Community Grants Fund

Leith

The Leith Community Grants Fund is allocated once a year by a public vote known as 'Leith Chooses'. Visit the Leith Chooses website for more information and to apply.

The total available for Leith Community Grants Fund in 2025/26 is £44,624.

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Awards made in 2024/25

  • Leith Runs Together: Awarded £4,800 to start a 2km Junior Parkrun in Pilrig Park for children aged 4 - 14

  • Citadel Youth Centre: Awarded £3,600 for a creative intergenerational project focusing on mental health and well-being through storytelling and animation

  • Nepal Scotland Association: Awarded £5,000 for running various educational and cultural programmes to celebrate diversity

  • Building Bridges: Awarded £5,000 for an intercultural community festival

  • Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain: Awarded £3,974 for an event celebrating Ukrainian cultur

  • Hibernian Community Foundation: Awarded £4,720 for a series of older persons events called ‘Community Tea Dances’

  • ELREC: Awarded £4,469 for events to design a large-scale graffiti artwork involving ethnic minorities, refugees, elderly, youth, LQBTQ+ and others

  • Leith Community Growers: Awarded £4,991 for the creation of community orchard garden sheds, seed library, garden infrastructure, and the delivery of workshops

  • Dr Bell’s Family Centre: Awarded £4,950 to run a holiday programmes in 2025 for families in Leith with a child under 5

  • Edinburgh Remakery: Awarded £4,900 for the delivery of hand craft workshops in green areas

  • Broughton Primary School Parent Council: Awarded £1,333.57 for the creation of a new mural at the school to welcome people.