<p>Our group seeks to help foster skills in 12-25 year olds by growing soft literacy and numeracy skills, as well as creative storytelling, critical thinking, social interaction, and brainstorming.</p>

<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">52nd Ayrshire operates from St Marys Church Hall , our three sections run each week on&nbsp;a Tuesday and Thursday&nbsp; Most of our children and young people are resident in Saltcoats with a few who travel from Stevenston and Ardrossan. </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">We provide indoor and outdoor&nbsp;activities for children and young people &nbsp;aged 6yrs&nbsp; - 25 yrs. We provide activities that support health and well-being and that build confidence independence and self-esteem. We strive to provide activities that are fun , exciting that will create memories that will last forever. Our young people are decision makers and they are involved in the design , planning and implementation of programmes and activities</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">We would like to apply for funding for our &nbsp;2024 Group Camp. Our aim is to subsidise the camp for every young person in order to support families dealing with the impact of the cost of living crisis . We would like to provide every young person with the opportunity to attend &nbsp;and make it accessible to all families particularly those who may have more than one child /young person in scouting .We would like to cover the costs of food and activities. We would like to apply for &pound;1000 </span></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>We are a small group of parents and carers of children attending Ardrossan Academy.&nbsp; We enjoy supporting the pupils in school and supporting other activities.</p> <p>Following the success of last year&#39;s transition events, we would like to continue with the &#39;Good Start Gift Bag&#39;, potted sports event and disco. Funding would be used to purchase school essentials for every pupil entering S1, as well as the costs of two events; equipment, medals, dj, refreshments, decorations. Please vote for us to support our children and young people.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>