There are 6 projects seeking funding in Falkirk North, as well as 4 Falkirk-wide projects.
Place-Based Capital Projects
Bainsford Hall Community Group
Bainsford Community Hall toilet refurbishment.
Amount requested: £74,861
Hall use has increased ten-fold since we started managing the asset June 2022, and we have no doubt about the need for our asset locally. The toilets in our building have not been upgraded in over 40 years, and have been left in a poor state of repair. We want to upgrade them. This has been requested by our partners and hall users, and is long overdue. We need to future-proof our community asset, maintain viability, and become more sustainable and energy efficient.
Thornhill Community Hall
New community kitchen.
Amount requested: £8,500
Thornhill Community Centre needs your vote. It needs a new kitchen, the one we have is outdated and the units are falling off the walls. The community use the hall regularly and the committee want to bring it up to a standard that meets health and safety regulations and is functional for all our members.
Westfield Park Community centre
Renewal of floor.
Amount requested: £6,091.20
We the committee at the centre are all volunteers and give our time to run the centre. We would like to replace the flooring in the main hall as it is 37yrs old and it is now creaking and splitting. Our hall is used daily by the community for different groups from Craft groups, Slimming World, Mothers and Toddlers, Church group, youth clubs elderly, community days, and also parties, fundraising to name a few. This is a great asset to the community and provides a safe and warm place for the community to come together.
The floor is a spring-based floor and has served the centre well over its lifetime but it is now needing replaced. We feel that if this does not get replaced then it will become an unusable space. We would be contacting contractors to start this project immediately after funding is awarded.
Barony Players (Falkirk-wide project)
Raising the Roof on The Barony Theatre.
Amount requested: £51,012.22
The Barony Theatre is a unique community theatre venue in Bo'ness; open and accessible to all in the Falkirk Council area and beyond. It is home to our adult company of Players, our Youth Theatre, and the Secret Cinema. We also attract touring professional theatre companies, host ghost hunting groups, hire out the theatre to other professional or community groups, hold Open Days and participate in the Hippfest Silent Film Festival.
In order to continue and expand our programme of community involvement, we need a building which is wind and watertight to protect the Victorian interior and technical equipment and provide a comfortable environment for all our users.
We will use the grant to replace 2 sections of the roof which are beyond repair and causing damage to the interior. We anticipate the work will take 6 months and be completed for our 70th Anniversary celebrations in June 2024.
Falkirk Football Community Foundation (Falkirk-wide project)
Electric van.
Amount requested: £43,348.99
Falkirk Football Community Foundation's vision is to be a leading provider of sport, health, education, and employability activities to children, young people, and adults in our community.
The Falkirk Foundation works with local and national partners to provide innovative initiatives that engage people across all age groups and backgrounds. We are extremely proud of our partner relationships that are the heartbeat of the community.
The community's wellbeing is integral to our work and tackling deep-rooted issues is of utmost importance.
We hope to purchase an electric van to deliver our projects in different locations in the Falkirk Community. These projects range from football delivery, employability, mental health and first aid. The vehicle will be used to help with our winter campaign where we deliver food hampers, warm clothing and toys to those that need them over the winter.
The purchase will help in the Foundations goal of becoming carbon neutral.
Falkirk Fury Basketball (Falkirk-wide project)
Transport assistance to basketball programme.
Amount requested: £50,720
Falkirk Fury Basketball Club works in schools and organisation all across the Falkirk Council area. Having our own minibus will reduce the number of parents and players cars on the road, thus helping cut carbon emissions.
It will also allow the club to deliver sessions more easily, transport players/coaches to games and assist schools and organisations where transport is an issue. We would use the bus to transport our players - 16 teams - to games which are played all over Scotland. Many of our players do not have transport and a minibus would be of tremendous benefit in solving these issues.
Falkirk Junior Bike Club (Falkirk-wide project)
Public Access Defibrillators at cycling hubs.
Amount requested: £6,920
Early access to a defibrillator can vastly improve the chance of survival. As a club, we coach in many locations in Falkirk that are currently some distance from a defibrillator, and we are conscious that if someone was to suffer a cardiac arrest it could take some time to get access to a defib. Each of these locations is also used by many other groups who promote sport and physical activity, as well as many other members of the community, so this project has the potential to offer life saving support for many.
We would like to make these accessible in 3 different locations:
- Callendar Park
- Callendar Estate Activity Centre Camp
- Zetland Park
And a 4th one to ensure we have a portable one for any events and community sessions we run. We would appreciate if you could see the impact this will create and a safer community for all.
Friends of Forth Valley First Responders (Falkirk-wide project)
Installation of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs).
Amount requested: £32,290
The project would look to place Public Access Defibrillators across the Falkirk Council area.
Fourteen sites have been identified with a further four requiring new cabinets. A contingency would be included as with previous installations, extra ones came forward but could not be accommodated.
Every year the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) responds to around 200 people in Falkirk who have a sudden, unexpected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Only 10% of these people survive.
Survival would be greatly increased if PADs were used. In the event of an OHCA within range of a PAD, the public would be directed to it by Ambulance Control after calling 999. They would also be given instructions to enable them to use the PAD prior to arrival of the Emergency Services.
We would also offer the community sessions to learn CPR and how to use of a PAD.
Small Grants
Falkirk Fury Basketball Club
Bouncing back to sport With basketball.
Amount requested: £5,000
Falkirk Fury Basketball Club will in this project deliver 200 x 45 minute sessions of basketball or related basketball matters ie table officiating, coaching, floor officials, media training, analytics (ie stats) to 20 schools / organisations eg the Boys Brigade who meet at Falkirk High School.
The club will provide, from a separate equipment grant that we have, the 20 schools / organisations with equipment such as basketballs / basketball boards & stands.
This equipment will ensure sustainability with each program.
Fury will provide International players / coaches to deliver the coaching sessions.
The fact that Falkirk has a thriving 30 team Primary School League and the 8 High schools all compete in Scottish Schools competition, means the club can encourage not only existing programs but seek out and help new programs to begin. Basketball is a fun, healthy and enjoyable sport that will see individuals in the project not only develop skills on court but also off court and promote good team behaviour and rapport.
Freedom of Mind Community Choir
Sharing Our Stories In Song
Amount requested: £4,999.68
We want to deliver 3 blocks of free to access song writing workshops (each for 6 participants x 6 two-hour sessions) between April - October 2024. Participants will engage in group activity, share experiences in a supportive setting, feel valued, receive peer support from other participants and Peer Mentors/Volunteers, & develop creative skills, expressing themselves through song, with support from acclaimed songwriter Kim Edgar. Workshops will support participants to "re-author" their own story through song, moving from a focus on mental illness, or grief/loss/isolation/loneliness, to positive future aspirations, as an important step in recovery. Songs will be shared in performance & have a legacy through incorporation into Freedom Of Mind Community Choir repertoire for future performances, e.g. at Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2024.
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Voting closes on Friday 23 February 2024.