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Skelmorlie Community Garden..A Garden for Our Village
2024-09-06 • No comments • • North Coast
As a small group..we are creating a garden/space for all to enjoy.
A way of giving back to our community
A year ago we took ownership of a desolate,drab and weed-filled area..a year later we have transformed it into an oasis of calm..so important for mental health. We have a spot full of insect life..all our plants are bee/butterfly/pollinator friendly so important as this will be our village legacy for the next generation of up and coming gardeners.
The environmental benefits are exponential.
The village now has a focal point,a meeting place,somewhere to chill.
Our young people have a safe place to access.
Thanks to last years PB award we have a Wee Library..and a large planter filled with pollinator-friendly plants..both built by Clyde Coast and Cumbrae Men's Shed
Our next wee project is the area at the entrance to the CC..we've already sited a planter full of polinator-friendly plants.
Seating in this area affords views to the hills and also all the play areas too..ideal for parents to watch their kids whilst also allowing them freedom to play.
We would like to purchase two sturdy benches..for the enjoyment of the village of Skelmorlie.
The benches in mind cost £75 pounds each.
They are made locally by a woodcrafter in Dalry.
Total cost would be £150
Largs Karate Club, Club T-shirts
2024-09-11 • 1 comment • • North Coast
We are a local, volunteer run club that provides instruction in the Martial Art of Shotokan Karate to adults, youth and children. Karate teaches self respect, discipline, respect for others and the importance of healthy exercise. We have run various courses bringing world class instructors to the local area as well as taking part in local, national and international events and competitions. Any money taken in fees helps fund our courses and subsidise our students competition entry fees and or travelling costs.
As a local sports club we are keen to promote positive mental wellbeing as well as physical health, we encourage our members to participate at their own level of fitness whilst providing a variety of exercises to work towards improving their overall fitness and skill level. We have a code of conduct which ensures our members are supported and have polices in place to ensure our club is an inclusive space where participants feel welcome and respected.
The provision of t-shirts with the club logo will help to raise the profile of the local area and also instil a sense of pride and connection to the area in our students. This will help our members to develop community spirit through a sense of belonging. We hope this will also encourage new members to join enhancing our community.
The ability to provide these t-shirts at no or little cost to the students also prevents anyone feeling marginalised in this current difficult financial climate. This will ensure equality and finacial inclusion during the cost of living crisis. This will make joining the Karate club more accessable for those who may not have the finacial resources to access similar activites that require equipment or clothing to participate.
As a club we are passionate about the enviromental impact. We encourage our members to walk or wheel to the club training sessions where possible as a way to promote positive change to reduce our carbon footprint and encourage enviromental awarness, to this end we are looking at ecologically sound t-shirts utilising organic and recycled materials where possible..
We would seek to purchase around 60 t-shirts as this would allow us to distribute them to our current members as well as encouraging new members to join.
Purchase of 30 Adult T shirts with logo, including set up cost for logo £400
Purchase of 30 Kids T shirts with logo: £300.00
Giving people choice in our food larder and increasing their dignity
2024-09-11 • No comments • • North Coast
We would like to offer a pay forward scheme for all 89 of our members and their children for the local church of the Nazarene located in Largs. The church takes a token £2 for a meal and children go free. We would like to offer a free ticket to all our members some of whom come to us at desperate times . We feel if they can go and try it for free they might return the next week. It is non relligious and welcoming and older people might enjoy the company as well as the food. Largs has a large elderly population most of whom are too proud to come to our larder and if we could get the older people who do come to the larder to tell their friends we might not only provide them with food but company as well. Its all about dignity in food provision.
WKAFC SFA Accreditation
2024-09-11 • No comments • • North Coast
We at WKAFC are looking for £1000 for professional fees to assist us in applying for SFA Accreditation. This will in turn allow us to apply for funding from them to facilitate the improvement of facilities and provide a multi use pitch
Improving our children and staff's wellbeing outdoors
2024-09-12 • No comments • • North Coast
We spend a significant amount of the nursery day in our outdoor garden and forest area. We are focussed on giving our children the best experience at our nursery and so the skill sets the children develop outside and the opportunities for different ways to play here are a large part of their learning at WKEYC. Being able to use our outdoor space so well, builds the children's confidence and resilience to playing outside in all weathers. In order to provide this we always consider both the children and staff's well being and how best to cater for their comfort.
Therefore we are asking for some smaller items that will make a big difference to their time in the garden. We are hoping for mobile hand wash stations for warm handwashing outside which is key to children's health and wellbeing; tarpaulins for shelter and ground cover with a tougher tarpolin required as this needs to be robust enough in the stormier weather; facilities for hot drinks for staff and children to allow them to cintinue for longer outside and feel happier doing so; hand and feet warmers for staff (children are catered for already) and portable seating for staff to take five minutes whilst out in the garden - the children have these facilities in their log chairs.
Although small these items will have a direct impact on everyone's mental and physical health. Staff will feel valued and appreciated in their workplace as we try our best to keep them warm and dry and everyone will benefit from being outdoors, learning in a different environment. This is proven to aid in their overall health and promote other ways to learn. In some cases, this will also provide an element of play they may not receive at home promoting equal opportunites for our children.
Below are the items we would love to be able to provide for our children and staff.
Insulated Mobile Hand wash station x 3 (£204) = £612
Tarpaulin (3m x 4m) for groundsheet = £11.99
Tarpaulin (waterproof and storm proof) for shelter = £75.36
Travel Chairs x 4 (£10) = £40
Hot drink dispenser x 3 (£24.99) = £74.97
Travel mugs for staff x 8 (£9.88) = £79.04
Warm insoles for wellies ( £5.98 for 2 pairs) = £23.92
Hand warmers (40 pk) = £26.49
Total £943.77
There is a document attached with the links to the products we are looking at. As these are live links prices may have varied (especially on Amazon) from when we have looked at these - we will endeavour to purchase as close to these prices as possible.
Craufurd Simson Park
2024-09-18 • No comments • • North Coast
The Craufurd Simson Park charity will be developing a piece of land acquired from the council for an outdoor play park for use by the residents in West Kilbride.
In order to develop the park, the children will be invited to contribute to their vision of the park at an event. The event will provide an afternoon of fun, to build community awareness about the project and to make sure that the children are able to play a role in developing the park and feel included in the development.
The event will be hosted in the space the park will be built on (subject to the relevant approvals and insurance).
The event is aimed to be fun for the children, build community spirit, and gather the input we need for the next big step. We hope that this will build excitement give the children something to look forward to.
We will provide entertainment for the children and an area for the children to build their vision for the park and choose the equipment they would want.
The park will ultimately deliver the proven health and wellbeing benefits of an open space with play equipment for children to engage in physical activity, build social skills and feel part of a community.
Funding for the park will be sought through other funding avenues once the land is transferred through a Community Asset Transfer.
This initiative is championed by the Community Roots and orgnaisation well established in the West Kilbride community. Community Roots is set up to help people live their best healthiest lives with food security and outlets that improve mental and physical well-being. Community Roots runs the Village Larder, SHED & a community garden.
Increase participation in the sports of table within West Kilbride
2024-09-20 • 4 comments • • North Coast
Our club is growing in numbers each year and this due to our hard working committee and working with our partners in the town. Alongside playing , our club brings people together from all backgrouns and creates an opportuniy for social interaction and physical activitty which can and does improve mental health and wellbeing for all.
We aim to keep costs low and make it affordable to everyone who attends all our session. We offer free sessions and equipment supplied and we have qualified coaches for beginners , advanced and we have coaches educated in delvering to physicall impaired and our new classes of Parkinsons class starting up.
Due to the demand for table tennis again this year we now require to purchase new equipment and increase our sessions and obtain additional space i the community centre to meet the demand coming to the club.Table Tennis is at all time high with participations numbers especially the BAT AND CHAT SESSIONS which we were theleaders in starting this and being an example how social table tennis is bringing communities together.
We will also be offering drop in sessions for the community. We will ensure costs will be at a minimum to ensure that it is accessable for all.
We are seeking funding to purchase 2 tables for an additional room @ £200 each and also hall hire contribution of £300 and coaching fees of £300 total £1000
Largs Table Tennis Club tournament & equipment boost
2024-09-08 • No comments • • North Coast
We would like to run a banded table tennis tournament at Inverclyde Sports Centre this season. A banded tournament would bring to Largs approximately 60–70 players from across Ayrshire and Glasgow for an afternoon's competitive table tennis. Hall hire for 5 hours would be £440. This would be a once-a-year annual event, and as such the cost of the hall hire does not constitute rent for the normal week-to-week running of our club.
We also need some equipment for our club for the new season. First off, we would like to purchase a training robot to help elevate the skill levels of our existing members. A training robot is also a big draw for younger players. Secondly, we would also like to purchase some new bats, as the ones we currently have are poor and not suited to developing players.
Breakdown of costs:
Hall hire for banded tournament: £440
Entry-level training robot: £200
Starter bats x 8: £80
Intermediate bats and rubbers x 5: £200
Balls (2x120): £75
Total: £995
We currently have £550 in our club account and are able to put £300 towards costs, so we are applying for a total of £695.
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Largs Table Tennis Club attracts people from across the North Coast, including Fairlie, West Kilbride, Skelmorlie and Inverkip. Almost two years ago we took advantage of the fact that our town enjoys a state-of-the-art sports facility and a wide array of table tennis equipment by opening our own club in the town. Largs is fast becoming a hotspot of Scottish table tennis; in March, the centre hosted the Scottish Nationals, and in July, Inverclyde hosted the Scottish Parkinson’s International for the second year running. One of our coaches, Paul Carson, attended a supplementary course at the Scottish Parkinson’s International designed to better prepare coaches for people with Parkinson’s attending the club. We have members with Parkinson’s and members with MS. Table tennis is renowned in sports circles for its benefits to people with degenerative and neurological conditions. We aim to embrace all people at our weekly sessions; it is an open group, and you can regularly find a ten-year-old playing with a sixty-year-old, and young and old mixing with people with various disabilities. We are very proud of this fact.
Our club is open to all ages and to encourage everyone we only charge £5 for the two hours session and we have made it FREE for under 18s.
Feasibility study to construct an all weather multi use pitch
2024-09-10 • No comments • • North Coast
We require funding to pay the Architect for a feasibility study before embarking down the road of full design and setting up a committee. A local Architect McMillan & Cronin have had previous involvement in the area (ie the tennis court and future grass pitch) and would be will to use the information already gathered to provide this feasibility study. The study would look at Sports Scotland approvals, routes of all existing underground services, available power for lighting, budget costs and statutory requirements. The cost would be a one off fee of £1000 paid on completion of the feasibility report
west Kilbride is the only village in North Ayrshire without an all weather pitch.
Improvement of access to West Kilbride Glen from B7047
2024-09-10 • No comments • • North Coast
We require to widen this particular entry point to the Glen to permit vehicular access for work vehicles to undertake the renovation and renewal of the decrepit and dangerous blaes football pitch. This will involve the removal of bollards and a gate blocking access. We plan to ensure safe passage way for work persons and the community by trimming overhanging trees. This will also ensure the health of the trees and avoid collision. We require to relocate bins en route to maximise public access and ensure the condition of the Glen is maintained.
The cost of materials, equipment and labour will be £1000