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.

Balance and Bliss CIC: Enhancing Community Wellbeing

We are applying for £1000 to raise awareness of how holistic therapies can improve mental health and wellbeing, particularly for vulnerable groups. Our goal is to break barriers to accessing support and foster a supportive community.

Funding Breakdown:

• Hall Hire - £250: To provide a welcoming space for our sessions.
• Drinks and Snacks - £150: To nurture conversation and connection during sessions.
• Resources/Crafts - £600: For materials needed in our activities and therapies.

Mini Taster Treatments: To introduce therapies like reflexology, Reiki, EFT, and sound baths.

Our holistic, trauma-informed approach includes therapies such as reflexology, Reiki, EFT, sound healing, and more. We aim to improve physical and mental wellbeing, address social isolation, and promote healthy lifestyles. By focusing on vulnerable groups, we build confidence, skills, and resilience, fostering positive personal and community change. We believe that a community that supports each other thrives.

This funding will help us provide 10 sessions/groups, ensuring each is well-supported with a welcoming space, refreshments to foster conversation, and necessary materials for activities and therapies. This will enable us to improve mental health and wellbeing, particularly for vulnerable groups, and bring the community together.

Trip to the newmilns ski slope - £520

Money towards crafts - £180

Prizes and Christmas gifts £300

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 are a theatre and arts group [Scottish Registered Charity] who would like £1000 to deliver a series of accessible Theatre & Arts Masterclasses over Spring 2025 for children and young people in the Three Towns to build confidence in performance and communication, and promoting positive health and wellbeing in young people through social interactions and feeling a sense of learning and achievement.

After consultations with our current youth theatre participants, we have identified the need and want for further arts opportunities in the area that offer a professional level of training in a particular area of performance or artform, especially during school holidays. Our Masterclass series would offer a series of 2-hour long professional masterclasses for children and young people in areas like Clowning, Circus Skills, Mask Making and Performance, Musical Theatre. The workshops will improve skills and spark interests for our young people in specific artistic areas, promoting a variety of creative pathways, whilst having fun with like-minded peers in a non-judgmental, supported environment that is accessible for those on the poverty line. All masterclasses are provided at a subsidised low cost for participants - £2 per workshop - and payment plans can be discussed with participants if appropriate. It is our aim that this project will provide young people the opportunity to develop and enhance their confidence and skills while exploring new areas of experience. Young people will build upon creative performance and artistic skills in a way that they will feel confident seeking further education and training in this area should they choose. They will go away feeling a strong sense of achievement and community having spent time with like-minded peers and being treated as professionals by our established and experience freelance facilitators and staff.

Cost breakdown - 

Hall Hires = £326; Freelance Facilitators = £544; Marketing = 75; Travel/volunteer expenses = 50

Please note this is not the full cost of the project [which is £2000 total]. Other costs such as insurances, admin, materials, core staff etc will be met out of Triple Act reserves and will match the grant award.

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