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North Ayrshire Carers Centre - Community Carousel for unpaid carers.
2023-09-17 • 5 comments • • Irvine
This project aims to create a community carousel in partnership with HSCP Carers Team, Youth Services, and KA Leisure to create opportunities within each locality. This will provide a family respite opportunity for unpaid carers accessing the service, or for individuals who may require support in benefit advice, education support, funding, carer support plans or a listening ear as we understand how demanding being an unpaid carer can be. This project will initially be rolled out in seldom-heard communities such as Garnock Valley and North Coast where we aim to provide support within our capacity to unpaid carers along with a fun day out for families to access activities and information based on their needs and abilities. This project will provide an opportunity to tackle isolation, food poverty, and fuel poverty by giving carers a safe, warm space to use for the day where they can bring their cared for, and also access a meal and refreshments along with the company of Carers Centre staff and partners.
North Coast Locality cost breakdown: (250), arts and crafts supplies for young and adult carers - 100, food provisions - 150
Three Town Locality cost breakdown: (250), arts and crafts supplies for young and adult carers - 100, food provisions - 150
Garnock Valley Locality cost breakdown: (250), arts and crafts supplies for young and adult carers - 100, food provisions - 150
Irvine Locality cost breakdown: (250), arts and crafts supplies for young and adult carers - 100, food provisions - 150
DCERA Growing Community
2023-09-08 • 2 comments • • Irvine
Auchengate, and in particular Dundonald Crescent, is home to an abundance of wildlife, beautiful views, and families with young children. Our committee members, with the help of those families, contribute a very diverse mix of skills and experience, and are coming together to help our residents by volunteering time, services and knowledge to improve and enhance the look of our estate, whilst building relationships and community spirit. Due to the cost-of-living crisis and the cost of garden maintenance equipment, such as lawnmowers, many of our residents cannot afford the extra expense that comes with garden maintenance, or simply do not have the time due to working whilst supporting young children, or the knowledge to use such equipment safely. This is where DCERA can help.
We would like to purchase two items for our community.
1. Currently, a member of our committee volunteers his time to cut the grass on the front and rear gardens for 25 out of 76 properties within the estate. He generously does this with his personal old mower which is not reliable or fit for purpose for this capacity of work on a weekly basis. We are looking to buy a new mower from a local company that will provide us with great aftercare and a service plan, to be used by two members of the committee to share the responsibility and workload. DCERA will also be covered with liabilty insurance.
2. We intend to buy a good quality, heavy duty gazebo, that will be bespoke made with our DCERA logo. This will be used regularly at events within our estate and further afield for fundraising, drop-in sessions, community barbecues, boot sales, sports and games, and a whole host of other uses.
Cost of Lawnmower - £450
Cost of Gazebo - £600
Irvine Meadow 2007s Youth Football Team
2023-09-04 • No comments • • Irvine
20 x tracksuits average £40 each
5 x winter jackets average £40 each
Total £1000
Irvine and District Pipe Band
2023-08-30 • 1 comment • • Irvine
New communal instruments i.e. drums - £500 Hall let hire - £100 Uniforms for young people - £250 Tutoring from professionals - £150 Total - £1000
Having new equipment would allow the band to take on more beginners and give more young people the opportunity to take part in the band. We have some New Scots in the band and would love to be able to take on more to share the culture of Scottish music. People from all over North Ayrshire come to the band and its an opportunity for people to link up and get to know new people and make friends. In terms of mental health and wellbeing, we have some people in the band who suffer from PTSD, elderly people and some who are socially isolated.
The pipe band is really beneficial for the volunteers who build their confidence running the band and getting this funding would mean a lot to us in terms of increasing capacity and learning how to do more things with the band. We work with other voluntary organisations across Irvine to provide pipers for special events at a discounted rate and also refer people to the band who want to learn a new instrument.
Castlepark and Eglinton Community association
2023-09-14 • No comments • • Irvine
Breakfast club for nursery children
cereals,bread,milk,jam, butter; £500
Springside Community Association
2023-09-17 • No comments • • Irvine
2024 Halloween Haunted Mansion:
Decorations for hall and entrance into community centre: £200
Party Food: £150
Trick or Treat Bags (sweets etc) £100
2024 Christmas Party:
Decorations for hall and entrance into community centre: £200
Party Food: £150
Treat bags: £100
Selection boxes: £100
Schools' Verse Speaking Event: Irvine Burns Club
2023-09-11 • No comments • • Irvine
Irvine Burns Club are seeking funding to provide trophies and book prizes for those pupils nominated to represent their schools at a “Champion of Champion” event held in Wellwood Burns Centre and Museum and demonstrate their skill in presenting their chosen poem. It is intended that there will be three categories, Primaries 1-2; Primaries 3-4 and Primaries 5-7.
Those nominated by their schools are also eligible to compete in the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs Schools’ Competition held later in the year.
If successful there they can go forward to perform at the Robert Burns World Federation National Festival. In the recent past several of our young people have been successful at this stage.
There are 11 Primary Schools in the Irvine Area and it is hoped that all would participate.
We seek funding to purchase 36 trophies at a cost of £20 each (£720) and 36 book prizes at a cost of £7.50 each (£270) a total of £990.
Any unused trophies and book prizes purchased would be held for use in following years.
Community Pantomime
2023-09-17 • No comments • • Irvine
A weekend of Pantomime fun this December 2023
we also plan to give away over 150 tickets to groups and families to make sure they don't miss out on fun this Christmas.
Hall Let - £550
Advertisement- £ 200
Script License £ 150
Set £100
Vennel Gardens Entertainment Committee
2023-09-07 • No comments • • Irvine
We hope to run another social trip to the parkhead forge and market. The funding would pay for the bus journey and lunches for our members.
Bus Cost £480
Lunches £410
Irvine and Dreghorn Brass - help us get digital and buy some instruments!
2023-09-07 • No comments • • Irvine
Musical instruments - £630. Scanner / printer - £370 Total - £1000
Project supports health and well-being
Irvine and Dreghorn Brass has been in existence for c. 45 years and is a registered charity. We have 3 brass bands in our organisation and we provide opportunities for community members to learn music, play in a group and be entertained by music which has major health and well-being benefits for participants and audiences alike.
We perform at over 30 concerts and gala days each year and are seen by thousands of people. We also provide free music lessons and access to brass and percussion instruments for young people and adults.
Part of the funding would be spent on instruments that enable more people to play. While we will require to spend more than £630 on buying new / nearly new instruments, we will look to fund this additioal spend via other sources.
We would also like to buy a good quality printer / scanner. We often need to copy sheet music for our musicians to play and practice. Also we have a large library of sheet music, around 900 arrangements collected over our 40+ year existence, that we would like to digitise (scan). Parts of the sheet music often get lost or damaged and creating on-line copies would protect the music and enable us to print parts as required for our band rehearsals and classes.
Demand for our services is growing and our membership has grown 50% in the last year. Many people want to play in bands and community groups have us play at events.