Community Benefits Wishlist Submission

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.

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.

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 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.

IT Skills and ability to post by Social Media channels and collate and evaluate responses

We need work done to our park which is used by some of our community clubs . Specialist greenkeepers required

Finance to upgrade facilities

Sponership for our Christmas events. Every year we do a toy drive for the community and social work, business and people give donations but the centre also do a big shop to help with this drive. We also put on a community Christmas dinner with a 3 course xmas dinner and entertainment. We provide a pantomime every year with 2 showings, this includes a selection box and visit from Santa, we do charge a small fee of £6 per person for the panto but the centre does pay for majority of the panto the let for the building and the food and selection box's. This costs around £8000 in total so any sponsorship would help us greatly.

Building materials as we are currently going through an asset transfer for us to take over the building and run it ourselfs. We would love to put an extension on the building for another large hall, this could be used for more lets, youth club & maybe an after school care and a bigger breakfast club as we only have 1 hall and with bookings an lets we cant accommodate more as we would like to. We also have 5 shipping containers outside 1 which is our community larder shop, we would be looking to take away 4 of the other containers and put in an apex building for storage and office space for the centre & the youth groups who use the centre for studying and tutoring as the containers are very damp and cold.

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.

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.

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

"New roof needed for our scout hall material and fitted : 32 x 32 metres long width 8 metres pitch MDF roof sheets , Stripwood mouldings , rood felt , bitumen roof sheets , ridge piec3es , screw nails. Any donation of materials will help the group in a lot of ways making the hall wind and weather tight for all that use it in the community."

"The wood at the side and front needs replacing and fitted: sides and front of hall side 3 metres high x 64 metres Length of shiplock, 8 packs of insulation ,8kgs of nails ,4 packs of tyvek. front 3 metres high 7.65 metres length plus 3.83 metres hight length 1.8 m of shiplock, 2 packs of insulation, 4 kg nails , 2 packs of tyvek"

"3 fire doors needed to be replaced and fitted: fire doors Front door 2m x 810mm fire door hall 2m x 850mm fire door side 2.3m x 810mm plus frame work"