We would like to host a community galaday which has had to be cancelled for the past 2 years due to the pandemic and would like to coincide this with The Queens Julilee celebrations on Saturday the 4th June. We, as the association would normally try to subsidise as much as possible for the galaday so it is very much a community event that anyone can attend. We would like to do this again and make it a free event as much as possible, for everyone attending. We would also like to show off the refurbishments that have been made to the community centre at this event and hope to get ideas from the community as to what they would like to see in the community centre.  

As well as this we would like to support and include other local groups to be involved and promote what is available for the community locally, whether in the community centre or not. We want this to be as inclusive an event as possible with activities for children and families as well as our older population. We would like to have a tea room, utilising the new kitchen, games both indoors and out, fairground rides, entertainment provided by local groups eg dance group and showcasing what activities are available in the centre.

We will be showcasing what is already on in the community centre, also asking the community what they would like to see on in the centre. We would then look to add popular activities to our timetable where possible. We would like to promote the benefits of the various activities and groups in the centre. We hope to have representatives from the groups attending to be able to talk about and demonstrate what their groups do. We want to hear from the community after 2 long years of mostly being closed. Needs have changed for a lot of people and we want to reestablish relationships with the local community and this event will support this.

The event will have various and mixed activities for all ages to get involved, both inside the community centre and utilising the outside space. We want to showcase what groups and activities are already taking place within the centre and hope to have representatives to do this. We have always included different groups and organisations in our galaday eg the school PTA, Rainbows, Scouts, RNLI etc and will do this again. We want to hear from the local community about what they would like to see on at the centre, whether that is regular groups/events or one off activities. We want to get a wide range of views and will use what we have learned through the support we provided during covid and using local businesses to help with this as well.

Auchmountain Halls Fun day

The fun day will be take place at the end of our 4 week play scheme, creating an opportunity to bring the whole community together. Working with other organisations in the area will help encourage as many people as possible to attend but also help plan the event.

The event will be held at Auchmountain Glen, weather permitted. If not it will be held within Auchmountain Community Centre. A Community Celebration where we will have a Children’s Entertainer, Burger Van, Face Painters & Goody Bags. This event will bring people together as the event is free of charge and open to everyone, all age groups, meeting up with old and new friends and breaking down barriers of isolation.  Connect and reunite the community and strengthen the bonds between them, this hopefully will help improve mental wellbeing and alleviate personal struggles. At the event, there will be:

• Children’s Entertainer                      
• Burger Van                                      
• Face Painter                                     
• Goody Bags
• And More........

We shall be organising a Heritage exhibition in the Watt Hall which will comprise exhibitor stalls showcasing heritage related photos, tours, trails, memorabilia, pamphlets and books. This will also be supported with access to online local heritage resources. We shall be offering a schedule of short presentations from various groups who will give information about the rich heritage of our community. Various topics will include such as Wemyss Bay Station, researching family history, shipbuilding, architecture of the Municipal Buildings, and Greenock’s historic quarter.

Visitors at the event will be able to engage with heritage enthusiasts on a one-to-one basis and learn from their comprehensive knowledge of Inverclyde fascinating social history. The exhibition will be an informal and relaxed environment and information will be provided which gives access to follow up information online.

Our Heritage Fair in the Watt Institution aims to celebrate the many ways local people are researching, recording and passing on aspects of their culture which has significance to the way they are living their lives. We shall also visit community groups throughout the summer to introduce them to our group and to engage with more residents. IHN hopes to inspire others to share and celebrate their life stories specifically through oral histories to enable us to preserve the cultural heritage of the current generation for the generations of the future.

We are proposing to hold a family sports festival with events that will engage all age groups, age 5+ which will take place on a weekend from 12-4pm

Events will include:

• Mini Highland Games
• Long Jump/Throw for height
• Traditional sports day races: Egg & spoon, Skipping, Adult/Child 3 legged race
• Football & Hockey
• Fun Challenges ( beat the Goalie)
• Netball and Basketball
• Fun Challenges including shooting

There will be hospitality available for participants and family spectators, commemorative medals will be issued for participation and a goody bag for all which will include information on the clubs organising the event who operate in the community using either Ravenscraig Stadium and/or Inverclyde Academy for their Training.

While the event will showcase the work of the six clubs who form Ravenscraig Community Sports Hub, it will also provide an opportunity for those who live in the area to participate in a fun filled afternoon of family activity in a safe environment.

The event will also give an opportunity for the community to use Ravenscraig Stadium which has been a feature of the area for many years and perhaps has been underused by the community.

There is no entrance fee which could prevent some families form taking part, there is also no need for any special clothing or equipment. Ravenscraig Community Sports Hub work closely with Active Schools Inverclyde and their Sports hub coordinator will be involved in the organisation. Through Active Schools, local schools will provided with flyers and it is hoped to run a competition in primary schools to design the flyer.

Clubs in the RCSH already work with organisations such as SAMH and the Inverclyde CLD Team. We are looking to invite these and hopefully other groups who have activities in the area e.g scouts. BB to set up stalls/activities which will give a wider opportunity for families to engage.

Inverkip Community Initiative is applying for funding in partnership with Inverkip Church Hall as two constituted groups running one community event for the Inverkip locality area.

The event, named The Kip Fest 2022, will run on the weekend of Friday 10th June, Saturday 11th June and finish on Sunday 12th June. The event  will be hosted across the three community facilities Inverkip Church ,Inverkip Bowling Club and Inverkip HUB. The event will include a wide range of community activities, entertainment, social evenings and something for all ages for our local community and surrounding areas.

The Kip Fest 2022 will benefit the wider community by encouraging participation and promoting social inclusion. Through having activities aimed at a variety of audiences, and specifically targeting those who may not already be accessing the Hub, Church Hall or Bowling club activities, the event will increase awareness of what is on offer in the local community for all ages and backgrounds.

The event filled weekend will include a wide range of activities including a Tea Dance, Ceilidh, Family Cinema, and our taster sessions of Zumba, Table Tennis, Football Coaching, Messy Play, Guitar Lessons, Painting, E-bikes, Gardening, Live Music, and Kids Boogie Time will encourage new users that will hopefully continue to access these resources when the weekend is over leaving a new client group and bringing a new demand for these services at a local level. We are also in talks with local farmers and food companies about hosting a farmers market which we are keen to have on at the the Festival weekend.

Our event, Kip Fest 2022, has already brought together Inverkip Community Initiative, Inverkip Church Hall Inverkip Bowling Club and the wider Inverkip Community, and will only continue to bring our community together. 

Kip Fest 2022 will bring people and organisations together by hosting these activities and events across the three community halls in the village, allowing each organisation to target a wider audience than they would working alone. This will involve a wide array of community involvement and participation with many of the local clubs and activity group that meet within Inverkip HUB and Inverkip Church Hall involved in creating a 'taster session' of their activities, bringing together a wide range of people within the community. A good example of this would be on the Saturday while we have a kids show on at the hub we will have bike rides outside, with football coaching on the pitch, a Bowls Taster Session at the pavilion, Messy play at the Church hall and and Blooming Inverkip gardening group will encouraging people to join them in creating a Jubilee garden. All these activities are in walking distance from each other and connected by staff and volunteers helping across the three halls .

On Saturday 4th June 2022, the group plan a street party at the Scout Community hub at 14/16 Bank street to mark the Queens platinum jubilee celebrations

Event Details:

Consultation has already taken place with the following: 1 Young leaders form representing 140 young people 2 HM Lord Lieutenant, Col Peter McCarthy, who has given the event the green light 3 Neighbours in Bank street, Mearns street and families in Lynedoch street We plan to hold a celebration of all things community with a focus on all ages and in particular welcome recent immigrant families who have settled in the area from Nigeria, Morocco and Sudan. We are currently working with the Head Teacher of St Patrick's primary on this. The event will comprise of a tea party, with the usual attractions of face painting, bouncy castle and hot and cold food

This event will have a sense of 'coming together' and will embrace the community in a way that has not happened for many years. Civic leaders will be present to chat casually over a 'cuppa' and cake. Doors will be open for all to wander and chat and generally feel part of something new (The newly refurbished Scout Centre). The Greenock Telegraph have agreed to cover the event, which will be attended by circa 300/400 over the day. What a way to welcome the community together, especially new families coming into the area from overseas.

We plan to tie in with Wellpark Mid Kirk at the bottom of Bank Street to ensure our event flows into theirs and also with Broomhill hub at the top of the hill. It would be terrific if all 3 venues could work together in a continuous flow, with almost half a mile of celebrations joining up, but at the same time offering something different. We have Armadale court for the elderly as neighbours as well as partners (your voice-recovery café) who use our facility during weekdays. Both groups are looking forward to taking part. Colourful, community, music, and fun are all ingredients of success of such a street party event, which provide something for all members of the community. This event will be totally inclusive. We have already started to form a small team from our users and neighbours to look at the planning.

Total Cost £1000

Meliora funding would enable PBO to host a range of inclusive events throughout late Spring & Summer. This   would start with a community Spring Fair in April followed by a series of monthly ‘Community Get Togethers’ with different themes for each, with a focus on creativity, gardening and environmental activities. The ‘Community Get Togethers’ will be enhanced by being held in the surroundings of our therapeutic horticultural environment and gardens on the banks of the Clyde within Port Glasgow. Some of the activities planned for the monthly events include:

• Tai Chi in the Garden with sessions outside in the Parklea grounds (gazebos and covered areas would  be available in inclement weather to ensure the sessions can go ahead as planned)
• Therapeutic crafts such as Willow Weaving & Macrame.
• Herbalist Session – learning about the varied uses of herbs, how they grow and planting up your own herb planter to take home.
• Grow and Learn Together – we will provide a variety of educational and productive food growing activities within our fully accessible community growing area, learning a bit about how to “grow your own” and giving tips & ideas of how this can be achieved on a small scale at home.
• “One Planet Picnic” – in conjunction with Keep Scotland Beautiful and local partners. A chance for the community to come together for an inclusive cultural community picnic! This will promote locally grown and seasonal foods as well as encouraging people to think about reducing packaging and food waste.
• We will provide growing resource and activity boxes.

 All of the monthly events will have fully inclusive activities as well as the opportunity for people to come together to eat and share food experiences.  We will offer wider support and engagement to our community by having local partners and agencies present at these events i.e. Community Learning and Development, Health Improvement,  Environmental Services, Carers Centre, The Trust, etc who would provide a range of information/advice and will be able to signpost people to local services.

We recently have taken on the management via long term lease of Kirn Drive Community Centre and have re-launched it as Coppermine Community Centre. The centre is now busy throughout the week through groups that meet regularly however we are looking to hold more open community events. As part of jubilee celebrations we would like to hold a "street party" which we can do indoors also and utilise the kitchen to provide food. The other thing we would like to do as part of these celebrations/launching as a community hub would be to offer regular community/family cinema days with pop up cafe. We have invested a significant amount of money in the property since moving in back in November with new kitchen, hi tech meeting room and new flooring throughout. We are now ready to open our doors and welcome people in for community events. To cover the one off set up required to deliver this is quoted as £3000 which includes ceiling mounted projector, 5 meter electric retractable screen, sound system and lighting. Jubilee party costs we estimate at £800.

We are already delivering community benefit by the variety of activities meeting monday through to saturday. Evenings are at full capacity and our day time slots are now filling with activities for baby/toddler groups and the elderly. We want to offer more at Coppermine where those who dont attend a group can tap into. The jubilee party and cinema events are perfect for this and an opportunity to come in, grab a chat, a snack or enjoy a movie in the company of others. Our aim is to create a modern community hub where local people feel a connection. We are running this entirely on a voluntary basis with no paid staff.

As previously mentioned we run Coppermine Community Centre voluntarily on behalf of the community. Our aspirations as scouts is to embed ourselves in the community and get involved in initiatives that support health, mental wellbeing, community involvement and social inclusion. We will run these activities as open events to bring people together. We trialled this at the hall after remembrance parade where we had 100+ people back to the centre for some warm food, drinks and a chance to chat. We are ready to do this more regularly. We have a team of 45+ volunteers with a range of skills from catering to project management that can deliver these events and give up their time free of charge.

The children at Gourock Primary have not had any large scale activity that encompasses the whole school together since COVID. This would be a fabulous way of not only teaching the children the significance of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee but also bringing all the children together to celebrate as one after being segregated for so long. The plan is to hold a fun day consisting of a Disco, decorate the school and playground with bunting, party games, a visit from the "Queen" herself - an elected one from Primary 7. This would be a fabulous opportunity to thank the children for their resilience during the Pandemic and also alleviate any fears some of the children may have with regards to large scale social gatherings.The children at Gourock Primary have not had any large scale activity that encompasses the whole school together since COVID. This would be a fabulous way of not only teaching the children the significance of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee but also bringing all the children together to celebrate as one after being segregated for so long. The plan is to hold a fun day consisting of a Disco, decorate the school and playground with bunting, party games, a visit from the "Queen" herself - an elected one from Primary 7. This would be a fabulous opportunity to thank the children for their resilience during the Pandemic and also alleviate any fears some of the children may have with regards to large scale social gatherings.

Gourock Primary School are open to partnering with Binnie Street Early Years Centre & also plan to invite the Minister of the Parish attached to the school which is Old Gourock & Ashton Church. There is also scope to invite the Greenock Telegraph to document the event. Local businesses will be engaged to provide services to run this event such as live music (DJ), food, drink and games to entertain the children. Other potential ideas are to invite the local Fire Brigade to show/tell the children one of their Fire Engines thus promoting fire safety.

The School would schedule the event to run in accordance with the Jubilee date in early June

Clune Park Community Centre in Partnership with the Port Glasgow Toddlers group are looking to host 3 events over June, July and August.

Event1: Afternoon Tea and entertainment ( June)

This will be for the older people within Port Glasgow, in which there will be food, music and other entertainment

Event 2: Health and Wellbeing ( July)

This event is open to everyone to attend, at this event there will be a variety of free workshops, stalls focusing on health and wellbeing For example a free pamper session and relaxation workshops. There will also be activities to help keep the children entertained.

Event 3: Fun day (August)

This will be a free fun day with a variety of indoor and outdoor activities to keep all ages entertained.

The aims of these events is to help gather the whole community together, to socialise/interact and get back out of the house and meet new people. To improve mental health giving everyone something to look forward to. To help reduce poverty over the summer period as food will be available at no cost. Brining all generations together.