Community Benefits Wishlist Submission

We would like to enhance the environment of the medieval church and graveyard at Ardrossan Castle. The aim of the project is to improve visitor accessibility and maintenance of the important heritage site. We would be looking for materials, such as aggregate and floor matting, as well as any volunteer labour time from the contractors to complete the project at the Castle site. There is no time limit, however work would preferably be undertaken in Spring/reasonable weather.

We would like to enhance the surrounding environment of Ardrossan Castle Hill by making it more secure. The aim of this project is to replace broken and damaged boundary fences around the Castle Hill site. We would be looking for materials, such as fence railing, as well as any volunteer labour time from the contractors to complete the project at the Castle site. There is no time limit for this project idea.

We would like to enhance the environment of the heritage site at Ardrossan Castle and Castle Hill by making it more visitor friendly. The aim of the project is to improve visitor experience. We would be looking for materials, such as picnic tables, benches, viewpoint signage, viewfinders, as well as any volunteer labour time from the contractors to litter pick and garden at the Castle Hill site. There is no time limit, however work such as a litter pick would preferably be undertaken in Autumn/once vegetation has died back for winter.

Our switch-on event this year will be held on 29 November, with parade, carols, entertainers and stalls. Last year, the event was very popular with the community - it was well attended and the atmosphere was buoyant. We believe this really benefits the whole of Ardrossan inclusively. We are bidding for £2000 toward event costs, including the closure of Glasgow Street. Our Facebook page is 'Ardrossan Christmas Decorations Committee'.

We would also like to be able to provide hot food (such as hot dogs, soup, tea and coffee) for free to the community. Ideally, this donation would include serving the food.

We would like to be able to fund a small gift each for the children and to purchase a festive snow globe. The total cost of these items is in the region of £1400.

We are currently looking at painting the whole community centre as it badly needs a freshen up, we are looking for help with materials and man power to help our Volunteers get this done. We would be looking for Paint,Brushes,Rollers,Dust sheets and anything else required to help us complete this task.

The Wee School Pantry is looking for food donations to help with the ongoing cost of living crisis that our community is facing allowing us to offer food at greatly reduced costs. We are looking for Tinned Foods, Fresh Fruit and Veg, Frozen Foods and Fresh/Frozen Meat.

Bridgend Community Centre has a few external repairs that require to be addressed before they become larger issues and unfortunately North Ayrshire Council don't have the necessary funds available to address them. We are looking for materials like concrete/external plaster as well as people who are familiar with this type of work.

Every year the group arranges a 10k race in honour of one of the founding members who sadly passed away. We are looking for funding to purchase 200 medals that each participant who completed the race will receive.

We would be grateful for sponsorship towards the event in the form of water, tables, gazebos etc.

The community of Ardrossan has a lot of fly tipping, and we're hoping to decrease it by offering free skips for local people to use. The skips would be secure within the centre grounds, after bonfire nights, to encourage people to bring any items to the skip to improve our local community and improve the look and feel of the town. While we would be hosting the skips in the north of the town, the offer would be open to anyone in the community. We're looking for 2 skips for a week in early November if possible, or donations of money towards the cost of skip hire.

We've recently started supporting a mixed youth football team based at the Whitlees Community Centre. As this is a new team, we're looking for any support or sponsorship to help them get the materials they need to play. We would be really grateful for any donations of tracksuits, football posts, balls, markers or other football equipment for the young people.

Each year we host a Community Christmas dinner for members of our community who would otherwise be alone over the festive season. We usually hold this in early December, and we provide a three course meal, entertainment and a present for everyone who attends. We would be really grateful for any donations of food items or vouchers for local supermarkets to help us make this another great event.

We require a refresh of the public toilets, with focus on specific issues listed below: - check the drains for sand sediments - new handles on few WC cisterns - locks on the doors - few toilet seats (repair or replace) - entrance doors locks

Due to the condition of the roof, which is continuously deteriorating due to its age and exposure to harsh coastal weather, we are looking for a temporary accommodation, e.g. converted container. The cheapest we have found on FB marketplace was of a value of £10k. We would welcome monetary donations towards it.

We're planning VE day on the 8th of May 2025 at the Harbourside in Irvine. It will include, street party and lighting of the beacon at the Compass (Pierhead) at 21:30. We would welcome donations towards organising this event.

We are just about to erect a new toilet block and are looking for sanitaryware. 2 standard toilet bowls, 1 disabled toilet bowl along with 3 sinks with cold taps (we have electric hot water units). We are putting up 2 standard toilet traps and 1 disabled,

We require a portaloo for our new premises. Unfortunately due to unforeseen delays in promised funding we have members unable to attend due to the toilets being downstairs. We require a portaloo to go in our main floorspace until the end of October by which time our funding will have hopefully been approved and the necessary building of a new toilet block completed.

We are nearing the end of a project to install a state of the art concrete skatepark in Orr's Park, Beith. We raised over £200k to make this project possible. Due to increased costs and unplanned for costs we have a shortfall in the budget for landscaping. Our contractor did not budget for an access road and Sportscotland required us to provide floodlighting, NAC did not give permission to use the lighting already in the park and we had to bring in a new supplier. We have had a landscaping quote for £24k from a local and reputable company and need to raise £8k to meet this. We feel it is extremely important that the landscaping is undertaken to a high spec and embeds the skatepark in the park. We require the landscaping work to be completed in September 2024. We require a financial donation to meet a deficit in our budget due to increased and unexpected costs during construction. We require this money as soon as possible in order to complete the project. We are committed to giving young people in Beith and further afield free access to a first class leisure facility. The skatepark build started in April 24 and we are keen to conclude the project by the end of September 24. Thank you.

As the club has been inexistence since 1972 in its current facilities, the roof of the building is currently in need of replacement, and as such a funding package is required to be built. At present as a club we are facing barriers with obtaining quotes and require professional assistance to cost the project, select the roofing material most suitable due to it being a flat roof, and help the project to get started and a funding package built. At this stage there is not a deadline, although we would like to progress as soon as possible.

We are looking for assistance from anyone who can assist with either sponsorship to the club, to help with project costs for our wellbeing support, or anyone who has experience and expertise in utilising fundraising apps, websites, etc to help develop this area of the club to ensure we can continue to provide all our services. We hope to be started with this as soon as possible.

We are looking for a donation of £1,000 to help support the staffing costs related to our TimeToTalk Mental Health project, as the project delivers a lot of support as well as running a 24/7 trauma line, which is open to those experiencing any kind of trauma the costs associated with this are high and any financial assistance which could be provided would be invaluable to help us continue to deliver this necessary service.

We are looking to decorate our facility and require financial support to purchase the materials to do this. For all paints, (Emulsion and Gloss) tools (Brushes, rollers, trays) and floor covering. We are looking for a financial donation of £913.65

We are looking to paint the exterior of our building and we are looking for the materials donated to do this. We are looking for 100 litres of white smooth masonry, rollers/trays and masonry brushes.

We are looking to get a new sign for our building and we are looking for financial support. The sign will cost £120