Kirkmichael Community Shop and Cafe EPOS installation
2025-05-29 • No comments • • North & South Carrick
Installing an Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) system will significantly improve the efficiency and sustainability of our community shop and café. It will streamline transactions, reduce errors, and make it easier for our volunteers—many of whom have limited retail experience—to operate the till confidently.
The system will also provide real-time stock tracking and detailed sales reporting, helping us manage inventory more effectively, reduce waste, and make informed financial decisions. This transparency is essential for accountability and future planning.
Customers will benefit from quicker service, modern payment options, and the potential for loyalty schemes—enhancing their experience and encouraging return visits.
Overall, an EPOS system will help us operate more professionally, support volunteer development, and ensure the long-term viability of this vital community asset.
Light Up Loans (Christmas Event)
2025-06-12 • 1 comment • • Prestwick, Troon & Villages
We would like to bring back the popular ‘Light Up Loans’ event, which hasn’t run in the village since before covid. This Christmas event brought the whole village together to sing carols and enjoy refreshments before counting down to the switch on of the Christmas lights.
We would also like to have a lovely tree within the village hall which would be lit up and on display for any events held in the hall during December. Part of this project would be to offer local people at the Light Up Loans event to purchase a tree bauble that they decorate in memory of a loved one or with a special Christmas message. The monies generated from this would be used for future years to replenish baubles, replace lights and decorations as required.
We’re looking to apply for funding to cover the costs of an outdoor Christmas tree (purchase, delivery and installation/removal), an indoor tree, lights and decorations for both, baubles to personalise and refreshments for on the night.
Outdoor Christmas tree - £700
Indoor Christmas tree - £330
Lights and decorations - £300
Ceramic baubles to personlise - £200
Refreshments for event - £100
Total - £1630
Recycle Ayr
2025-06-05 • 1 comment • • Ayr South & Villages
We are beginning to develop wider links with more local agencies, e.g. Housing Department and Social Work, and voluntary organisations who contact us with requests for specific items, so we need to organise our storage unit so that we can repond quickly. We want to purchase racking and clear boxes to store items in plus clothes rails to hang clothes to enable this. Estimated costs: heavy duty shelving £1,790.42 +VAT, heavy duty clothes rails £120.00 and storage boxes £38.00.