<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>Ardrossan Winton Rovers Youth Academy&nbsp;2010 team&nbsp;are&nbsp;particpating in a&nbsp;football tournament located in Holland during Easter&nbsp;2024.&nbsp; This is an amazing opportunity for our team to create memories with their friends and families&nbsp;whilst enjoying the sport they love.&nbsp; The boys are looking forward to playing against other teams from around the world and to learn new skills.</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>

<p>Enhancing the outdoor space available at Dykesmains, we would like to support the Eco Committee in further developing the outdoor areas, including the outdoor classroom and spaces for lessons in sustainability and with the family learning team.</p>

<p>We wish to apply for funding to purchase new tennis nets, rackets and balls to enhance our new Tennis courts that are nearly at the completion stage. Over the years we have successfully ran tennis summer camps at the club with the small pop up nets on our astro turf. The camps have always been busy and the particapants have had a great time. The funding will allow us to invest in new equiptment for the community to use during the year as we will now run a year long tennis programme. The new courts will be the only tennis courts in Kilwinning and are bound to be a hit given our past track record of delievering successfull projects. we are in the process of forming a constitued Tennis Club who will use this funding to go from strenght to strength.</p>