The Duke of Edinburgh group is young people within Greenwood Academy who are completing the award. This funding will benefit the young people and the local community as they develop their interpersonal skills.

Irvine Meadow 2013 are a team of 16 boys aged 11&12. The team have recently transitioned to 11 aside and are competing in the AYFL 2013s Premiership League. The team train twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) and have games on a Saturday morning. The team promotes physical wellbeing and social inclusion and ensures the boys have a focus which supports them to make positive decisions.

My name is Teagan, I am 15 and I am the founder of Starlight Productions. This is a Youth Theatre Group that I have created to give young people, like myself who enjoy to express themselves, either on stage or behind the scenes an opportunity to come together to act, sing, dance, create music and film.

We are a youth community football club who is committed to being inclusive for any child born in 2011 to play football. We have secured funding for basic training kits however are looking to provide the team with rain jackets & bags to allow them to train through all weather safely without the additional financial burden for parents/guardians. We are also looking to purchase new footballs to allow every player to have access on training nights.

We are a community football team run by volunteers with 21 boys and girls from Largs & surrounding areas. We aim to provide a safe and fun environment to develop skills and a love for the game.

As a parent council, we work with the school to increase family engagement and create opportunities for our young people to get together outwith school times. We arrange discos, support with morning breakfast club and provide seasonal opportunities for our young people to have fun together. With rising costs, we're finding it more difficult to organise discos without asking families for a small donation. This fund would alleviate that pressure allowing the activities to go ahead this year.

We are a youth darts academy based in Irvine. We provide the young people of Irvine and North Ayrshire a safe and nurturing space to participate and learn the sport of darts. We aim to assist the young people in our community by providing an interest out with their home environment and the opportunity for them to promote positive peer relationships. We aim to promote darting, numeracy and attainment skills to youngsters from the ages of 8 years old up to 18 years old.

Dreghorn Youth Club provides a safe and inclusive space for young people to participate in free activities and events to improve health and well-being and tackle issues such as social isolation, loneliness and poverty.