Community Benefits Wishlist Submission

Embroidered badges showing the Friends of Lochshore Park logo. Either sow-on type or self adhesive. These will be attached to our recently acquired fleece jackets to help with public identification of our volunteers. (I have attached our logo for production purposes).

Black or navy baseball caps and woolly hats. Also to help with identification and to help keep our heads warm whilst working outside during the winter months.

Life jackets for use with our small boat on the Loch. This will assist with conservation surveys and to access areas of the park that are inaccessible from the shore. Any other small boat equipment would also be very welcome such as a small outboard motor etc.

We'd a donation to purchase some board games such as snakes and ladders, monopoly, ludo, dominos, jigsaws. Colouring in pens and books.

Donations of biscuits, mince pies, sweets, drinks and refreshments for our Christmas event.

Donation of money to take our group ten pin bowling. Transport is a massive cost for us when taking our group out. A financial donation would really help us cut our costs.

Laptop for our treasurer to carry out her duties.

Contribution towards our fundraiser for repairs. Details below: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/isle-of-arran-heritage-museum-trust-and-association-sc002089

Computer for archives as don't have enough for number of volunteers.

As a registered community charity managing extensive facilities, Irvine Community Sports Club faces significant maintenance overhead costs that strain operational resources. We are currently seeking donations to install a new suspended ceiling in our primary function space. This improvement will enhance the venue's aesthetic appeal and functionality, making it more attractive to potential hirers and community users. The upgraded space will generate increased rental revenue, which will be directly reinvested into our vital community programs including TimeToTalk and minority sports development. This enhancement represents a strategic investment in both facility improvement and sustainable community service delivery.

Irvine Community Sports Club urgently requires donation of new refrigeration and freezer units to support our extensive community food program. Weekly, we provide nutritious meals to over 250 children aged 5-16 years and more than 100 adults through our community initiatives. Recent equipment breakdowns have severely compromised our cold and frozen storage capacity, limiting our ability to serve our community effectively. These new appliances are essential components of our planned kitchen upgrade project, designed to expand community food options and ensure food safety compliance. The enhanced storage capacity will enable us to purchase ingredients in bulk, reducing costs while maintaining meal quality and variety. This improvement directly supports our charitable mission of addressing food insecurity and promoting community wellbeing, allowing us to continue serving vulnerable families and individuals who depend on our meal services for nutritional support and social connection.

Through its digital inclusion initiatives, the TimeToTalk project delivers comprehensive training and ongoing support to over 180 individuals weekly, addressing critical connectivity barriers within our community. We distribute approximately 150 free SIM cards monthly to residents whose financial circumstances prevent them from maintaining phone contracts. Since 2020, the club has successfully secured and redistributed over 250 donated devices to individuals facing multiple deprivation barriers. According to Ofcom statistics, 1.5 million UK households lack internet access, with cost being the primary barrier for 36% of non-users. The Carnegie UK Trust reports that 22% of households cannot afford to replace broken digital devices, while 6% of adults have never used the internet. These statistics reflect the reality within our community, where residents experience intersectional poverty affecting housing, employment, healthcare access, and digital connectivity. Our established tech donation service facilitates device refurbishment and redistribution, extending equipment lifecycles while meeting urgent community needs. We actively seek donations of smartphones, laptops, tablets, desktop workstations, televisions, and projectors. These devices enable essential services access, educational opportunities, employment searching, healthcare appointments, and social connection for individuals experiencing multiple forms of poverty and social exclusion.

Lap tops to allow us to offer IT training to those suffering digital poverty. The ones we have had funding for are being used to power CNC & 3D printing units. We have had a plan to offer IT training for a year now and have never been able to due to a lack of physical resources.

Any excess/off cuts of timber from the building of the new Ardrossan campus.

We are looking for timber & rafter insulation rolls. 12 off ideally something like Superglass 570mm x 10m x 90mm rolls.

we are running a knife crime initiative for primary's 6 and 7 in local schools to pilot the initiative with a street striker challenge on the final day the young people will take part in a series of street football challenges and for this we require a scaffolding tower. to use as a platform for ball drop. the final will be towards the end of September.

we require top soil and bark to finish our community edible garden looks like a ton of each soil for vegetables and fruit trees and bark for path around our raised beds.

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.

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 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.