Our project is a continuation of a long-term development plan to empower girls through rugby by developing their skills, confidence, leadership, and sense of belonging. We aim to support gender equality at Irvine Rugby Club by providing female-designed rugby kits for our growing number of girls playing the sport, offering female-led coaching, and hosting an all-female rugby festival.

The group encourages members of the local community surrounding the Redburn area to come together and provides a variety of community based activities in a warm and inviting safe space. Our goal is to bring all members of our community together regularly whilst promoting a variety of activities throughout the year with a focus on alleviating poverty and enhancing mental health and well-being.

Every year the Irvine Seniors Forum run an information day and now, after our successful first health and well being day, we are looking to put both of these events on in 2026. These events are great for older folk who enjoy the these days and interact with others out with their normal circle whether large or small.

Our group, Irvine without Incinerators, wishes to monitor air quality in Irvine, to reassure worried locals that the Waste Incinerator at Oldhall West is not producing more than permitted levels of pollutants, in particularly NO2( nitrous dioxide). We propose to use the funding to pay for an appropriate monitioring machine.

We have been educating and entertaining the community for 50 years. We are looking for support for a 50th anniversary concert and social event to celebrate our community and legacy.

After launching our Family Hub in 2025, we are now keen to expand on this. Enhancing our Uniform exchange area, introducing a food bank and providing meals for the families that attend our Family Hub.

Café Solace is a community café led by people who have been affected by substance use and who champion recovery in North Ayrshire. We currently deliver an employability & well-being project through Café Solace (Stevenston & Irvine areas), providing affordable, nutritious meals for up to 60 members weekly in Irvine & also providing a weekly café in Caley Court Resource Centre for both service users & staff, breaking down barriers & building positive relationships.

The aim is to support volunteers who are part of the Irvine 'Adopt a Flowerbed' scheme.