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Lawthorn Parent Council - Road Safety
2024-09-12 • No comments • • Irvine
The parent council, have worked closely with the pupils of Lawthorn Primary to discuss the issues surrounding road safety in the local area. Within the school there are representatives that are Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) who consult the other young people on issues relating to safe travel in the surrounding community area. The school has 284 pupils that travel from Girdle Toll area/ Montgomerie Park. The young people have told us that they feel unsafe when not traveling to school by car. We have a very small carpark, and surrounding areas has narrow roads where during pick up and drop off both sides of the road are filled with parked cars making it unsafe for young people to cross. Health and wellbeing is so important for our young people, being able to exercise whilst traveling to and from school safely increases physical health but also wellbeing, being outdoors, meeting friends and traveling together whilst also learning invaluable skills like road safety and independent travel. The JRSO would also like to do more initiatives from points in the community including walking buses and cycle to school programmes. Reducing car pick up and drop off also works towards the councils target of tackling climate change and young people leading the way in climate action. The JRSO have asked young people what they would like to see and they have asked for £1268.48 (inclusive of VAT)
This money would buy:
- A banner 8ft x 1ft no parking on zig zags
- ‘No parking’ sign for lamppost
- 4 parking dummies (2 drop off only, 2 no parking on zig zags)
- Traffic cones no parking x 6
- 2 pavement signs (parking here may endanger your child's life).
These items will:
- Discourage people from parking in the drop off bay and unsafe manoeuvring in the area.
- Remind parents and carers not to park or stop for picks ups keeping the area clear for safe travel in front of the school gates.
- Create safe crossing for children and young people.
The young people involved in the project said “We feel that this would be a great chance for us and the parent council to help us in our goal of encouraging more young people and families to travel safely, help the environment and improve our wellbeing. The parent council have listened to what we need, and we have really enjoyed being part of this application.”
By voting for this bid it ensures that UNCRCs Article 31 ‘A right to play’ gives young people the feeling of safety going to and from school in ways that they associate with play and connecting with others.
IRVINE YOUTH LEGACY CENTRE
2024-09-11 • No comments • • Irvine
We have previously been lucky enough to secure Youth PB in 23/24 which allowed us to provide free bite to eat during each group for 10 months as this is something that the young people attending the centre where often asking for. Being able to provide young people with a free bite to eat and drink has allowed us to help relive the cost of living crisis from young people and their families. Which is why we would like to be able to continue having this as part of our programme. As well as our free snacks at the youth groups, the centre also hosts “Food chat and chill” on a Sunday evening which is one of our most popular groups this provides young people with a free hot meal. Between the snacks at through the week and food chat and chill the centre has been able to provide over 150 young people with a free meal in the last 10 months. We would like to be able to continue our choice of tuckshop sweets for young people to choose one per night and a range of juice for young people to access. We would also like to stock a range of noodles for young people to have when they are visiting.
water/diluting juice - £200
tuckshop snacks and crisps - £300
noodles/bread/poptarts - £500
Greenwood Academy Football Team
2024-09-20 • No comments • • Irvine
Greenwood Academy Parent Council wishes to support the 11-18 girls football team. The team attends tournaments throughout the year including Scottish Cup, Spar 7's, Ayrshire Cup and looking to enter the Blackpool International next Easter 2025. We currently have approximately 35 kids at training on a weekly basis and rotate the squad to ensure everyone gets the opportunity to play/be involved in the group.
We have a large number of talented players in the school with 6 girls being selected for the 2nd round of the senior girls Ayrshire squad and have 8 on trial with under 15 South West team. The team provide senior pupils with the opportunity to coach younger groups within the school giving them the opportunity to learn about coaching and improving their responsibilities. This is positive as younger players look up to seniors as positive role models. Staff provide water and free transport to ensure we remove any barriers that young people may face. We have agreements with teams in the community to provide cheaper or free training fee's to ensure everyone gets the same opportunity.
Football strips plus goalie kit £650
Footballs: £22.50 each x7 £135
Waterproof Jackets for subs £18.95 x5 £95
Bibs: £7 each x12 £84
Cones: £9.95 for 10 x2 £19.90