The Ardrossan Youth Association is managed by young people, looking to provide support, tackle isolation and promote positive mental health. This has been acheived in the past by providing trips with Ocean youth trust, attending youth festivals and through multiple groups and activities. The association also run different groups like Art group, Youth groups, Duke of Edinburgh, Cooking activities, and hold weekly committee and planning meetings.

The association is looking to start cooking classes which will look at how to cook on a budget. They are looking for funding to purchase an oven as the one they have at present is broke.

They are also looking to purchase food and and drink for the family fun day next year. along with other activities happening inside and outside the centre, there will be a barbeque.

The association is looking to purchase stationary to help with committee meetings and planning.

Lastly, the association is looking to purchase a new Karaoke system. this is due to the high demand in the centre from all young people.

Costs

HOOVER HOC3858IN Electric Pyrolytic Oven - Stainless Steel & Black from Curries                                                                        £269.00

Cushions, Throw over, Rug for chill out room B & M                                                                                                                             £  70.00

LED Lighting from B & Q                                                                                                                                                                       £  50.00

Stationary form Amazon                                                                                                                                                                        £ 115.00

Mr Entertainer Digibox Pro. Portable Touch Screen Karaoke Machine and Media Player (4 x Wireless Microphones) from Amazon £477.00

Food and drink for family fun day                                                                                                                                                          £120.00

The association will pay the excess for food.

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

Group of secondary age pupils who are expeirenced who come together monthly to discuss the things in care that affect them.  The time is also used to build friendships and develop new skill s like team building, event planning and much more. We are looking to use the funds to enable us to become a more established group and to buy resources that we can use to make stuff that help us stand out such as tshirts, badges ect.   Our main aim is to buy resources such as arts equipment and distraction tools that we can create a calming box for other care experienced young people in our locality/school that we can give out which also can include information on our group to let them know we are here for them but we would also include print out's that may be helpful to them in their care journey. 

Our team would love to take part in several festivals across the summer break, allowing the children to experience tournament football and being awarded medals. These cost £90 per team, so with the number we have we can often register 2 teams for 7 aside games. For 3 tournaments this would cost £540.

The fee to hire the all weather floodlit pitches costs £85 per week now, so to keep the weekly costs the same for parents and not having to increase fees, the remaining £460 would go towards pitch hire and spare equipment such as bibs, cones, balls.

The after-school classes are offered to all of the pupils at St Peter's. These clubs are free and local to the children, which means parents avoid travelling to drop off/collect their children, and save money on extra-curricular activities. The clubs have many other benefits - as well as developing healthy minds and bodies, they equip the children with valuable skills that will help them throughout their time in school and onto later life. 

To make the clubs more fun and inclusive, sports kits are required for the children to wear in tournaments against other schools. A team kit will help to create a sense of identity and unity among the teams, promote a sense of equality, and help to boost morale and confidence, creating a sense of pride. 

Due to the cost of living crisis, it is not practical to ask parents to contribute to the cost of the kits.

Funding is also required for new sports equipment to be used at the after-school clubs, as well as during class time. 

The funding will be spent on the following: 

Training bibs - £70 Full kits (tops, shorts, socks, etc) for all teams - £700 Sports equipment (netballs, footballs, goals, tennis rackets and balls) - £230