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Bluebells and apple trees for Holm Plantation
2024-09-20 • No comments • • Three Towns
Building on the tree planting work we have undertaken in Holm Plantation over the past two years, we plan to plant several hundred Bluebell bulbs in the woodland areas at the site and plant an additional 20 apple trees in the community orchard we recently planted there. This would be the latest part of our ongoing attempts to make this greenspace more diverse, interesting and attractive.
The funding we are applying for would be spent as follows:
- £250 for Bluebell bulbs.
- £706 for 20 apple trees, inlcuding delivery.
High Flats Afternoon Club
2024-09-11 • No comments • • Three Towns
We would like to apply for funding to take the residents of Saltcoats High Flats on trips and outings throughout the year. As an older community of people with a range of mobility needs, many of us live by ourselves. We can go days without talking to people. The High Flats Afternoon Club brings us together with the common theme of living in the same buidling.
We would like to be able to book some trips and days out but due to many different mobility needs, such as walking frames, sticks etc, we need accessible transport. Transport is very expensive and if we were to get £800, we could use a varierty of taxis, minibus or small bus hires to take us on some days out.
£500 for transport costs
£300 for entrance fees, food and drink etc.
Hayocks Over 50+ Club
2024-09-02 • No comments • • Three Towns
We hope to apply for support towards contributing to our Trips (£500) and a Christmas Dinner (£500).
Scuba Diving for all
2024-08-27 • No comments • • Three Towns
To teach Scuba Diving we need a pool to provide a safe and contained area for try dives and training future divers. Each year in The Three Towns we aim to support residents from all social economical demographics with the opportunity of learning to dive with North Ayrshire Divers. In 2022 KA Lesure introduced a fee to clubs of £50.00 per night for 1 hours pool hire every Thursday Evening. As a club we are forced to pass this cost on to the people who desperately want to experience this opportunity. As a consequence we had to reduce our sessions from October to April which we originally had, down to January to April. This halved the number of people we could reach within the Three Towns. Getting funding to support these costs would hugely support the physical and mental benefits to new members learning to Scuba Dive.
For each 1 hour session use of the pool at Aucherharvie Swimming Pool we are charged £50.00 - Our pool use runs from October to April we use the pool a total of 6 months this equates total of 26 weeks thus our expenditure is £1300.00 for pool hire.
Our Wellbeing Matters - Mayfield Parent Council and Mayfield House Captains
2024-09-20 • No comments • • Three Towns
Vision of Project - Create a Wellbeing Corner and Volunteer Programme of Activities at Lunch time and Afterschool.
We are House Captains of Mayfiled Primary School. We applied to be house captains to lead and support children and young people, to listen to children's views, to work with teachers to help with learning and to encourage volunteering in and outside our school. As school captains, monitors and buddy's we would like the funding to help us grow as leaders. - (House Captain Application and video link to see our ideas)
Project 1 - Volunteer Programme to support Lunch Time and Afterschool Activities (Theme - Health & Wellbeing, Building Community Spirit and Cost of Living).
Our school does not have any lunch time or afterschool clubs. We want to lead on lunch time and afterschool activities and with the help of our teachers and parent council who can help by volunteering their time and help us bring in funding for resources. We would like money from PB to purchase 2 new adjustable basketball stands so the big and wee ones can play. We asked our houses what we needed and went a walk around our school playground. We only have 1 basketball net and its older than Mr Faulds so the JANNIE SAID. We did our research and found these for 249.99 each and we need 2.
Project 2 - Our Wellbeing Corner (Theme - Health & Wellbeing, Community Spirit, Cost of Living and Green Projects)
Part of our walk around we noticed that there is not anywhere for young people to sit together outdoors. We would like to turn a corner of our playground into a wellbeing corner. We would like money for picnic benches and planters. We called a local men's shed. They said if we got the PB money they would make them for us and would only charge us for the wood - We thought this was an absolute BARGAIN!!! The space we looked at you can see the fields behind us and the cows - we thought this area would make the ideal spot. We as Mayfields House Captains want to introduce FUN, FRIENDLY FRIDAYS where pupils will give at least 1 comliment to someone during our lunch time activity. We would also like to use the space when we are volunteering as buddy's and mentors as this is an ideal space to put our planters and we can help the wee people grow vegetable and their confidence. This space would allow us as House Captains to develop our leadership skills using a space that is not used and hopefully recruit more wellbeing wizzards as part of our fun and friendly Friday's.
Basketball Stands 249.99 x 2 = 499.98
3 x Picnic Benches 2 x Planters = 580
Total = 1039.98 (We planning on fundraising for the rest if successful)
Chest, Heart and Stroke Group (Saltcoats Library)
2024-09-09 • No comments • • Three Towns
The group is vital to help each other and build community spirit. Helping each other through living with the day-to-day effects of living with said conditions. The group helps build confidence in each other and helps with each other's health and wellbeing. Creates a positive situation for everyone. While increasing skills and resilience. Group is open to everyone in the three towns locality.
The funding we're applying for would be spent as follows:
Mobility Assistance - travel costs for group participants to attend the fortnightly group and for day outings - as some group members have impaired mobility
Refreshment costs - teas, coffee, milk, sugar, biscuits
Room Hire costs - every fortnight over a year
S.A.S. explorer scout unit
2024-08-27 • 1 comment • • Three Towns
The explorer unit is based in the three towns and is made up of young people aged between 14 and 18 years of age. The unit leaders are unable to supply the adventurous activities that the young persons wish to take part in. These activities are available at the nation Scout Outdoor Activity centre at Lochgoilhead. They would be able to take part in activities like abseiling, climbing, mountain biking, burn run, sailing and kayaking . We plan to attend there in March 2025 which would allow us time to raise sufficient funds to attend. The total cost for this project is £2050. The cost includes accommodation, food, all activities and safety equipment. We plan to take a party of 12 persons to this event. Booking for the centre is £167 per head. Total of £2004. Transport by private cars is estimated at £46 to cover fuel costs.
Hayocks Tenants and Residents Group (HTAR) - Community Garden Project
2024-09-10 • No comments • • Three Towns
The HTAR are a group of volunteers who help promote the interests of residents in the area on matters concerning housing, the environment and the social and communication. We meet up monthly based within Hayocks Community Centre
We are planning revamping our existing garden area at the Hayocks Community Centre, which the HTAR hold the lease for into a safe and welcoming community space. This will include a seating area where hall users, or members of the community can sit and rest or socialise. The space will also include a growing area with raised beds built and installed, where members of the community can come and work together to grow and harvest their own fruit and vegetables. These vegetables can then be taken home by members of the community or be donated to the larder within the community centre or used within the existing cafe within the centre. Our existing outdoor area has ramped access therefore this would be accessible for all members of the community
This would build on community spirit and help towards peoples health and wellbeing such as social isolation and promote healthier eating. We are an area of high deprivation and this would allow members of the public a free space to meet up with friends with no additional costs.
Costs
Raised Planters - £510
Compost - £200
Garden Tools - £150
Plants and seedlings - £75
Water Butt - £65
Saltcoats Christmas Carnival
2024-09-04 • No comments • • Three Towns
The Saltcoats Christmas Carnival was started many years ago to provide Christmas lights in Saltcoats – this evolved over the years and has become a full carnival. This provides a much needed free day out for families in the local community, when everything else related to Christmas is so expensive this event gives some relief from that. The day includes, entertainment all through the town with a staged area with local and up and coming artists performing, including dance schools and primary schools, we will have 3 santas grottos including an ASN grotto (and disco) that will be fully accessible, activities in Saltcoats Town Hall, Santa abseiling from the clock tower and a large fairground. There will also be a mobile cinema street entertainers and a few other surprises!
Main costs:
Fairground £8k
Independent H&S £800
Donations to local groups for support/assisting on day £500
First Aid: £330
Santas Grotto set up, selection boxes and books = £1500
Entertainement - Starlite (staging, PA,) £500
Road Closures, licences, & venue (town hall) £1500
Mobile cinema £200
Abseiling Santa/street entertainment £500
Miscellaneous £1000
Marketing and advertising materials for the event donated by Clyde studios
The event is planned and organised by a small group of volunteers who have skills and experience in different areas. External professionals are brought in for things like Health and Safety, Insurance etc.
On the day we have many groups that help including; ATC, Sea Cadets, Guiding, Scouts, and NAC community officers.
A £1000 donation would help make this event magical and give families memories that will last a long time. In the age we are living in people are struggling more and an event like this not only gives experience and fun but takes some pressure off of parents and caregivers.
1st Ardrossan (St Peter’s) Rainbows
2024-09-11 • No comments • • Three Towns
We are a rainbows group that has 22 girls and 11 on our waiting list. We would love to take the girls to the cinema to see Moana 2. We would also like to buy them badges and supplies to continue delivering the Girlguiding programme
the cinema is £6 per child £132
badges required 22x4=88 88badgesx £2 each =£176
resources =£300