Community Benefits Wishlist Submission

We would be looking for a storage facility to store our new lights and other supplies we have.

500 selection boxes that we can use as a gift from Santa.

£300 that we could use to help us run our senior citizens afternoon tea and our Christmas m Party for children these events will be targeted at hard to reach groups.

We'd like a donation of 280 heras fencing panels with 280 block feet. This is to cordon off activities in Irvine moor on the day of the Marymass festival 23rd August. We are aiming to put the fencing up on 22nd August.

We'd like some assistance in erecting 280 heras fences around Irvine Moor. The fence would put up on 22nd August. Depending on how many people can assist this might only take a half day.

We'd like to hire commercial waste bins for the day of our festival on 23rd August. We would need someone to deliver the bins and uplift the rubbish. This would be a great help to us as we'd like to keep the community clean and means we will have more funding to put in to the Marymass festival.

We’re looking for ceiling tiles to help us repair damage after a recent flood from the upstairs property. Unfortunately, this is the second time this has happened since moving into our new shop—and we’re only eight months into our new premises. We’ve already cleaned up the mess and are now waiting for the relevant contractors to fully fix the leak and reassure us that the issue is completely resolved. As a small, non-profit organisation, we’re hoping to avoid going through insurance again, as this would set us back significantly in terms of time and progress. If anyone is able to donate or supply ceiling tiles over the next 2–3 weeks, it would make a huge difference and help us move forward in continuing our work with the community. Thank you so much for your support 💜

Preparation of bases for portacabins, ankle bar, sheeting and cladding for terracing.

Advertising boards, player sponsorship, kit sponsorship and footballs.

Grounds maintenance and Renewing barriers.

We are looking for some Grass Reinforcement Mesh – Heavy-Duty Turf Protection for Car Parks, Driveways & Lawns. We aim to use this for a couple of disabled parking spaces close to the field to facilitate access as the current parking is quite far from the field and makes it hard for people with mobility issues to access. We are looking for roughly 2mx30m. Any excess from the car spaces would be used in high traffic areas of the field where it is becoming muddy and slippery.

Help with the setting up and dismantling of 240 crowd barriers for a jousting event we want to put on for our visitors. This is to provide an arena 20 x 70m long. It has to be double ringed for safety purposes. This is the weekend of Sat 6th and Sun 7th Sept and will need to be done either the night before or preferably first thing in the morning and dismantled on the Sunday evening or Monday morning.

We require volunteers for many aspects of the festival including: **Marshalling**: Guide our festival-goers and ensure the safety and smooth flow of events. **Ticket Collection and Distribution**: Assist with managing entry points to the festival. **Survey Taking**: Gather valuable feedback from attendees to help us improve future festivals. **Event Assistance**: Help organise and manage various exciting events, such as parades, entertainment shows, and village activities. **Setting Up Arenas**: Ensure our event spaces are ready for action. **Market management** Marking out pitches, moving and setting up of stalls and tables. Assisting traders, marketeers, charities and community groups with wears and equipment. **Entertainment** Liasing and assisting bands and performers on and off stage, time management and potentially sound and light engineering etc. ** Pitching tents**. Helping the reenactors pitch their tents safely and securely. .**Procession Marshal**: Lead and coordinate festival parades. **Crowd Management**: Help create a welcoming and safe environment for all attendees. **Car Park Marshal**: Direct vehicles and ensure efficient use of parking spaces. **Public Assistance**: Provide information and support to festival visitors. **Liaising with Reenactors**: Work with our historical performers to ensure authentic and engaging portrayals. **Longboat Building Assistance**: Contribute to the construction of our iconic Viking longboat. **Merch and Donation Collection**: Support our fundraising efforts. **Weather Management**: Distribute straw and sand on wet days to ensure safe pathways. Make sure tents are well pitched. **Water Carrier**: Keep participants and attendees hydrated. **Signage Distribution**: Ensure essential information is clearly posted around the festival grounds. Why Volunteer? By choosing to volunteer as a húskarl, you'll contribute significantly to keeping the spirit of the Largs Viking Festival alive. You'll gain valuable festival experience, meet new people, and leave with a great sense of achievement.

Assistance to erect fencing.

Areas of the plot become badly flooded. Financial assistance with the costs associated with installing drainage.

Groundworks and materials to improve paths. Paths are narrow and uneven leaving most of the plot inaccessible to people with mobility issues. Our aim is to be able to be fully inclusive

We have recently moved into new premises which had been empty for 4 years, and we urgently need a small roof repair to protect our renovation work so far. We have all the materials aside from tech screws, and would be looking for someone to come out with a grinder and a cherry picker to replace the three missing panels on the roof (which we will supply)

As part of the work on our new building we'd be really grateful for a gas and electricity safety check to be completed. There are two combi boilers in the building (one upstairs and one downstairs).

We would like to renovate the old canteen space in our building to run a community café and host classes around food. If you have any donations of materials t help with this - oven, sink, cooker, worktops, fridge-freezer, stainless steel surfaces - we would be extremely grateful

Financial donation for the first aiders for the day. This is £430 for the full day for 6 qualified first aiders. Thank you for considering covering this cost

Books and sensory gifts for ASN santas grotto. £500 This will allow for approximately 150 children with ASN to get an appropriate gift from santa Thank you for considering all of part of this wish

£265 Grotto set up - this will be a fully inclusive, accessible santas grotto. last year one family told us "this is the first year we have been able to get a family photo with santa - thank you for being inclusive and not just saying you are".

We are seeking a financial donation so we can pay for room hire, we would also like to invite speakers in to share different stories, hints and tips. Also we would be looking to eventually seek some instructors to come in and complete things like Yoga, perhaps sell skin care products.

We would be seeking a donation of materials such as Tea, Coffee, Biscuits or even cakes if we had the money to buy them.

we would ask for sponsorship / fundraising support to help spread the word as well as raising funds. we are keen to have our wee group spread to allow us to reach all mums who have different circumstances for example a morning class but we would need to look for alternative halls and these cost money. Fundraising idea could also be things like a summer fete, Christmas fair.