Estimated Price

£1,000

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Project Summary

We are the Garnock Valley Youth Forum, a constituted group who represent the voices of young people in the Garnock Valley. Part of our purpose is to help provide opportunities and activities for the youth in GV which the forum have been doing since 2011.

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Project Description

We are applying for £700 to help provide our Youth Forum members gain a First Aid Qualification which they will be able to use transferably throughout life. In developing first aid, this will allow us to become more confident, build teamwork within our Youth Forum and understand how to best deal with stressful situations when others might not know what to do.

This funding opportunity allows for young people like us in a poverty-stricken area to gain skills otherwise we might not be able to learn. During this time, we would learn how to give correct CPR, how to correctly treat burns, wounds, and so many other universal skills for life! We would like to provide eight of our members with first aid, as many personal experiences our members have had in situations where first aid was required, and they felt unable to help with their lack of knowledge. Learning first aid is essential to us, as next time a situation like this happens, we would like to be able to step up and help! Although we are only applying for eight members to gain this lifelong skill we would like funding to provide an extra 12 spaces for other young people in the local area. We will advertise this opportunity firstly through the existing youth groups and then open it up to the wider community.  It will benefit the community and lots more. By learning this skill, we are also able to host community events more confidently!

We would like to also apply for £300 to provide snacks and drinks at all of the youth groups that take place in the Walker Hall. We know that this is needed as lots of young people come along who are hungry because their families are struggling to provide enough food during this cost of living crisis. We will support local business by buying the food and snacks in the Garnock Valley. 

Costs; 

£700 - First Aid Training for 20 young poeple at £35 per head 

£300 - For food and snacks for youth groups. This will be used throughout the year.