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Eligible applications: Three Towns

Total budget £29,288

The Saltcoats Men's Group

2024-09-12  •  No comments  •  john1976  •  Three Towns

The group is about being supportive and encouraging to each other.  Building camaraderie and helping participants to reconnect with others and themselves.

  • Reducing loneliness and isolation
  • Reducing low mood and depression
  • Increasing a sense of purpose, community and belonging
  • Increasing a sense of routine, structure and self-worth  
  • Promoting health and wellbeing - time together and a safe and trusting space to open up to peers 
  • Providing peer support for mental health - checking in with each other - "anyone struggling today?"

The funding we're applying for would be spent as follows:

  • Cost of weekly room hire for a year (£350)
  • Cost of weekly refreshments/food provision per group – teas, coffees, juice and fruit
  • Cost of additional monthly or quarterly healthy activities and travel out with the community centre (e.g archery, bowling)
  • Cost of promoting the group and recruiting more group participants - to reach more men in the community who have poor mental health
£750
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Clear Sound Microphone Bid

2024-09-19  •  1 comment  •  Livingstone Players  •  Three Towns

The Pantomime with Livingstone Players has really grown this year and we have doubled the number of young people involved since we reopened after Covid shutdown. The microphones will ensure that actors and singers are heard by everyone in the audience. We have the technology to control the feedback and audio interference but ideally the more microphones we have the less are shared and it avoids errors that can happen when one is shared with a few people as may have different functions for each user which puts stress on sound team so ideally we need more so that we can be as professional as possible. 

We have added another performance to offering so 6 shows this year rather than 5 so equipment used more and we want to be the first choice of Pantomime for local people.

Microphones are called Sennheiser XSW 2-ME2 GB Band lapel set at £333 including VAT. We want to have 3

£999
Enjoying companionship, a chat with a cuppa and cake.

Dementia Befriending and Wellbeing Cafes - Ayrshire independent Living Network

2024-09-18  •  4 comments  •  Ayrshire Independent Living Network  •  Three Towns

The Dementia project provides one to one befriending for people living with dementia, offering companionship at home or support to acces their community. It also gives vital respite to unpaid carers.  Additionally, the dementia wellbeing cafes offer a welcoming space for those with dementia and their loved ones to enjoy soical activities, entertainment and connection over a game of pool, a cuppa and a chat. 

We appreciate the volunteers giving up their time to provide support, however we would like them better equipped for their role.  The money would be used to provide volunteers with first aid kits in their cars, for when they are taking people out.  It would also pay for lanyards and name badges for the volunteers to wear when they are volunteering. 

£250 - First aid kits

£500 name bages and lanyards  

£750