<p>Throughout lockdowns&nbsp;we have saw an increase in children becoming more comfortable sitting with devices than embracing all things outdoors. We know the huge benefits outdoor learning and play has on their&nbsp;mental health and well-being and introducing this as early as possible is crucial.&nbsp;Following periods of lockdowns we found many of our children struggle to interact&nbsp;and socialise, through outdoor learning/play we have reaped the benefits of not only these barriers reducing but through this they are being shown how the outdoors is benefitting them&nbsp;physically as well as mentally,&nbsp;often giving teachers the opportunty to have informal chats around healthy eating and its importance to them as they grow.&nbsp;&nbsp;Following consultation with our young people, through the pupil focus group, they have asked if they could have some more resources for them to enjoy and learn outdoors with.&nbsp;&nbsp;Following this the parent council&nbsp;purchased some of the &quot;Operation Play Outdoors&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;den building packages. These have had such amazing feedback from all year groups, however in order to provide more outdoor resources we must&nbsp;provide somewhere safe to store future purchases.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;</p>

<p><b id="docs-internal-guid-cda303b8-7fff-e184-2682-eb99001fc16c">As a registered charity in Scotland the Youth Legacy Action Team&nbsp;strives to make our community a better place for young people. Representing, Helping, and Achieving our goals and encouraging and supporting other young people to do the same with their own. Helping the staff facilitating a space for youth to express themselves, and build on ideas and aspirations they want to accomplish. The Legacy centre runs 10 different groups across 6 days of the week and also has detached youth workers out 1 day a week.</b></p>

<p>Barnardo&#39;s works with young people across North Ayrshire in a variety of services. We would like to take the young people to a Pantomime this Christmas as their Christmas activity. We did this last year with non-recurring funding so this year we are looking for support as the young people that attended last year had such a good time, they got out the house, socialised and made new friends, and had a laugh. We will take the young people for dinner before the Panto and make them up a snack bag for the show. This activity will help young people with their mential health and wellbeing and social isolation. Dates for this years Pantomime are from 1st December to 7th January.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Castlepark Primary School Parent Council are applying for funding to support the running of the schools&nbsp;Breakfast Club.</p>

<p>With the success of our school&#39;s program&nbsp;and Easter&nbsp;and Sumner camps we now&nbsp;have more kids and families using our facilities. To improve the area and make it easier for disabled and small kids in prams we are looking to extend a pathway into the main car park area and make ramp access into our dressing rooms and toilet area.</p>

<p>To support the children&#39;s mental health and well-being we are looking to purchase outdoor equipment to encourage outdoor play. This will have a positive impact physically and mentally for the children and will allow a more fun approach to learning.</p> <p>We would also like to put &pound;150 towards to cost of free school discos for all the children to attend and enjoy.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">At the heart of the Young Ambassador programme is our&nbsp;principle that our&nbsp;views, and those of other young people are heard, valued and influence decision making; and that they are engaged in driving sporting&nbsp;change in our school and in the community.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In this context our&nbsp;Young Ambassador role has two key bits:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">to promote sport, and motivate and inspire other young people to get involved in sport in a wide range of settings within their local communities, including schools, clubs and community organisations</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">to influence six key aspects of school sport:</span></span></b>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> <ul style="list-style-type:circle"> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">extra-curricular sport provision</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">links to community sport opportunities</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">opportunities for extra- curricular&nbsp;competition&nbsp;</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">celebration of young people&nbsp;achievements in sport</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="tab-stops:list 72.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">leadership opportunities for young people</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">As&nbsp;role models and leaders&nbsp;for other young people, Young Ambassadors can have a pivotal role within their school and wider community. We have a Young Ambassador comittee in each school and it is pupil lead and supported by school staff and Active Schools Staff.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p>