As a group that has representation across most of our secondary schools we have consulted with other young people to ask them about their pupil councils and youth voice groups.  Through doing this it was clear there was no consistency or a minimum standard of what they do or the support they get to ensure that young peoples voices are heard across the school community.  We feel as a group there needs to be guidance to support school staff and the young people.  It shouldn’t come down to what school you go to determine how involved you are allowed to be in decisions that affect you. 

We would use this money to bring together groups of young people to support us in writing a Pupil Council Toolkit and Charter that schools would sign up for.  This would involve around 50 young people from across North Ayrshire.  This would make sure schools have a minimum standard for their pupil councils in schools.  With young peoples rights now part of Scots Law, it is more important than ever that Article 12 (young people having a voice and having platforms to use it) is put into action across our local authority.

By bringing these young people together we would write, design and create a Pupil Council Toolkit that would launch in partnership with schools, to support running effective pupil councils.  The Toolkit would have information, guidelines and templates for these groups to run effectively and allow young people a ‘seat at the table’ to influence decisions that affect them.

The event will take place at Ardeer community centre. 

Costs

Catering Costs – Snacks and refreshments for the day - £250

Money towards graphic artist – Working with a graphic artist who will sketch in real time, simple graphics of the groupsdiscussions as they happen. We can watch the visuals unfold and get to see the big picture develop as the conversation grows giving us actionable results from the event. £920

The remainder of the event costs would be covered from a small pot of funding we have secured for the Pupil Council Toolkit.

We would love to take the girls indoor skiing 17x£16=£272

we would also love to take them to see moana 2 17x£6=£102

we also need supplies and badges for the rest of the term =£626

We plan to run over 26 Personal Safety training sessions in schools and youth groups across the Three Town area. The training will cover a diverse range of personal safety topics that affect young people's mental health. We will show young people how to avoid and, if necessary, defend themselves against bullies and abusers; how young children can escape from an abduction; how teenagers can identify date rape drugs, spiking and bogus taxi drivers; and we will teach young people self defence skills against a variety of attack scenarios including headlocks, strangulation, knife attacks, back attacks and ground attacks (including defence against sexual assaults for teenage girls, if required).

The empowering effects of our training have been known to save lives - both in defending themselves against potentially lethal attacks and steering young people away from taking their own lives.

For children/youths who are suffering from trauma after being severely attacked by bullies, we will also offer 30 x individual trauma-informed, empowerment-focussed Personal Safety training which includes emotional support to help them recover from their ordeal. 

In total, we aim to train / help over 500 children and youths.

A breakdown of our costs are as follows;

20 x Personal Safety sessions in Auchenharvie Academy £400

30 x individual trauma-informed, empowerment-focussed Personal Safety sessions for children/youths traumatised by bullying/abuse. £600

2 x Personal Safety sessions in Ardrossan Academy            £40

4 x Personal Safety sessions for Three Town youth groups £160

Transport, lunch and refreshment costs £100

Total cost of this project is £1,300 however our charity will pay £300 towards these costs.

Trip to the newmilns ski slope - £520

Money towards crafts - £180

Prizes and Christmas gifts £300

Encourage participation from a greater number of young people within the Three Towns by having Open Events/Try Bowls Events - £300

Provide expenses to the young people of the Club who compete in Championship Events - £400

Continue with our Breakfast Project, providing food/drinks at Saturday morning training sessions - £300

These cooking classes are important. statistics on poor eating habits in children or families, are only getting higher as well as obesity rates, the lack of nutritional education also means we can step in and offer guidance and first hand help for these families and kids

We will have a chef attend these sessions in our communiy cafe, we will provide all the utensils and take away food tubs and all ingrediants for these classes. 

• Project Goals:
  • Teach families how to cook quick and healthy meals.
  • Promote healthy eating habits and awareness of nutrition.
  • Encourage family bonding through shared cooking activities.
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• Project Activities: 
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  • Demonstrations of easy, nutritious meals.
  • Hands-on cooking experience for parents and children.
  • Education on nutrition, meal planning, and food budgeting.
• Fun friendly environment.