We are looking for help with funding to purchase new beginners equipment and targets to allow us to continue to provide beginners courses for anyone over the age of 9 years old. Our beginner's course is a 6 week program to introduce people to the sport of archery. Archery is one of the most inclusive and accessible sports for people of all ages and abilities. 

Any funding we are allocated would be used for new beginners equipment and targets to replace worn and outdated equipment. 

A full beginners set up costs around £300 and a single target can cost up to £360. We as a club have just invested in 6 full kits. We are looking to purchase 3 new targets to replace worn out ones that are over ten years old. With any extra funding going to purchase extra limbs for the new beginners bows to allow us to tailor them more to each individual archer.  Any funding would be a great help in affording us the ability to bring our sport to a greater number of the local community.  

Archery has many proven benefits for health and wellbeing, some of which are: 

Physical exercise: Archery can burn calories and tone muscles in your arms, back, chest, hands, and rotator cuffs.

Mental health: Archery  is proven to provide a meditative state of mind which can help you relax, decrease stress, and improve your mood. It can also help you focus on the present moment and ignore distractions.

Social benefits: Archery can be a social sport where you can make friends with like-minded people.

Self-confidence: Seeing yourself progress can help build your confidence. Coordination and balance: Archery requires focus and concentration. 

Three of our current junior members have progressed from novice archers to competing at a club and local level and progressed even further to compete at a national level representing Scotland as under 21s. Two of those have also represented Scotland at senior level being selected for the national team at the Home Nations Championships.

We have provided 'come and try' sessions, at local schools, and our own archery range. Mainly in association with KA Leisure (North Ayrshire Council), but sometimes at the request of other organisations such as local Scout groups. We also provide archery sessions for Clan Hunter gatherings, at the Hunterston Estate.

We are looking for funding to hold a Halloween party for our local kids with a dj and food possibly party bags to as we know it's a expensive time of year, we are holding an event for costumes to help out the families ,if we got the funding it would be another way we can support our families with kids and give the local kids something to look forward to in the current cost of living crisis.

50th Anniversary Concert 

(Family members and community partners will be invited to a show celebrating Whitehirst Park Primary across the decades. Pupils are very excited and already planning songs, dances and sketches. Support with costumes will ensure all pupils will be able to take part equally)

Costumes - £200

Audio/Visual Equipment/ Lights - £300

50th Anniversay Community Afternoon Tea  

(The pupil council will plan and host a community afternoon tea for local residents and community partners. Funding for the catering will ensure equity of experience for all. Funding for gifts will ensure all pupils will have a lasting momento of all the events around the celebration they have planned and been involved in.)

Catering- £200

Decorations - £100

Commenorative Gifts - £200

Kilwinning Rangers 2014 are applying for funding of £1000 to help the team reach their target of buying new balls, cones and bibs, training pack for each player and to play in a youth festival in a different area.  

A successful application would support the team to reach these goals and help the coaches improve the experience and level of training that is taking place currently. The funding would also support the families by lightening the financial burden and allowing all players to have their own training packs so everyone is wearing the same and feel part of the team. 

The £1000 funding would be used to help the team secure the following:

• New balls/training equipment so there are enough balls for each player when doing drills in training and different equipment to aid in different training exercises and warm up drills - £10 per ball x 35 = £350 - Cones and bibs - £40  total £390
• Trip to football festival - We would love to give our players the opportunity to experience playing in different football festivals all over the country but due to funding this can be difficult as we have 30 players which make up 3 team playing 7 a side currently.  Estimated cost: 3 teams entered into festival £100 per team per festival = £300 total for one festival.  
• Training packs ( shorts, top, socks, ½ zip, rain jacket) for each player so everyone has the same kit to wear on Mondays and Thursday for training and means that the football kits would only be worn on match days. All players would also be ready for all weather playing. Estimated cost £61 per player x 35 = £2,135

We would be looking for the additional funds to meet our goals to be provided by the parents/guardians, hence how important this fund could be to the team and families during this cost of living crisis to ensure that all players have the same kit and nobody is left behind. 

The girls began playing together in January 2024, with many of these girls having not played in team football matches before they have excelled with their skills and continue to work hard both at training and at their games.  We wish to build on the football equipment we have to ensure that we can continue to build on the skills the girls have achieved thus far.  We also wish to acknowledge the girls hard work and determination over the past year by holding a Players Award Night and After Party, this is to show the girls how proud we are of them and enstil our belief in them.  All girls will receive a trophy and a medal at the Players Award Night, dedicacted to them and the skill which they have mastered over the past 9 months within the football team - this is to ensure inclusivity and that all the girls confidence and mental wellbeing is boosted.  The after party is a bit of fun for the girls for after the awards, this will include DJ, Food and Bouncy Castle to allow the girls to spend some social time together for team building.

Training Equipment and Kit costs £520, this includes new footballs, spare shin pads, spare training kits and match kits

Player Awards Night and After Party £380, this includes purchasing of trophies and medals (having these engraved), catering, hall hire, bouncy castle hire and DJ hire

We will run three youth groups based around 3 different demographics. p6/p7 youth group, as they move towards transitioning to secondary school. s1+ group, to create a safe space for young people to hang out, and learn new skills/knowledge while creating stronger links with their community and opportunities to volunteer. Youth group for young people around music, as space for young people who play or just want to meet like-minded music fans and would like to learn skills in the business/creative side of it. These would be development groups over 3 months with the plan to develop full groups going into 2025. The cost would cover the cost of a youth worker to work with young people throughout. £330 per group x 3 groups = £990  

Football trips and camps - we would love to give our parents and young players the opportunity to experience football trips and camps out with our local community. The money will be used to ensure that all young people are able to take part and no one will be left behind. This will take the burden often felt by parents and allow young people to have the same experiences regardless of their parents financial income. We are looking to enter the team into several tournaments where they will compete against higher opposition which in turn will help them develop and become better players.

Tournament fees £200 (per tournament) 

Bus hire: £200

Estimated total: £600

Equipment - We are also keen to provide our young players with top of the range training equipment such as: footballs, cones, goals, hurdles and bibs. The current resources we have are dated and well used which does our team a disservice. By upgrading our equipment we feel it gives our team a better chance to improve and better their skills.

Estimated total: £200

Football Strips - We have recently recruited some new players as we transition from 9's to 11 aside which leaves us short of kit for all the new recruits. We would like to purchase new kit packs for our players so they feel like a full member of our team.

Estimated cost: £200