The project is in two parts. 

A. Recabling of internal power sources from the consumer unit in each of 6 premises (4 studios, 1 commercial business and the Village Hall) with armoured cabling to an external waterproof junction box. All work to be carried out by certified electrician including testing.

B. Replacement of external wall cabling, installation of weatherproof sockets and connection to newly installed weatherproof junction boxes for 34 motif positions in Ritchie Street and Main Street. All work to be carried out by NAC Buliding Services.

Breakdown of costs (including VAT) 

A. £2400

B. £2000

Total £4400

Note: This application is for £1000 which is a proportion of the total above, we are trying to find the remainder from other sources.

The idea for this group is that they will meet regularly to talk it out, to make things, or bake things and to carve out a space for themselves to do things that they would like to do. Often socialising as adults involves alcohol and costs money. After recently running an arts and crafts course, It was clear within the feedback I received that people want and need something to look forward to, something regular and reliable that allows them to do something for themselves - to meet new people and just have a chat, about anything and everything. 

At the first session I would like everyone to come together, to generate ideas of things they would like to do within the group, any activities, conversations or new skills they'd like to learn. This could be anything from crotcheing to baking, from arts and crafts to having guest speakers in, games nights or simply just a cup of tea and a chat. 

This group aims to build a sense of community spirit, to reduce social isolation and promote positive mental health and wellbeing through the simple act of socialising. the group would be open to any adults who would like to come along, from any background and any walk of life. 

Proposed breakdown of costs:

This project will run in partnership with the North Ayrshire Foodbank, they have offered to match the funding requested by this application, in order to allow the group to run for as long as possible. 

• £1000 - materials/ ingredients/ equipment for activities 

Our postcard collection was digitised last winter using private facilities. The remaining collections should be digitised inhouse.   This will be an opporunity for our current and new members/volunteers to come together over the winter months while the museum is closed to the general public.   This project will be a major contribution to ensuring that our heritage is safely recorded for future generations. To make this possible we would kindly ask for funding towards: 

Viisan S21 A2 Overhead Scanner £335 Epson FastFoto FF-680W Scanner £440 Brother MFC-J5345DW Scanner/copier £160 Toshiba 2TB Canvio Basics Portable External Hard Drive £50

We hope to purchase overheads to ensure we can deliver the best She Shed possible and help improve mental health and wellbeing through providing a safe space including the opportuntiy to be involved in group activities.

• Public Liability Insurance £160
• Room Hire £336
• Tea, coffee drinks and buscuits £100
• Craft Materials £274
• Branded Items £100
• Table Cover £30

BABCA who are a group of volunteers elected to run the Towerlands community Centre with assistance from the local authority have run family events in the area which have been very sucessful. This year BABCA wish to encourage adults and older people back into the centre for a free social event in the evening. The committee want to hold a Saturday evening event turn the centre into the wild west. We had a monkey survey and Country music won over the sixties seventies and eighties. The event date would be the 24th of February 2024 the live country band would be Stateline a local band which usually packs out local venues in the Irvine locality. The committe wish to have a free chuck wagon giving away pies and beans or mushy peas. The bar would also be run by Towerlands Bowling club who are another local club run by volunteers who are situated next to the Centre. We want people through the doors in February as we are trying to organise a Community and memorial Garden situated next to the centre and wish the Country and western evening event to promote the garden project and see if we can get volunteers to assist in the garden which we are in the process of trying to secure funding for. BABCA want to grow fruit and vegetables in the garden for their Community food larder the Farm Basket. We will also do some fund raising on the night for the larder  with raffles, cowboy bingo and a silver dollar so all the events feed into each other. The cost of our event is as follows

Stateline Country band £450   Pies Beans and peas paperplates knifes and forks tablecovers £200    Hall decoration Flags, bunting £150   hall let £94   tickets x100 flyers leaflets/posters £106

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

Brass band: £700

Hall hire: £200 (Geilsland Hall)

Choirs (youth): £150 donation schools

Refreshments: £350 (guests, audience and performers)

Parking stewards: £50

First aiders: £50

Admin: £50

Total est: £1550

We will alo have a display relating to green issues from NAC waste management team.

We are keen to enhance the dog owning experience on the island by providing agility training for all ages and abilities. This will help with social isolation (group work), build confidence by helping people train their dogs, help with physical exercise and coordination. This is in addition to our current work with owners, puppies and older dogs. Some of our members are mobility impaired, elderly and live alone. We have Kennel Club trainers from mainland North Ayrshire who regularly assist us.

The funding would be spent as follows:-

£800 on Dog Agility equipment:

• Aluminium Jump £90
• Tyre Jump £395
• Tunnel £255 
• We have been advised that delivery will be approx £200

£200 for a storage facility.

Dementia Friendly Largs and District working in partnership with Alzheimer's Scotland North Ayrshire Local Advisor Linda Ross would like to bring the Virtual Dementia Tour Bus to the care providers, council staff, Fire services, Police, Prisons, students, carers and families supporting people living with dementia in the North Coast.

Cost of Bus  4  £3960 + vat £792 = £4752 Hire of venue  = £750 advertising = £250 total=  £5,752.00

We can provide for up to 12 participants at every cooking class event, in addition to a cook station for the chef to instruct the class with assistance of our staff with a fully equipped commercial kitchen also to support the event.

The facility provides a fantastic environment for cooking lessons to assist with the cost of living with tasty, fresh and cost effective meals, each of our meals prepared cost less than £1 with an average of 81p per portion

• Facility costs = £1500 (providing 15 classes for 180 participants)
• Ingredients & Chef Instructor for 15 classes = £2500 
• Slow Cookers (x12) & Air Fryers (x12) = £750
• Marketing promotion with online cooking videos by chef & tote bags = £250