BOPNW and PWG agree to work in partnership where BOPNW can assist and manage any grant funding for the combined projects as Place Woodlands do not have a constitution or bank account.

We are looking to fund our pipe band practices for our project for the year. We currently have a weekly pipe band practice as part of our charity each week which currently involved around 25-30 pupils of the Isle of Arran Music School. This entails the pipe band practicing for upcoming contests, events and concerts that happen all over Scotland. In these weekly band practices they learn many differnent skills for life including team working, working out new problems, time management, leadership. 

Dalry BurnsClub has been in existance for almost 200 years, starting in Dalry in 1825

for  many years we have been promoting not only, the works of Robert Burns The Scottish language, Scottish music, but the hertitage of the community. eg

donating £800 to Dalry Girls football team for new kit...£200 to Dalry Action group for new Christmas Lights, We are well known in the town for sponsoring both Primary Schools in the town each year Annual schools  Burns  songs and recitation competitions ,  as well as the Dalry Nursery School £300 for new books

Arran Churches Together Food Bank was set up in 2011 when a concerned resident made a local minister aware that a local family had struggled to put food on the table during the Christmas period. No-one should experience food or fuel poverty however there are more than 2,000 foodbanks across the UK supporting those in need. Our foodbank on Arran provides emergency food for local people who require additional support. The Arran foodbank is independent and requires no referral - anonimity and dignity are very important and can be a problem, particularly in rural communities. The food bank can be accessed in the vestibule of Brodick Church which is open 24/7. The ACT Foodbank is the only foodbank on Arran. Our island can be a costly place to live - lack of affordable housing pushes many families into private lets which can be costly; there is no mains gas on the island, homes are heated by electricity, oil, wood or coal; food shopping is done at either local village shops or Co-op supermarket, there is no option to shop in budget supermarkets. We are aware that in recent times, there are families on Arran with people in employment having to use the foodbank 

Our local supermarket displays a basket for collection of donated long life food items - these are collected by volunteers who use them to keep the food bank shelves, at Brodick Church, well stocked. Although the Arran community continue to be generous with  donations, the volunteers often have to buy food to keep things topped up. Money used for these shops is taken from a fund made up of monetary donations from local individuals and organisations. However the increased cost of food shopping, means we are going through this fund very quickly.