Current Member Choice Groups - North Region
Vision PK
Vision PK supports the sight and hearing loss community in Perth and Kinross and is hoping to create a fitness room within their Sensory Hub in Perth. Being able to offer this as part of their service would enable users to enjoy exercising in a small, safe environment with a trained member of staff with lived experience, who will understand their needs.
Vision PK aims to offer this free to their service users but also open it up to the local community with a small £10 monthly membership, which will help towards future maintenance of the gym equipment.
Fairview School
Fairview School’s project would enhance their in-school café by upgrading tables and chairs with durable, accessible furniture to create a welcoming environment for both pupils and community members, and enhance their ‘cosy corner’ providing a calming space for pupils who may find the café environment overwhelming.
Their café operates bi-weekly, inviting local residents to enjoy homemade treats prepared and served by the pupils, offering students hands-on experience in food preparation, customer service, and money management, whilst engaging directly with the community, which helps pupils build confidence, develop social skills, and foster a sense of responsibility. The café acts as a bridge between the school and the wider community, promoting inclusion and mutual understanding, and funds raised through the café are reinvested into enriching experiences for their pupils and contribute to local charities.
Highland Disability Sport
Funding would go towards Highland Disability Sport’s events programme costs such as sports halls, athletics tracks, and swimming pools hire which are accessible for anyone and help keep costs low for their participants. It will also help facilitate events in more remote areas meaning they can reach as many people with a disability as they can and allow them the opportunity to participate and excel in a sporting situation.
Funding would also be used to update equipment such as boccia ramps, sport-specific wheelchairs and frame runners to allow users to participate fully, and towards volunteer needs and training to facilitate weekly sessions.
Buckie Community First Responders
Buckie Community First Responders are seeking funding to support more training equipment such as CPR dummies, training specific AEDs, replacement parts, and training equipment to deliver training sessions to larger groups, and also supplies for events to raise awareness in the community.
Funding would also mean Buckie Community First Responders could recruit more Community First Responders, covering initial equipment and uniforms.
Dundee & Angus ADHD Support Group
Dundee and Angus ADHD Support Group aims to provide a dynamic, skills-based programme combining both life skills and outdoor adventure experiences that empower young people with ADHD to grow in confidence, independence, and ambition via a six-month climbing programme, with funding to help cover session fees, equipment hire, and certified instruction to support up to 15 young people in achieving their National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme. These qualifications not only build resilience and physical health, but also create a progression pathway into outdoor education and coaching.
Funds will also be used to run weekly baking and cooking workshops, meal preparation, and training and accreditation opportunities such as First Aid or Food Hygiene Certification, and towards monthly outdoor activities including hiking, cycling, and guided foraging trips.
Gairn Community Garden
Gairn Community Garden has transformed an abandoned site near Gairn Terrace in Aberdeen into a vibrant and inclusive space for the whole community. With key infrastructure now in place, they now aim to begin beautifying the space to support wellbeing, biodiversity, and creativity with a Community Art project working with local nurseries, artists, and residents to deliver creative workshops that encourage self-expression, skill-building, and community connection, including painting murals, decorative panels, designing signage, garden sculptures, and interactive art features for children.
They also aim to transform the hill beside the garden into a pollinator-friendly ‘Bee Boulevard’ by planting wildflowers, bulbs, fruit trees, and shrubs to support bees and other wildlife, enhancing biodiversity and creating a beautiful, welcoming entrance to the garden.