Last year's Hot Hub saw 1,704 hot drinks, 800 cups of soup and 879 rolls made available to our community to help relieve the burden of heating or eating over the winter.

It's open to anyone and as you see above from the numbers, there was great demand. This year we would love to do it again but this time improve the service by inviting in Third Sector and other partners to help people with the concerns they have around bills, money or their benefits. We hope that by looking after the adults they will have the energy they need to look after themselves and their family well over winter -  no one should be going to bed cold or hungry in 2026. The Hot Hub gives people a helping hand which is all thatmost people feel they need -  just a chat.

Breakdown of costs for 12 weeks:

• Rolls £315
• Soup £480
• Hot drink £100
• Filled rolls £200

Towards the end of last year's Hot Hub we got donations in too, so we also have £150 from those donations to help start us off for next year.

The financial support is required to contribute to the provision of the meeting venue and the provision of the weekly lunches, as well as the Christmas lunches and outings. It has also allowed for the provision of transport, specifically taxis, to allow some members of the Group to attend meetings, who otherwise could not, due to their mental or physical disability. For instance, the provision of taxi transport to meetings for a member of the Group who is fundamentally physically disabled and wheelchair bound. The Group now provides meetings every week at Vennel Gardens whereas previously the second week of the month was not available, allowing the advantage of weekly continuity. This has increased catering, rent, and transport costs for disabled members. The Group had a deficit of over £1000 last year despite a grant from the Scottish Governments, Social Isolation and Isolation Fund. Due to these additional costs and the impact of inflation, funding is essential for the Group to continue.

Rent @ £10.80 per week for 10 weeks out of 40 = £108

Catering @ £30 per week for 10 weeks out of 40 = £300

Xmas Lunch Deposite (total cost £28.75 per person for 20 persons) = £100

Transport (taxi) costs for disabled members to attend meetings = £100

Total Grant Requested = £608

MILLPORT TABLE TENNIS CLUB HAS BEEN SET UP AS A SATELLITE CLUB OF NATTC AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPENING OF THE TOWN HALL AND OTHER SMALL VENUES FOR TABLE TENNIS NEW TABLES ARE BEING DELIVERED TO START UP THE 1ST EVER TT CLUB ON THE ISLAND. SURVEYS WERE DONE WTH PARTNERS ON THE ISLAND AND WORKING WITH THE CUMBRAE FORUM AND THE LOCAL CHURCH AND SCHOOL AND BOYS BRIGADE WE ARE ARRNAGING AN OPEN DAY TO LAUNCH THE NEW CLUB.

WEBSITE AND CLUB LOGO SET UP AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL BE RUNNING THE FACILITY WITH THE SUPPORT FROM NATTC.

LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM MANY PEOPLE HAVE CAME TO US FOR SUPPORT .

We held a lived experience panel where we invited service users, volunteers and those in the local community to come and share what activities they would like to see delivered here at the Trauma Recovery Hub. The project the group came up with was: FREEDOM FIGHTERS GUIDE TO SURVIVING AND THRIVING THROUGH TRAUMA. A year long, 3 phased project focusing on creatively addressing these three outcomes: 1 Uncover the pain playing out in their story 2. Recover what's been lost. 3. Find a life worth living. We aim to offer creative opportunities to achieve these outcomes through filmography, creative writing and equine therapy. The panel suggested we film a docu-series around the real life stories of those accessing our services who've not just survived but thrived through the traumatic things that have happened to them. The funding will go towards creative practitioners: a film-maker, a creative writer and a horse owner, each delivering 3 sessions each at £200 per session so a total of £1800 and £200 for materials and teas, coffees and refreshments. This ensures specialist skills are brought directly into the community while also supporting the local economy and building long term creative capacity. Each art form provides a different route for participants to process trauma, giving multiple ways to engage depending on individual needs and stregths. These costs represent fair industry rates, ensuring quality and sustainability.

The community we support is mainly the recovery community, individuals recovering from alcohol, drugs or adverse childhood experiences (ACE's) which leads to issues later on in adulthood. Even though we work mainly with the recovery community the trauma recovery hub is all inclusive to the whole community and welcomes everyone. Our aim is to reach as many people as possible in the community who are experiencing loneliness, isolation and poor mental health. 

Our charity was set up to provide free transport to the Irvine community who were diagnosed with cancer and requires treatment in any hospital within Ayrshire, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Once the patient has had treatment we will continue to support them with transport for non-cancer related treatment. We have around 40 volunteer staff within drivers and office. None of our staff are paid other than our drivers who are paid mileage expenses. For us to provide this service the charity must raise over £65000 per year which is all raised through donations, fund raising activities and through grant applications like this. All our drivers are paid a mileage allowance at 50p per mile which is calculated at 45p per mile plus an additional 5p per mile for extra passengers.

The £1000 would breakdown as 14 runs to Glasgow at 71 miles at 50p per mile = £1000This would allow us to take a maximum of 42 patients to appointments.

The £1000 if used for local hospitals within Ayrshire it would breakdown as 33 runs to local hospitals at 30 miles at 50p per mile = £1000. This would allow us to take a maximum of 99 patients to appointments.