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Prestwick St Cuthbert Archery Club
2025-04-23 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
The project will support two different levels.
- Archery Tag – This will support community engagement at the weekly Come and Try events we run at Riverside Sports Arena and community charity events that we support. Having just moved into new outdoor facilities at Annbank Football Club, Weston Avenue New Pebble Park, Annbank, Ayr KA6 5EF we will be supporting the Annbank Community Fund to support the local community. Archery Tag is a way to get all ages involved in group games which then introduces people to the sport moving onto other target games, soft archery and eventually to engage with the sport of archery. In the past we have had success from 8 – 80 years in age.
- Disability Sport Support – We have members of the club that are disabled. To have their equipment adjusted it requires a minimum of a 10 hour round trip or to send equipment away for adjustment/repair. We propose to buy several items for bow maintenance which will be held and stored at the club’s facility to allow access to repair and tune compound bows and recurve bows. The compound bows are compressed and cannot be adjusted without specific equipment including a Bow Press, Draw Board, and a Bieter Vice.
The Archery Tag will be used as part of the Come and Try / Community events that we host weekly / monthly in Ayr North and other areas where we are asked to support community events throughout South Ayrshire. We expect to begin to host out own Archery Beginners courses to Archery GB standard June / July 2025 which will be open to residents across the whole of Ayrshire.
Initially we will be targeting SIMD areas working in partnership with Active Schools and Scottish Disability Sports Sport. The club has a range of equipment suitable for beginner’s courses and a limited supply of equipment that can also be borrowed.
Disability Bow Maintenance The equipment being applied for will allow archers from across North Ayr and beyond to access equipment to maintain their personal equipment. The club at the moment has several disabled archers who also are competitive archers and shoot across the UK most recently gaining a 3rd and 4th place in the Scottish Indoor Championships. To aid the disabled archers who shoot compound we need to invest in specific items of equipment that allow compound bows to be maintained without having make a 10 hr round trip to an archery shop. Part of this can also be used by the whole club as clamps and draw testers for different types of equipment. Introducing maintenance develops new skills within the sport and the community. It also means that individuals take ownership of equipment and learn how to develop new skills Archery is one of the most inclusive sports there is. It is multi-generational and multi-cultural while being a sport that abled and disabled can complete together. As a club we have worked with the local area West of Scotland Archery Association and Scottish Archery to support inclusion running events for Scottish Disability Sport. Locally we have supported Active School with children who were non attendees at school and many neurodiverse children have found archery to be a sport that that they can focus on and repeat. One of the Scotland U21 Team that I manage who is neurodivergent has now progressed onto representing the country at senior level a fantastic achievement.
Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Resilience
2025-04-30 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
We are seeking funding to develop our community resilience project in order to ensure community safety in the event of poor/extreme weather. We have a very rural, sporadic and isolated ‘greying’ population, with a large 32.7% aged 65+; much greater than the national average of 20.1%. Furthermore, 8.6% of our community aged 55+ live alone (Census 2024) and we are aware that we have a large number of elderly and vulnerable residents.
We are fortunate to have achieved the community asset transfer of the former Pinwherry Primary School in April 2021 and we have since secured the capital funding to refurbish it into our community centre, which opened in June 2024. It is fast becoming the community hub our residents had asked for and provides a much needed resource for our community, which has no other indoor public facilities – no shop, café, pub, restaurant, library etc. However, after the recent bout of storms and severe weather we have quickly learned that we are not fully equipped to deal with power cuts. We want to increase our community resilience by providing power and a warm space in the community centre, plus provide torches, hot food and drinks for the community, including housebound residents who cannot be moved to the community centre.
We are seeking funding for a generator to power The Auld School Community Centre, plus torches, table lamps, phone charging station, long life batteries, large flasks, gas stoves and gas canisters to make the community more resilient to power cuts. and We are also requesting printing and postage costs to print and distribute two editions of our community newsletter to ensure that we maintain direct contact with every household and communicate our new community resilience project. In this way we will be able to reach out to those who do not have internet access, or are housebound. These individuals are also usually the most isolated and vulnerable. This communication stream will also hopefully increase our number of community resilience volunteers and further strengthen our project, negating the need for additional local authority resources in times of high demand.
Vics In The Community
2025-05-01 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
This application is to support Vics In The Community with capital costs for our new Community Hub that is scheduled to open in June 2025. The application for funding would assist with costs to protect the building from anti social behaviour.
The new community hub located in North Ayr and will be the cornerstone of the community serving young people, adults and families. North Ayr is reconised as an area of deprivation and this facility will allow us to further enhance our support to the community and address challenges such as mental health and wellbeing, food insecurity and financial hardship.
Peter Boyle Bowling Club
2025-04-29 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
Peter Boyle Bowling Club want to play a part in addressing social isolation and loneliness and foster healthy, safe and inclusive communities within South Ayrshire. We want residents to come along to the club throughout the year and enjoy various activities, socialise and improve their health and wellbeing. In order to do that we want to have one of the best bowling clubs in Ayr. By addressing these areas we aim to attract residents in local communities, family and friends to the club. This in turn will encourage others to book parties, which is our lifeline as the membership fees alone do not cover the green maintenance costs.
In relation to the bowling green, we would like to put in artificial banking and purchase a sorrel roller for aerating the green. The roller provides a good drainage and is good way to get nutrients, water and air into roots for healthier grass. It is also less disruptive to the surface and carried out on a timelier basis.
At the side of the clubhouse, we have a new seating area outside for bowlers, social members and visitors to enjoy. We also chipped the seating area. This was all made possible due to the grant funding we received last year. However, there is still a large area that requires to be chipped. This would make the surrounding area aesthetically pleasing and will future proof the area, should we wish to extend the seating area in the future
In relation to the clubhouse, we recently painted the inside and replaced the bench seating thanks to the previous grant. However, the tables and chairs are over 30 year old and are in urgent need of replacement. This will make the function room more welcoming to members and visitors alike. The benefit being more functions and income generation to assist with every day running costs of the club. The dance floor also needs re-buffing and varnished as like the tables and chairs it is looking very tired and is in need of improvement. It has not been re-buffed since the floor went down over 30 years ago. We recently purchased speakers so that we can host our own entertainment but we need a laptop. This would mean we can host our own entertainment, thus reducing entertainment costs.
Ayr Forehill Outdoor Bowling Club
2025-04-29 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
Project Work - Conversion of Cupboard space into Disabled Toilet.
Installation of Outside Rear Door Access Ramp.