You can find all current wishes from groups and Third Sector organisations in North Ayrshire below.
If you are a North Ayrshire Council contractor and are interested in delivering one of these wishes, please email communitybenefits@north-ayrshire.gov.uk to discuss the next steps.
Wishes Statuses
Available for Selection - wishes that are open for offers of help
In Discussion - wishes that we are currently negotiating
In Progress - wishes that have a contractor and completion date agreed
GROUP NAME
Saltcoats Victoria Football Club LOCALITY
Three Towns Wish 1
Type of wish
Materials (donation) What do you need?
Preparation of bases for portacabins, ankle bar, sheeting and cladding for terracing.
Wish 2
Type of wish
Sponsorship or fundraising support What do you need?
Advertising boards, player sponsorship, kit sponsorship and footballs.
Wish 3
Type of wish
Request for voluntary time from contractor - specific (e.g. specific financial, business, design or other skill-based support) What do you need?
Grounds maintenance and Renewing barriers.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection; Wish 3: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Arran Dogs (SC053020) LOCALITY
Arran Wish 1
Type of wish
Materials (donation) What do you need?
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.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Largs Viking festival LOCALITY
North Coast Wish 1
Type of wish
Request for voluntary time from contractor - general (e.g. helping at an event, general labour for a project) What do you need?
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.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Garnock Valley Allotment Association LOCALITY
Garnock Valley Wish 1
Type of wish
Request for voluntary time from contractor - specific (e.g. specific financial, business, design or other skill-based support) What do you need?
Assistance to erect fencing.
Wish 2
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
Areas of the plot become badly flooded. Financial assistance with the costs associated with installing drainage.
Wish 3
Type of wish
Request for voluntary time from contractor - specific (e.g. specific financial, business, design or other skill-based support) What do you need?
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
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection; Wish 3: Available for selection GROUP NAME
West Coast Furniture Bank LOCALITY
Three Towns Wish 1
Type of wish
Request for voluntary time from contractor - specific (e.g. specific financial, business, design or other skill-based support) What do you need?
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)
Wish 2
Type of wish
Request for voluntary time from contractor - specific (e.g. specific financial, business, design or other skill-based support) What do you need?
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).
Wish 3
Type of wish
Materials (donation) What do you need?
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
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection; Wish 3: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Saltcoats Christmas Carnival LOCALITY
Three Towns Wish 1
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
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
Wish 2
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
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
Wish 3
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
£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".
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection; Wish 3: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Mums The Word LOCALITY
Irvine Wish 1
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
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.
Wish 2
Type of wish
Materials (donation) What do you need?
We would be seeking a donation of materials such as Tea, Coffee, Biscuits or even cakes if we had the money to buy them.
Wish 3
Type of wish
Sponsorship or fundraising support What do you need?
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.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection; Wish 3: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Baby Bundles with Beith Trust LOCALITY
Three Towns Wish 1
Type of wish
Materials (donation) What do you need?
We are continually needing the things that we cannot give out second hand, this includes but is not limited to: nappies, bottles and weaning equipment, baby toiletries (bath wash, shampoo, lotion, nappy rash cream) wipes and underwear for the children out of nappies. These are things that are regularly requested in the bundles that go out, so we are asking for as much that can be donated.
Wish 2
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
Baby Bundles is a project run from the registered charity organisation Beith Community Development Trust and as such we rely on different funding and donations when there are things that we need to be able to supply in our bundles that we cannot get donated to us.
We are looking for any kind of financial donations to be able to have a pot of money that we are able to use in the instance that a family are requesting something that we cannot source through the kind donations of the community around them.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Irvine Sea Cadets LOCALITY
Irvine Wish 1
Type of wish
Other (please specify in your next answer) What do you need?
We are looking for an old portacabin to be dispose off. This cabin is around 40ft x 12ft. There is no power to the unit and no water. It has been emptied with the exception on a few items.
We are looking for this to removed no later than September 2025
Wish 2
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
Irvine Sea cadets are looking for some funding to cover the cost of the MOT and service of our mini bus.
The mini bus is used for travelling to courses for our cadets and volunteer staff.
The mini bus requires servicing every 6-8 weeks which can be costly.
Wish 3
Type of wish
Materials (donation) What do you need?
Office Space portacabin
We are on the lookout for a portacabin that has x2 office space with heating and electrics.
This is a space required for our volunteering staff to give back the cadets safe space.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection; Wish 2: Available for selection; Wish 3: Available for selection GROUP NAME
Ayrshire Long covid Group LOCALITY
Three Towns Wish 1
Type of wish
Financial (donation of money) What do you need?
We are looking for £500 to help us bring in speakers or holistic practitioners.
STATUS
Wish 1: Available for selection