The group is for men from the North Carrick area to get together with weekly activities and trips out in a supportive and welcoming environment – combating loneliness and building friendships

Many children from the poorest and most deprived parts of our community come from difficult and dysfunctional home backgrounds with very high levels of dependency where there is often little or no encouragement to look at the amazing future career prospects of fulfilling and rewarding careers which can lift vulnerable young adults out of a life of dependency.The Careers Fair is a unique opportunity for these P7 pupils to meet face to face with over 30 widely different Career Representatives.

Volunteer-led hall improvements and scaffold purchase to make Ayr North’s community hub safer, sustainable, and welcoming, benefiting young people, groups, and local residents.

Friends of Dundonald Castle SCIO are applying for project funding to deliver much-needed evening clubs and activities for our community. We have been consistently approached by members of our community to increase our extensive daytime offer of clubs and groups into the evenings. This will allow us to increase the demographic spread of our Community Hub users and visitors, improving accessibility for all those with daytime commitments with 3 new evening groups.

We are opening a visitor attraction inside the community owned Broadway cinema in Prestwick to make our town an even more attractive place to live and work. The Broadway meets all three priority areas: it will deliver an enhanced sense of place, and a high quality indoor space for the community. It will support training and educational opportunities. It will enhance the local economy and streetscape.

Our project aims to make water sports more accessible locally. By purchasing a new trailer, we will be able to securely and safely transport our water sports equipment to benefit the local community.

1. Vics In The Community has adopted the key community wealth building values by ensuring we adopt fair work principles including paying the real living wage. 2. Vics are also committed to employing and creating volunteering and training opportunities for local people. 3. All our building and capital works have been carried out by local contractors . 4. Our pavilion serves the full community including young people, adults and families. 5. All our income is reinvested in to Vics.

The Iris Arts will develop a community room that people living locally can call their own. Aligning with local priorities, Adult and Family Learning, Youth Work, Financial Inclusion and Community Development, we can develop a space adjoining our Community studio where people living locally can meet, share and learn. This will provide a space for our Youth Volunteers to meet, learn and create, families to engage in creative learning classes and older people to learn and feel less isolated.