Community Benefits Wishlist Submission

We are looking financial for support for training kits and training equipment for the girls.

We are looking for financial donations towards a team building day for the girls.

We are looking for donations towards our fundraising raffle. This will take place at Picnic in the Park in August 2024.

A Container and Voluntary Time to set up please We urgently need a container sited outside of the hall - this will offer local people accessing the Community Larder more privacy and dignity. We also hope that it encourages others living in food poverty to access this vital service. Currently, we have the fridge/freezer in the main hall and the larder in a large cupboard area also in the main hall, access is managed around when the hall is not in use. The container we require to have electricity for fridges and Freezers and lighting/heating. We will also require purpose-built shelving for food items and things like school uniforms/Halloween kids' recycling clothing rail as we will make it a multi-use facility.

We aim to provide local kids and youths with fun activities, gaming groups, sports access and football team development and arts and crafting opportunities. We need sponsorship for setting up a football team and fundraising support to be able to purchase sports equipment and crafting supplies.

We need support to design a new dining area for our Community Cafe to enable us to get accurate costings to apply for funding and signage for the front of the building to encourage pride in the local hall.

We would like a water supply at the garden in the form of a standpipe. We gather rain water which provides enough water to service the garden. We are in the process of adopting the towns flower planters with community groups and organisations for which we need to access water. There was previously a building on the garden site and hope there is a water pipe present. We would be most grateful if a company could find a supply and install a standpipe within our garden.

Ardrossan Sea Cadets need replacement Portacabins to replace the units they lost due to the pandemic. Because of no meetings, the portacabins could not be maintained. The lack of maintenance, thereby became unfit to accommodate our Sea Cadets. Do you have some 32ft x 10ft portacabins that you do not need but could be put to use for our sea Cadets to use?

The Sea Cadet detachment has a prepared area ready for the installation of the base material/foundation and now needs to have it tarred. They have a substantial amount of money to contribute to the overall cost but are looking for a company to support them by providing labour or raw materials. This would allow them to take the next step in obtaining portacabins, which would then enable them to accept more cadets. • Companies can provide workers to help with the tarring and installation process • This hands-on support would be a valuable contribution • The detachment is willing to advertise the supporting company's services and goodwill to others in the area • This can be great exposure and PR for the company

Our maintenance team need new power tools, drivers, angle grinders, bench saws, awning to aid work in wet weather. I have a list I can provide which comes to around £5000.

A line of agricultural machinery needs a long shed built to help protect from inclement weather. We also envisage building the roof strong enough to take south facing solar panels. It would be open on the North side. Probably around 2 metres long. We need 4x4 and 2x4 wood for uprights, boards and suitable roofing material- basically anything we can make and roof a long 3 sided shed. 20 meters than 25. 4x4 and 2x4 wood, boards for the roof-basically anything we can make and roof a long 3 sided shed- and have a roof strong enough to take solar panels.

We have secured £5000 donation for a museum administrative post. This gives enough for 6 hours per week. Ideally we would like to obtain a further £7000 to allow us to increase the hours to 18 per week.

Materials to deliver group sessions - yoga mats, blankets, cushions, sensory lights, resources. £500 would be needed to cover materials. These will be used for multiple ongoing groups

Funding to provide opportunities for people in the community to experience a range of holistic therapies, to improve their mental health and wellbeing and to develop coping skills that will enhance their lives. People who would benefit from the support however do not have the financial means to access them. £1,000 would cover the delivery of the services.

A printer so that I can print of journals/resources that I am making for groups

We require labour to paint sections of the ground within the pirate play park. We can provide the paint. It would be a massive help if we could get assistance in the labour of doing this. Kind Regards Donna

Plumber to check hall boiler and heating system

We would like to have our lighting upgraded to LED strip lights and are looking for support from an electrician to help us to do this.

We'd really appreciate some support in clearing the guttering if possible; this was highlighted in a survey of the building and it would be great to get this done before the weather worsens.

Donations for storage containers as we are struggling for storage. Donations for children's toys & highchairs.

Donation of storage containers, children's toys or highchairs.

We are looking for funding to help us bring in specialists and local Alternative Health Practitioners to our group, eg, Chair Yoga,Mindfulness, Reflexology,Psychologists, etc. We would like to invite speakers to our group eg, GP's,Pharmacists, Nutritionists, Physiotherapists,Long Covid Scotland,Chest Heart Stroke, MP's. If our numbers increase we may need to look at an alternative venue (in another town)and possibly an evening to suit group members. The Library currently provide the room and Tea/Coffee. We would like to visit any other Long Covid Groups eg, Greenock or Universities or organisations undertaking research in Long Covid and look to purchase up to date books on Long Covid.

We would like to get support to help us publicise our group, posters, leaflets, and help us with social media to get the message out about us, and help support more people living with Long Covid.