The Ayrshire Community Trust (TACT)

The Ayrshire Community Trust (TACT) is a small charity based in Saltcoats offering services to the community and voluntary sector (also known as third sector) across North Ayrshire.

Their mission is to deliver programmes and projects that make a difference to people’s lives by encouraging, supporting and promoting community action.
They continue to grow and develop offering new and exciting opportunities for residents in North Ayrshire.

Their key role is to engage with individuals who wish to volunteer and match them with an appropriate volunteering experience.

Volunteering activity is massive in North Ayrshire with more than 32,000 people who give of their time to help others.

People volunteer for all sorts of reasons, to try something new, to meet new people, to get out the house or feel they are contributing to their community. Staff respect and value all volunteers irrespective of why they do it.

They also engage with over 900 community and voluntary organisations, they try to help where they can, whether training, funding, photocopying they will do their best to help.

TACT has evolved over the years and carries out a range of additional functions which they believe work towards making North Ayrshire a great place to stay:
- Employability Support – they offer training to help individuals move closer to the job market.
- Digital Support – TACT Digital offers a range of digital support for indivdiuals and third sector organisations including website development, training and virtual reality.