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Welcome to this ward by ward breakdown of current activities being carried out by our own teams and our partners.
We've kept this as brief as possible for each ward, but please remember you can find out more, or direct your constituents to our constantly updated
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 East Ayrshire Leisure has launched it's Warm Welcome venues throughout East Ayrshire, offering warm spaces in venues throughout the area. We've listed these under each ward. Keep an eye on the EAL webpages for updates
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Annick
Hamilton Gardens, Stewarton runs a lunch club for older adults on Tuesday and Thursday each week.
St. Maurs Gardens has a daily lunch club running Monday to Friday. It offers a hot meal both for tenants in the unit and the wider community. Residents and people from the community start arriving between 10.30 – 11.00am for dominoes a cuppa and a chat, and they can listen to music or take part in activities like chair based exercise on a Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons until 3.30pm.
They also run monthly hearing aid clinics and health checks.
Stewarton Annick Youth and Community Association
Thrive Stewarton
Thrive Stewarton is running a warm community space every Wednesday through John Knox Church, offering a variety of hobbies, crafts and activities and soup, all of which are free.
- Thursday 1.00pm – 4.00pm
- Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm
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St Columba's Parish Church
St. Columba’s Parish Church, Stewarton is providing a warm space in the church hall with tea coffee and biscuits, newspapers, magazines and games.
- Monday Tuesday and Wednesday 10.00am – 12noon
- Thursday 1.00pm – 4.00pm
- Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm
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Warm Spaces
Dunlop Village Hall
Stewarton Area Centre
Rose Reilly Sports Centre
Stewarton Annick Youth and Community Centre
St Columba’s Church Hall
John Fulton Hall
Community grant funding
Business grant funding
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North West Kilmarnock Community Partnership
"Have a meal on us – no judgement. Come along and have a free bowl of soup, crusty bread, tea or coffee and socialise with others."
North West Kilmarnock Community Partnership in NWKLEUS are holding warm spaces sessions open to all in the community. These will be held at least once a week and will offer hot food/drinks.
All are welcome to join the first session
More dates to be confirmed
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Warm spaces
The Community Café at Onthank
Danny Coffey Suite, North West Area Centre
Community grant funding
Business grant funding
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Gatehead Bridge Project
Gatehead Bridge Project is planning to offer a lunch club at least once during the week and possibly including a weekend day too. They look to offer hot food and warm space for those in the community.
Bonnyton Community Association
Kilmarnock Baptist Church
Kilmarnock Baptist Church - Renew KBC wellbeing cafe is a warm community space which is open every Thursday from 10.30am till 2.00pm.
The cafe at Old Mill Road is a quiet space where it’s ok not to be ok. A space to bring or share hobbies and activities. Refreshments, activities and wi-fi are free and adults can relax, chat, keep warm or just enjoy peace in a quiet area.
Activities are based around the five ways to wellbeing which promote good mental and emotional health.
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Central Evangelical Church
East Ayrshire Churches Homelessness Action (EACHa)
East Ayrshire Churches Homelessness Action (EACHa) - EACHa offers a free lunch, plus food parcels at their Community Friends sessions from 1.00pm to 3.00pm on Mondays and Wednesdays in New Laigh Kirk’s halls in John Finnie Street.
EACHa’s partners in East Ayrshire Council, the NHS and Citizens Advice bureau attend to offer one-to one support.
Another valuable service offered by EACHa is Friendly Fresh Start, which helps
people settle into their new homes. Cleaning packs and small household items are available by referral by Social Services and Women’s Aid.
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Howard Centre
The Well Café at the Howard Centre in Portland Road is a place to see old friends and meet new ones. It serves home cooked food at affordable prices and is staffed by friendly volunteers.
- Tuesday and Thursday mornings
- coffee/tea and home-made scones served from 11.00am to 2.00pm
- soup, filled rolls and daily specials served from 12noon to 2.00pm soup
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Salvation Army
The Salvation Army’s warm space
- Mondays from 10.30am to 3.00pm with free tea and coffee
- Soup and sandwiches served between 11.30am and 1.00pm for an optional charge of £2.
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Thursdays from 11.00am to 12.30pm - Community Drop-In with hot rolls and emergency food parcels available
- All available at Kilmarnock 23 Sturnock Street KA1 3AH
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Kris Boyd charity and Ayrshire College
Funding from the Kris Boyd Charity has allowed partnership working at Ayrshire College Community Sports Hub.
Active Schools, Ayrshire College and the Vibrant Communities Home link Team are facilitating a FREE 6 week family food programme which has been named ‘BeAwesome’ by the families taking part.
Links have been made with the Hospitality section at Ayrshire College, to give parents and carers the opportunity to learn about front and back of house service in restaurants and take part in weekly cooking sessions.
Parents/carer can also learn about cooking on a budget and take home all foods prepared on campus.
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Christmas dinner
For Christmas, participants will have the opportunity to prepare a Christmas meal and serve it to their invited family members in Ayrshire College ‘The Salt and Barrel’ restaurant at the end of the programme.
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Former Scotland Player, Kris Boyd will attend the Christmas meal to meet families and participate in a Q&A session.
Footy fun
While parents are learning about the Hospitality Sector the children and young people can take part in football coaching sessions led by Kilmarnock Community Sports Trust or fun Sports and Fitness sessions which led solely by Sports Science and Health & Fitness student volunteers.
Younger children can enjoy a variety of early years activities in the creche.
Great gear
To top it off the young people are provided with a t-shirt, shorts, socks and a rain jacket and the parents/carers get an apron and t-shirt. Families from Stewarton, Kilmarnock, St. Josephs, Loudoun and Grange Education group are attending the BeAwesome Programme.
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Warm spaces
Crosshouse Library
Business grant funding
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Hurlford
Hurlford Church - Hurlford Church invites you to enjoy a chat over tea and coffee in warm surroundings on Mondays from 12noon to 3.30pm. There is no charge and all are welcome.
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Kilmarnock
Take a Bow offers low priced Lunches every Thursday, book in advance, contact Take A Bow, Fraser Walk, Kilmarnock KA3 7PH. 01563 535333
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St Kentigern’s Church - Dunbar Drive
- St Kentigern’s Community Cafe is open from 10 am till 12 noon every Wednesday
- The café offers a warm space to enjoy a warming cuppa in good company.
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St Matthew’s Church - Grassyards Road
- East Ayrshire Foodbank every Tuesday and Thursday from 4.00pm to 6.00pm
- This operates via vouchers which can be obtained from local agencies, including Citizens Advice Bureau
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Kay Park Church - London Road
- open on Tuesdays from 10.00am to 1.00pm as a warm space.
- Wednesday Café from 10am till 12 noon
- In addition to tasty food, visitors can enjoy music, dominoes, board games and colouring books, catering for all ages.
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St Joseph’s Church Hall in Hill Street
- Community Lunch on Tuesdays from 11.00am to 1.00pm.
- Visitors can enjoy soup, sandwiches, cakes and chat.
- Wednesdays from 11.00am to 12 noon there is a Foodbank with tea, coffee, biscuits and sandwiches.
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Warm spaces
Treehouse Centre, Dean Castle Country Park
The Dick Insitute
Take A Bow Opportunity Centre
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Shortlees
Shortlees Community Centre have extended their Food Larder to offer a warm space on a Wednesday from 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Shortlees Community Centre - Parents Drop In on a Monday afternoon from 12.30-2.45pm. Free Tea, coffee and lunch available. Parents can get details of the Cost of Living help and advice service and help to apply for Scottish Child Payment.
Riccarton
Riccarton Bowling Club have expressed an interest in developing a warm space in the Bowling club. Community Worker has sent the application details and discussed various options with them. CoL Publicity materials have been shared with the group.
Bellfield Community Council has been provided with the CoL publicity materials should they wish to pursue this
Community grant funding
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Darvel
In Darvel, all the community groups have come together to provide a "Warm Welcome" group to help over the winter months.
- Saturday afternoon from 2.00pm - 4.00pm
- initially it is using VERVE premises
- if numbers exceed capacity it will then move to Darvel Parish Church hall
- A committee has been set up with a representatives from each group
Galston
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Ross Court in Galston has a daily lunch club for tenants and people in the community. This allows people to get a hot meal in a warm space and activities are provided 3 days a week.
A new breakfast club has also just started up
- Monday – Friday 9:30am - 12 noon
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Warm spaces
Galston Community Centre
Morton Hall
Darvel Town Hall
The Verve, Darvel
Darvel Parish Church
Community grant funding
Business grant funding
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Mauchline
Ellisland Court has a daily lunch club and Breakfast club on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is available to tenants and people in the community and there are activities running four days a week.
Mauchline Parish Church has a Shoppers Lunch open every 3rd Thursday from 11.30-1.30pm.
Catrine
Catrine Community Action Plan Group is starting the” 12 O’clock Gang” for a brew and blether and some soup and sandwiches at Lodge St Johns, Sorn Street Catrine every Tuesday 12noon – 2.00pm
Logan
Logan Day Centre is aiming to open up for a warm welcome (details to follow).
Muirkirk
Auchinleck
Auchinleck Indoor Bowling club is planning to open a warm space 2 days a week (details to follow)
Sorn
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Sorn Village Hall Committee is opening up the Hall for a wee blether and a cup of Tea. Children from the community will be there each week to serve residents and join people for a chat.
- every Tuesday 2.00 - 3.00pm
- 22nd November until 13 December
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Logan
Logan Day Centre is aiming to open up for a warm welcome (details to follow).
Lugar
Warm spaces
Boswell Centre
AM Brown Institute
Burns House Museum
Community grant funding
Business grant funding
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Cumnock
Community Routes (CVO) Townhead Street Cumnock is hosting a Community Living Room every Tuesday 12.30 – 3.30pm. Free hot soup. Tea and coffee. Keep warm and charge phones and meet people. |
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CAMPS (Barrhill Centre) are working on plans (details to follow)
New Cumnock
Afton Court in New Cumnock has a daily lunch club and a programme of activities (on four days a week) for older adults who are tenants or who live in the local community
New Cumnock Parish Church holds a coffee morning every Thursday from 9.45 – 12noon
New Cumnock Working Men’s Club/New Cumnock Community Hub Larder are interested in doing more. Their larder is open on Mondays from 9.00am - 12noon
New Cumnock Parental Empowerment programme is held every Friday morning at New Cumnock PS with a group of parents from the school.
The programme is based on our Parental Empowerment blog containing a vast amount of information to empower parents.
Parents were made aware of the Cost of Living help and advice service and have the option of being linked into the Parent Employability Fund should a cost be attached to any course, volunteering, job seeking etc they have in mind.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided every Friday morning, while the group progress through a chosen topic from the blog.
Netherthird
Netherthird Community Centre runs a free “Warm Welcome Club” on a Monday 1.30pm- 3.30pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits with some entertainment and activities for everyone.
Ochiltree
Ochiltree HUB
- café open 10am-4pm Monday – Friday and Saturdays 10am-2pm
- FREE chair aerobics class Wednesday 10am
- FREE NHS exercise class (all abilities) Tuesdays 10.15 (running until 24th January).
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Warm spaces
Cumnock Library
Old Church Cumnock
Community grant funding
Business grant funding
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Dalmellington
Drongan
Rowantree Court in Drongan has a daily lunch club running for older adults who are tenants or who live in the local community. Activities are also run four days a week.
Drongan Community Association have completed their COL application, they will be opening their warm hub 1-2 days a week.
Bellsbank
Bellsbank Senior Citizens group and Bellsbank Church are working together to develop a warm hub. The hub will open on Mondays from 10.30am - 12.30pm.
Rankinston
Rankinston Community Association are setting up a warm hub. (Details to follow).
Patna
Patna is planning to open a community food larder. Meeting arranged to take this forward.
Dalrymple
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DaSH project is running a larder and community hub
Thursday 10.30am - 1.30pm
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Warm spaces
The Zone
Drongan Community Centre
Bellsbank PS
Dalmellington Community Centre
Doon Valley Leisure Centre
Business grant funding
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Other community grant funding...
These grants have also been awarded to cover projects in wards 2 - 5:
- £5000 to EACHa to provide warm space on three afternoon a week, Food for hot meals and food parcels, Essential household items for Friendly Fresh Start packs
- £5000 to the Galleon to provide 1000 free meals to children aged 12 and below
- £4000 to Patchwork to provide a Warm Welcome Club aimed at recovery community
- £5000 to Recovery Enterprise Scotland to provide foodstuffs and energy top ups for service users
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Shire Housing has been awarded £25k by the Big Lotteries Community Fund which they are putting towards Warm Hubs in East Ayrshire.
Their Community Co-ordinator has been liaising with these groups to distribute the funds once they arrive.
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Netherthird Community Centre - £3,000 to provide food and warm spaces
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The Zone - £3,000 to provide food and warm spaces
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New Cumnock Working Mens Club - £3,000 to provide food and warm spaces
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New Cumnock Development Trust - £3,000 to provide food and warm spaces
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Newmilns Food Larder - £3,000 to provide food
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Mens Shed Cumnock - £1,000 to provide warm spaces
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Shire Housing Association
- £5,000 to provide energy vouchers or cash to 125 families (£40per family)
- £2,000 to provide food vouchers or cash to 80 families (£25 per family)
- £2,000 to provide warm spaces
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The programme aims to help veterans and current members of the Armed Forces Community with everyday essentials such as kitchen appliances, clothes and energy costs. The programme aims to process grants within 5 days. |
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Carer's Allowance
Carers in Scotland who were getting Carer’s Allowance on October 10, will receive a Carer’s Allowance Supplement of £245.70. This payment, made twice per year to people in Scotland who receive Carers Allowance, will be made automatically on 9th December.
The supplement is an extra payment, paid twice a year, for people in Scotland who get Carer’s Allowance to top up the level of Carers Allowance that they receive and is not treated as an additional income by any other means tested benefit.
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Find out more about local support for carers
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We're always trying to keep our Cost of Living support information as up to date as possible.
If you know of any activity we've not mentioned or anything you think we should share with staff, public, business or fellow elected members, please let us know!
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