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St John Ogilvie PTA
2023-09-14 • No comments • • Irvine
Following discussion with the children they would like to promote their health and well-being and encourage outdoor play. They would like to build better relationships with their peers through team building exercises and find that through outdoor play this could be achieved.
The children also love a school disco. The PTA always thrive to make these a free event that children can attend to meet their friends outwith school. A free snack and drink is always provided.
Below are details of how the grant would be spent:
Football nets x 2 - £325
Footballs x 10 - £125
Outdoor equipment such as skipping ropes, basket ball nets, bats and balls, hop scotch, ankle slippers, chalk, frisbees etc - £400
School discos - £150
Lawthorn Parent Council
2023-09-13 • No comments • • Irvine
Outdoor metal storage shed - L-2.6 X H- 2.1 x W- 1.54
This is a medium outdoor container at the cost of £1700.
Funds from the summer fayre will be used to make up the difference from our parent council contribution.
This additional storage would allow us to fund further outdoor resources that children across all of our year groups can enjoy during a host of activities with their teachers. At the moment, although we have purchased outdoor engagement material they are in a near-by locker as the school simply does not have the capacity to store the additional equipment, therefore access is limited.
We have watched children thrive as they engage in an array of learning outdoors. Research has proven the link between positive mental health and the outdoors in both adults and children, it is not biased to age, sex, race or ethnicity therefore anyone is free to enjoy it, and as it lends itself so perfectly to team-building activities the children, following limited social engagement have learned, or re-learned how to interact and socialise with eachother through such activities. This was crucially important to the children who have recently left to begin their next phase of learning at secondary school. The pupils within Lawthorn follow our scottish governments curriculum for excellence which aims to provide our children with the knowledge and skills to thrive in the world we live in. The children have spoken so positively about any outdoor endeavours that they get access to, learning about the importance of being both physically well and mentally well to not only achieve their physical growth milestones but their academic ones also.
Irvine Meadow 2009
2023-09-11 • No comments • • Irvine
As a club we are always trying to improve the opportunities available to the children however we are constantly coming up against financial barriers due to the rising costs of hiring pitches, referee fees, coaches education and general equipment. We are currently raising money to take the team to a football tournament in Blackpool during the easter weekend 2024 which is a 3 night stay including 2 days of football for the children. This is a great opportunity for the team to socialise and have a weekend with their family and friends whilst playing competitive football. Being accepted for this grant would help us reach our target ensuring that no boy misses out due to the cost for their family. The club are trying to cover the cost of the boys to reduce the amount that families need to pay however if we manage to raise more then we can reduce the costs further for families.
Cost of tournament fee - £140
Cost of accommodation for players - £2588
Cost of accommodation including parents - £6628
Sports Council
2023-09-15 • No comments • • Irvine
We would like to provide sports clothing to the young people in the Irvine area to allow them to have access to free sporting sessions. As a Sports Council we provide a range of the activities (most are not at capacity) but we currently cannot provide the sports kit to allow some young people the ability to access. We feel under capacity is likely to be due to them not having kit.
Cheap dri-fit sports tshirts = approx £6 -7 per item.
Cheap dri-fit sports shorts =approx £7 per item
We would look to help up to 100-120 pupils and would look to variety of sellers to try and get best deal. From our inital research we can buy this for reasonable price and we would go for best, and cheapest, to get us the most amount of items.
This will then allow them to access the 12-15 sports clubs that we run.
Extended Pathway and disabled ramp access
2023-09-13 • No comments • • Irvine
Our car park is hardcore and is regularly flooding and is very uneven. Families use this car park to attend cricket matches and training nights. To make it easier for access to our grounds we are looking to extend a current pathway that starts at our building deep into the existing car park area in order for families to reverse park cars and remove wheelchairs , prams from car boots etc and have an easier walk and far safer entrance into our area. It will also means everyone arrives dry and clean which makes it easier as well. We will also be building a ramp access into our changing rooms and toilet area for families and wheelchair users to access without having to go across to our main sports club building. The cost will be £1850 for the ramp, pathway construction including materials and labour. We have £1000 raised towards this project and would like to apply for £850.
Young Ambassadors Programme
2023-09-12 • No comments • • Irvine
We would like to hold a conference at the Portal in Irvine to provide training for over 200 Young Ambassadors from S1-6 supported by Active Schools Staff which enables them to provide sporting opportunities within their school extra curricular programmes and within their localties, working with local sport clubs and partners. (Hire of the portal - £400)
We would like to purchase t-shirts and badges supported by Active Schools staff, so that our 200 plus young people have a sense on belonging and can be identifed at extra curricular clubs and events and also within our local commuinities (Tshirts - £400, Badges - £200).
Our programme will help young people confidence, commuincation skills, leadership skills, team work, problem solving and its really fun to be part of.
Mindfulness – Wellbeing Lunch Club
2023-09-13 • No comments • • Irvine
We would like to bid for £1000, as we would like to buy these materials to help deliver our lunchtime mindfulness club. Each week we would like to offer mini projects using specific art materials to help achieve the best outcomes and various techniques to help young peoples mental health through art mindfulness sessions. We would like to showcase our work and on twitter to show the community all the fantastic work we achieve .
- 2H tonal pencils £50
- 2B tonal pencils £50
- Colour pencils specifically > caran dache £240
- Buff clay £40
- Glazes 3 colours plus clear £28
- Inks – various colours £30
- Biro pens £32.50
- Oil pastels class set £120
- Water colour sets £80
- Synthetic brushes £50
- Spectrum technical pen sets £50
- Fineliners £63
- Glue sticks big, small + coloured £50
- Glue guns £66
- Pritt sticks £75
Total £1000.00
Scottish Sports Futures - Active:2:Grow
2023-09-10 • No comments • • Irvine
The Active:2:Grow programme is a 42 week wellbeing and multisport programme delivered in partnership with the Ghillie Dhu Project within Irvine. The Active:2:Grow programme is designed to target young people aged 11+, supporting them to better manage their own health and wellbeing, and become more physically active.
SSF Active:2:Grow offers young people a safe and inclusive environment to evaluate their wellbeing and put in place mechanisms to support this, connect with peers, socialise with others and become more active.
The SSF Active:2:Grow programme uses a combination of wellbeing workshops and physical activity to support young people to;
- Improve their mental health and wellbeing
- Increase confidence
- Better identify ways of how to manage their lives and build resilience
- Develop their personal and physical skills
- Increase levels of physical activity
- Increase connections with the wider community
The Active:2:Grow programme is delivered weekly every Monday evening in the Volunteer Rooms (Irvine), with every session including a physical activity element and a wellbeing element where young people are supported to explore topics such as:
- Emotions
- Stress
- Feelings
- Goal setting
- Decision making
- Relationships
- Life skills
Funds provided through this application will contribute to the following resource costs:
-Winter gift bags £150
-Wellbeing boxes £150
-Sports Kitbag £200
-Broadening Horizon Activity/Trip/Transport £500
5th Dreghorn Brownies and Guides
2023-09-09 • No comments • • Irvine
Team building helps to build skills that are useful for the girls now but also skills the girls can take into their adult lives. Team building helps to develop problem solving skills, bring out leadership qualities, encourage creative thinking, as well as helping to improve listening qualities in girls. Girls have a tough time as teenagers as well as preteens so even small wins boost self esteem and develop self confidence. The range of activities also help to show that not every girl has the same set of skills but every girl has a skill. This would be a great opportunity to help develop empathy as where one girl excels in one activity she may struggle with another. These are all skills that are important not just for now but for later in life, we as guiding leaders try to develop these qualities week to week however days out like this allow the girls to express their self and really show what they are made of, what they are good at and what they would like to be good at.
Costs
Cost per girl/leader - £25.00
24 Brownies - 24 Guides - 6 Leaders - £1321.20
Team building badge - £0.60
48 Badges - £28.80
Total cost - £1350.00
Showtime Youth Theatre
2023-09-10 • No comments • • Irvine
The money would be used to put on a Theatre Show in March 2024 to assist with costumes, props and scenery.
The young people gain experience with performing and working together which builds their mental and physical wellbeing, communication and teamwork skills and builds confidence and trust. Most importantly they mix all of these skills with having fun and growing together. The Showtime Youth Theatre assists young people to express themselves; gain confidence with public activities and ensures that nursery, primary and secondary school young people interact and the culmination of learning songs, dances and acting skills creates a fantastic performance.
The young people are working very hard every week to learn their new dances/routines and whilst we have auditions for the lead parts, all young people have an active and inclusive part to play whether it is in acting, dancing, singing or drama. This builds not only confidence but also maintains positive mental and physical wellbeing and entertains the people of Ayrshire whilst being a fun activity. One main aim is the development of our young people and to watch them grow throughout the years but we also wish for our local community in Ayrshire to thrive and we therefore try to source and support our local businesses as much as we can.
The Showtime Youth Theatre is an integral part of Irvine life as the young people participate in Marymass, put on shows at Fullarton Connexions, for the Ayrshire Hospice and sing Christmas Carols within local Supermarkets. The young people also learn the value of team work, kindness, community spirit and about the Irvine locality when they bag pack and fundraise in local shops and supermarkets.
Through participating in a show and working on their group activities and then as a whole team together, the young people gain many skills from teamwork to trust to understanding others and working at different paces to reach their end goal, showing how hard work and participation gives achievement and puts on a fantastic show which is fun and benefits them.
The main benefactors of the funding are the young people but it is also the Instructors and friends and family who get to enjoy all the hard work when they see the performances and smiles on the faces.
Costumes - ready made outfits and dance costumes –14 x £15 - £210; 45 x £9 - £405; 20 x £10 - £200; = £815.00
Material, thread/ribbon/accessories - 4 x £4 - £16; 4 x £5 - £20 (materials); £50 (accessories and threads) = £86.00
Props – £24.00
Scenery - hire of some ready made scene landscapes and paint/brushes for handmade elements - £75.00