collaboration through shared meals and teamwork.

£1,000

Breakfast feeds Minds (Springside Parent Council)

No comments SpringsideParentCouncil Irvine

Springside Parent Council are aware of the importance of a full belly in the morning to aid the learning and concentration of our children. It would be our intention to provide breakfast baskets to the school weekly from which children can help themselves from.

£1,000
Some members of Irvine Camera Club

Photography for Everyone

1 comment IrvineCameraClub Irvine

Irvine Camera Club will host public photography walks in North Ayrshire, providing photographic help and advice (artistic and practical) to anyone who attends. We will follow this up with a Photography Competition open to enter to anyone residing in North Ayrshire. We will judge the competition and award prizes to the winners. As a result of this work, we propose to curate an exhibition of the best images at the Harbour Arts Centre (HAC)

£1,000

Templeton Chair

No comments billy dickson Irvine

The project seeks to provide visitors with a more informative and easier accessed display of the chair in which Robert Burns sat while in an Irvine bookshop. This will illustrate the central role of William Templeton, the bookseller, in the development of Robert Burns from apprentice flax dresser to world famous published poet.

£1,000
Winning the League 2024

Irvine Sharks 2024-25

No comments irvine sharks Irvine

As planned the Irvine Sharks have established in their first year a senior men’s basketball team made up of members all approaching 40 or over. Many who had been inactive over the past years. This has led to a dramatic boost in members physical and mental health. The men’s team completed the season winning the Strathclyde Basketball League Division 3 18-0 and have received promotion to Division 2.

£1,000