Community Grants Fund Info
Community Grants Funds are available to local constituted groups for one-off projects up to a maximum of £5000. Criteria and application forms are available below.
As at 1st October 2009, a balance of £3,829.00 reamins for allocation in this financial year.
The amount for allocation during 2009/2010 was £35,735. Grants awarded from this are:
- £5,000 to Edinburgh Treefest 2008 for artists and demonstrators for the 2 day community event held in Inverleith Park
- £3552 to Blachhall Playgroup towards replacing furniture and equipment
- £5000 to Friends of Ravelston Park and Woods Association towards refurbishing the hard court area
- £3024 to Blackhall Community Association to run summer nursery playscheme and to carry out streetwork with young people
- £3000 to Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre to carry out a summer programme of leisure, recreational and educational activities for children and young people
- £3578 to North Edinburgh News to extend its circulation and production to the Inverleith Ward, and to develop a business plan
- £500 to Blackhall Children's Sports Committee towards the Blackhall Children's Sports Day 2009
- £500 to North Edinburgh Childcare to support its summer holiday activities in Inverleith
- £500 to Primary School Musical Voluntary Organisation to showcase a musical developed by children and parents at Stockbridge Primary School
- £1000 to Guiding Association Raeburn Division to host a celebration of 100 years of guiding
- £600 to Friends of Inverleith Park to create a treewalk in the park
- £1500 to LifeCare to purchase necessary kitchen equipment
- £3630 to Water of Leith Conservation Trust to carry out improvements to access to Water of Leith at Belford Road
- £600 to North West Carers Centre to produce Carer Information Packs
Applications can be submitted at any time, but should be at least 6-8 weeks before the date of the next public meeting. If the project is for an event which is time-crucial and takes place before public meeting schedule, please call for advice on 529 5270.
The allocation to Inverleith NP for Community Grants Fund for 2008/09 was £52,315. This included £16,580 carry forward, and comprises £44,347 Core Funding and £7.968 Quality of Life funding.
Community Grant Fund The following have been awarded under the Community Grants Fund since the Inverleith NP was established in August 2007:
- £2,865 to Fet-Lor for Summer holiday activity for young people
- £6,000 to Friends of King George V Park for research into youth facilities and tunnel project
- £5,000 to Edinburgh Treefest 2008 for support to 2 day community event held in Inverleith Park
- £6,000 to Blackhall Nursery for equipment and fittings for extension to building.
- £4000 to Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council to support Stockbridge Festival.
- £760 to The Yard to produce an e-newsletter.
- £2499 to Stockaree Tenants Organisation to deliver a programme of physical and social leisure activities to tenants.
- £3772 to Drylaw Parish Church to purchase computers to allow them to deliver classes and also to buy equipment for the development of its youth club.
- £207.98 to Craigleith Blackhall Community Council to develop their website.
- £5000.00 to LifeCare to install double glazing in their dining room to improve the comfort of older community users of the project.
- £5,000 to Friends of King George V Park to start buildings work in the tunnels project
- £900 to Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre for events for International Women's Day
- £1,557 to Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre with Fet-Lor Youth Agency to develop Duke Of Edinburgh Awards
- £2,500 to Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre to increase resources for youth and childrens work
- £4,985 to North Edinburgh Arts Centre to support multi art workshops
For more information on Community Grants Fund, email Elaine Lennon by clicking here.
To download an application form, click here CGF Application Form
To download current guidelines for Community Grants Fund, click here: CGF guidelines
We are keen to get your views on how we dealt with your application. Please click here to download our Customer Satisfation Survey and please return to Elaine Lennon on elaine.lennon@edinburgh.gov.uk or post to Elaine Lennon, Services for Communities, 8 West Pilton Gardens, Edinburgh, EH4 4DP. Thank you.
