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Applications: Irvine

Total budget £34,345

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Friends of Redburn

No comments Friends of Redburn Irvine

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.
£950
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Castlepark Community Garden Project

No comments johnwallace1941@live.co.uk Irvine

Castlepark Community Garden Project is situated in Castlepark at the back of Castlepark Community Centre. The project is looked after and run by Catlepark centre. The project is run by people with learning disabilities who look after the garden and maintain the grounds round the centre by litter picking and keeping the garden open to the public and keeping the garden clean and tidy. The volunteers who work in the garden also volunteer in the cafe and the older people lunch club every Tuesday.
£1,000
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Springside Halloween and Christmas events

No comments Claire Stevenson Irvine

We are looking to hold a Halloween and Xmas events. Every year we do community events and bring the families together with Halloween haunted mansion , pumpkin trails and recently started Halloween garden decorations with the winning family receiving a small participating gift. At Xmas we do the Xmas fayre, santas grotto, family movie nights, and the annual Xmas eve santa sleigh providing selection boxes for every child in the village.
£1,000
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Eglinton Park Path Stewards

1 comment A F Caldwell Irvine

Formed in 2022 and fully constituted, we are a group of volunteers who survey the core path network in Eglinton Country Park and identify problem areas affecting user accessibility. We primarily improve paths where there is flooding and cut back branches, bushes and overgrowth along borders to help make paths accessible for all park users.
£1,000

Girdle toll Community Event

1 comment Liz Gibson Irvine

Girdle toll has a 50th anniversary next year and would like to get the communities together to celebrate
£1,000
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Vennel Friends Discovery Group

No comments Vennel Friends Irvine Discovery Group Irvine

The Vennel Friends Discovery Group meet weekly in the Vennel Gardens and helps older people come together to meet new people and try a whole host of activities while working towards a recognised award. Our group is open to anyone over the age of 50. We participate in a wide range of activities that promote the health and wellbeing of our group members. The group provides a safe and welcoming place for older people to connect socially which helps to combat loneliness and isolation.
£1,000
Senior Forum Wellbeing day

Seniors Forum Information and Health and Wellbeing days

No comments charron13.dp Irvine

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.
£1,000
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Workshop upgrade

No comments Harbourside Men’s Shed Irvine

A lot of our machinery is old and we now have difficulty sourcing spare parts to keep it running. More modern machinery would make our workshop more efficient.
£1,000

Resilience in Caring

No comments Morag Blackley Irvine

Creating safe, supportive spaces for unpaid carers to learn wellbeing strategies, strengthen resilience, and progress into peer-led support roles
£1,000
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Irvine Sharks Division 1 2025-26

No comments irvine sharks Irvine

After a very successful 2024-25 season the Irvine Sharks have for a second year won their league undefeated and again received promotion from Division 2 to Division 1. The teams members majority are all approaching 40 or over. Many who had been inactive over the past years before the start of this club. This has led to a dramatic boost again in members physical and mental health.
£1,000