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Healing Hearts North Ayrshire Bereavement Group
2023-08-31 • No comments • • Kilwinning
The group sees an average of 15-17 bereaved people attending each Friday, with new referrals being made weekly, to receive peer-support, friendship and companionship from others who have been bereaved, making them feel less alone in their grief, and reducing feelings of social isolation and loneliness, whilst promoting better mental health and wellbeing.
There is very limited support in the community for bereaved people, with waiting lists at an all-time high, highlighting the importance of community supports, such as Healing Hearts, which has already made a significant difference to bereaved people across North Ayrshire.
Room at Kilwinning Library at £3.70 ph x 2 hours per week = £7.40 per week x 48 weeks = £355.20 for the year. The group also require tea, coffee, milk, sugar and biscuits for each group, averaging £6 per week = £288
Total £983.20
Corsehill Retirement Club
2023-09-03 • No comments • • Kilwinning
We are looking for funding to allow our members to celebrate Burns Day and also enable us to buy a new laptop. We are a club for retired people over 55 and we have a number of members who are over 80. This age group experience social isloation and for many this past year has seen them struggling with the cost of living. Coming to the club gives them the opportunity to engage with other people in a sociable way and gives them something to look forward to each week. It also means that we can look out for one another and ensure that especially members who live alone are having someone looking after their health and wellbeing. Throughout the year we try to celebrate national days and this usually involves food and entertainment. Again ensuring that members can look forward to a nice day out and a meal.
We would also like to buy a new laptop, which we use for our activities, such as quizzes, bingo and keep records of our budget, etc. We can also use it for research if required on certain topics and keeps us connected to the wider world. We can use it to access the internet if required by any member, who struggles with computers.
To do this we would use any funding we received for:
Burns Supper, including food, toasts, speaker and hall hire - £774
Laptop - £380 (we would use our funds for the additional £124