<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>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><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><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>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:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We would like to re-run our free six-week adult art workshop Everyone an Artist, at the North Ayrshire Foodbank in Ardrossan. We would like to purchase new materials to learn new skills. </span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Oor Hame is a project looking at what home means. Photo workshops will encourage young people to produce their own idea of what makes &ldquo;Hame&rdquo; and create an open air gallery in local shop windows.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<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>