<p>We&#39;re applying for funding to allow us to run various green, environmentally friendly,&nbsp;workshops across summer as part of our Ayrshire sculpture competition.</p>

<p><meta charset="utf-8" /><b id="docs-internal-guid-77c13dfd-7fff-9620-a038-220aa8712bca">The inaugural Arran International Festival of Chamber Music and Song will launch between 22nd and 25th August 2024. A music festival for Arran that brings international artists to the island to perform for, meet and collaborate with the people of Arran. Cultural exchange to enrich the artistic landscape on the island and the lives of the local community.</b></p>

<p>Join us for an evening of Murder Mystery in Dalry,</p> <p>The play will be performed by a local theatre comapany (Beith Theatre Company) and can be enjoyed by people of most age groups.</p> <p>These events are great fun and using only the&nbsp;little grey cells, the audience are invited to&nbsp;follow the clues and solve the mystery!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Music@Wellwood organises educational events, aimed mainly at Senior School pupils, and concerts which are open to all members of the community.&nbsp; In conjunction with North Ayrshire Council Music Services, Music@Wellwood wishes to organise a Strings Masterclass for young people from across North Ayrshire.&nbsp; Those participating would receive guidance, technical advice and possible progression pathways into music from the Head of Strings at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>

<p>The Garnock Valley Pipes &amp; Drums are a group set up to provide free traditional music education to young people in the Garnock Valley.</p> <p>The group currently engage around 30 students each week to learn&nbsp;the bagpipes and snare drum, from as young as primary four up to sixth year at secondary school.</p> <p>This project not only allows young people to learn a new instrument completely&nbsp;free of charge, but also focuses on helping the attendees develop their confidence and social skills, developing their connection to one another as well as the wider community.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><meta charset="utf-8" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp; A friendly community orientated concert band in the Garnock valley, promoting music within its community and beyond . Garnock valley community concert band (GVCCB) organises&nbsp; concerts and fundraising events throughout the year, with a minimum of two annual concerts with local music groups and school choirs. These concerts are extremely sucessful, giving the Garnock Valley a concert band it can be truly proud of. The band participates in&nbsp;outdoor, local events and fundraising oportunities&nbsp; - enabling them to participate in the National Concert Band Festival&nbsp;.This has been an award winning venture ,gaining a platinum award at&nbsp; the 2023 NCBF , and a gold plus award&nbsp; at the&nbsp; 2023 SCBF in Perth .</p> <p>GVCCB wants to encourage music throughout its locality- known to promote&nbsp;health and wellbeing especially within this&nbsp;rural community.&nbsp;</p> <p>We are looking to further promote the band by purchasing promotional goods such as banners,&nbsp;buy music to add to our&nbsp; existing library,&nbsp; and to replenish our music stands as&nbsp; many are in&nbsp; need of repair</p>

<p>This project focuses on community health and wellbeing and community spirit in order to reduce the effects of isolation within our elderly population and to give our young people skills for their future in the both the creative arts and social service type careers. We are looking to host a photography exhibtion which will allow&nbsp;senior pupils to display their photographs of the local area&nbsp;to&nbsp;invited local elderly care home residents.&nbsp; We are aware of the isolation facing some of our elderly residents who are no longer able to get out and around the local area by themselves.&nbsp; The aim of the exhibition is to bring the local sights to them within a warm and welcoming environment.&nbsp; Higher Photography pupils will design an exhibition to take place within the school where local residents will enjoy a social afternoon of conversation&nbsp;with young people about their memories of the town whilst seeing&nbsp;the development of the local area through photographs.</p>

<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Writing for Well-Being is a 6-week, in-person course&nbsp;hosted by So in Flow with Molly Murray&nbsp;in Ardrossan, UK. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Building on my 15 years of experience as a writer and editor, and my knowledge as a Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner and Creative Flow Coach, I&nbsp;share tools for writing and for mental well-being. It&nbsp;is scheduled for Spring 2024 and Fall 2024.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Past participants reach out regularly to request that I hold this again!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">I have an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow and a Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford Summer School at Exeter College, and I&rsquo;m the former <i>Outdoor Editor of Panorama: the Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature</i>. I&rsquo;m the author of a nonfiction memoir, <i>Today, She Is</i> (Wipf &amp; Stock, 2014), and my poems and stories have appeared in over 30 publications, including&nbsp;<i>Litro</i>,&nbsp;<i>The Curlew, and Third Wednesday</i>, and one was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.</span></span></span></span></p>

<p>Part of SeaSalt Streets&#39; remit is to create public awareness and engagement through a series of pop-up events. As part of previous public consultation, it has come to our notice that people know little or nothing of Betsy Miller.</p> <p>SeaSalt Streets intend to use the funds to hold two events in Saltcoats to raise the awareness of Betsy Miller, Britain&#39;s 1st Female Sea Captain.&nbsp;</p> <p>It is hoped that the success of the events would lead to more similarly themed promotions on a regular basis.</p>

<p>Gaelic is very much alive on Arran with a good number of reasonably competent learner and native speakers from all parts of the community including several part time folk singers and two professionals, we also have a well known Bardach author.We have an annual feish and through the Arran Music School we have a pipe band and a plethora of clarsach and fiddle players.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It has beed agreed that we establish an Arran Gaelic Choir open at first to adults over 18 the inagural practice took place on Tuesday 14th November at the Ormidale Pavillion Brodick and we enjoyed learning two new songs with a target to sing at the Christmas Carol Service on the 18th of December.Another close target is the potential to attend the annual MOD in Oban 2024.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We have agreed to meet on a two weekly basis on a Monday and to organise Zoom meetings in between,a President,Treasurer and Social Media administrator have been appointed and our basic constitution is attached.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Currently we are without funds although we are considering a couple of fundraising events including concerts, we do however have a need for funds as summarised below, we would welcome your contribution of &pound;400 together with fundraising each member if able will pay a subscription of &pound;10 per month and a &pound;2 attendance fee to support hall hire. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>