<p>North Ayrshire Active Girls Committee is a new group made up of young females from all localities in North Ayrshire. As a group we focus on empowering young females through sport and leadership.&nbsp;</p> <p>Our Key Principles are:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Valuing Girls&#39; Voices&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>Promoting Peer Role Models&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>Co-creating Projects&nbsp;</strong></li> <li><strong>Celebrating Unstoppable Girls&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> <p>Through following these key principles we hope to have the impact that young girls and females in sport can feel that they have a voice within their community, help make decisions in sport and feel unstoppable. Furthermore, we aim for this committee to help increase:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Increased opportunities&nbsp;to participate in sport and physical activity</strong></li> <li><strong>Improved access to leadership opportunities and roles&nbsp;in school and community sport</strong></li> <li><strong>Greater recognition of the power of girls to motivate and inspire their peers and more opportunities to do so</strong></li> <li><strong>Enhanced knowledge and understanding of workforce delivering PE, sport and physical activity to girls and young women</strong></li> </ul>

<p>As a Sports Council we would like to support young people in the Irvine Area participate in Sport and Physical Activitiy and increase the number of people who participate in sport.&nbsp; We are a group of 14-17 year old young people who have had some great experiences and opportunties in Sport of our own and we want to help others have this too.&nbsp; We have personally seen that sport can help with our&nbsp;physical, mental, social and emotional wellbeing and we&nbsp;strongly believe that all young people should have the access to physical activity to help improve their own wellbeing.&nbsp; One of the barriers for young people to take part in sport is the access to sports kit and the access to free sport sessions.&nbsp; As a Sports Council we already offer free sessions (in a variety of different activities) but the young children who we see often don&#39;t have a tshirt / shorts etc often miss out or are embarrassed that they don&#39;t have sports clothing and therefore don&#39;t come to clubs.&nbsp; By having sports kit to give out, this will hopefully remove that financial barrier and make sport more accessible for all and allow us to create a sports community with strong representation and identity. The target group for this support would be 12 &amp; 13 year olds in the Irvine area.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">S1-S6 young people have a chance to compete against mainland football teams from across the country in the Scottish Schools Cup, a great opportunity for island youngsters to play in competitive games.</span></span></span></p>

<p>We are applying for this fund to help young people within the Garnock Valley who attend Youth Groups in relation to food poverty and the cost of living crisis. We hope that by providing young people with filling snacks and meals their health and wellbeing will be better. Most young people are being affected by the cost of living crisis and we hope that by securing funding to provide food we can help young people in our community.&nbsp;</p>