Community Grants Fund Info
Community Grants Funds are available to local constituted groups for one-off projects up to a maximum of £5000. Criteria, which are under review, are currently for:
- Community Participation and Support, such as consultation exercises or capacity building
- Quality of Life, such as improving the environment or improving recreational spaces
- Social Inclusion, such as reducing inequalities or raising achievement levels
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.
This leaves a balance as at end September 2008 of £16,211.02
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
