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Access Audit Training
2025-04-30 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
In furtherance of the objectives, the Access Panel shall:
- Develop consultation mechanisms with those who are responsible for ensuring access. This includes provision of information and advice on aspects of design, planning and implementation of legislation and best practice relating to access.
- Disseminate relevant information to all relevant and interested parties.
- Maintain contact with relevant organisations and individuals.
- Identify local access issues and work towards improved access.
- Carry out site surveys to identify areas that need alteration, to accommodate access for all.
In furtherance of the objectives, the Access Panel shall:
- Develop consultation mechanisms with those who are responsible for ensuring access. This includes provision of information and advice on aspects of design, planning and implementation of legislation and best practice relating to access.
- Disseminate relevant information to all relevant and interested parties.
- Maintain contact with relevant organisations and individuals.
- Identify local access issues and work towards improved access.
- Carry out site surveys to identify areas that need alteration, to accommodate access for all.
Hosiery Park Pavilion Acquisition
2025-04-30 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
The purpose of Troon Men’s Shed is to provide recreational facilities and advance the social needs, health and well being of men of all ages and backgrounds living in Troon and surrounding areas.
Troon Men’s Shed was established in April 2024 and has a growing membership with 75 members, and currently meet fornightly in a hired hall with guest speakers. Our members have volunteered to help out at community events in Troon at Wintertainment, Troon Round Table Fireworks and Santa Float, and we are currently assisting Ayrshire Cancer Support with practical DIY work in their new Ayr Centre.
Members benefit by meeting with other men in a safe environment, reducing their social isolation and providing mental stimulation, which also benefits their families. The acquisition of the Hosiery Park Pavilion will enable us to meet more regularly and undertake practical workshop activities which we are unable to do in a hired meeting hall. The establishment of workshop activities will enable men to utilise their practical skills, and to pass on their knowledge to others.
A Stage 1 Community Asset Transfer Request was submitted to South Ayrshire Council in November 2024, and the Stage 2 request is currently being prepared, with a target date to submit of 31 May 2025.
The Hosiery Park Pavilion building is in poor condition as it has been unused for several years, and once acquired would be repaired and converted into a suitable facility comprising of an activity workshop area where woodworking and other similar practical activities can be undertaken, and a separate multi-use social space.
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.
Ayr Sea Cadets & Royal Marines Cadets
2025-05-01 • No comments • • Community Empowerment Fund 25-26
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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.