Applications deadline coming soon, support session

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Don’t wait until the very last minute! Please get your application in to Leith Chooses as soon as possible. There is only a week left before the window for applications closes (October 12th)!

If you are a constituted body, you can apply for up to £5,000 and the Leith community will vote in January 2027 to choose the favoured proposals.

If you need more information, or help or advice with your application, come to a drop-in session. We really want to help you to get your application sorted and submitted! Applications are online, so we’ll bring some laptops to enable you to write and edit your application, and perhaps submit there and then. We’ll also bring paper versions of the application forms, in case that helps you write your application.

  • Date: Wednesday 7th October
  • Time: 3pm – 5pm (drop in any time)
  • Venue: The Learning Centre (upstairs), McDonald Road Library, 2-8 McDonald Rd, EH7 4LU
  • Come along to find out more about the funding process, ask questions, and get support with putting your application together. Feel free to drop in at any point during the session.

Please just get in touch directly by email if you have any questions and can’t make this session.

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Deadline coming soon!

Do you need support to get your application in to Leith Chooses?

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Information, advice, and support is available to help you get your application in to
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Applications please!

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Don’t wait until the very last minute! Please get your application in to Leith Chooses as soon as possible.
There is only a little over 2 weeks left before the window for applications closes (October 12th)..,.EEEK!
If you are a constituted body, you can apply for up to £5,000 and the Leith community will vote in January 2027 to choose the favoured proposals.

If you need more information, or help or advice with your application, we have an arranged support session online, via Microsoft Teams (you don’t need a Microsoft/Teams account to use them, just a browser and an internet connection).

If this doesn’t suit you, please just get in touch directly by email and/or arrange an individual meeting locally or a 1:1 online session. We really want to help you to get your application sorted, and submitted in good time!

Who can participate in Leith Chooses?

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Get your Leith Chooses application together THIS MONTH!

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Please get your application in to Leith Chooses as soon as possible. The window for applications closes in early October….

 

If you need more information, or help or advice with your application, we have an arranged support session online, via Microsoft Teams (but you don’t need a Microsoft/Teams account to use them, just a browser and an internet connection).

If this doesn’t suit you, please just get in touch directly by email and/or arrange an individual meeting locally or a 1:1 online session. We really want to help you to get your applicationsorted, and submitted in good time!

Please don’t leave everything until the last minute…..

Applicant support sessions

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In case you need more information, or help or advice with your application, we have arranged support sessions . The online ones are via Microsoft Teams, but you don’t need a Microsoft/Teams account to use them, just a browser and an internet connection.

  • 17 August 14:30 to 15: 30, online via Teams. Register here
  • 24 August, 17:30, in-person drop-in at Leith Community Centre
  • 7 September 17:30, in-person drop-in at Broughton St Mary’s Church (Bellevue Room)
  • 30 September 17:30 to 18:30, online via Teams. Register here

If you can’t make any of these, please get in touch directly by email and/or arrange an individual meeting locally or a 1:1 online session.

There are some very minor changes this year, so coming to a session or a quick (email) chat may well be helpful to you.

Applications are open!

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The application window for LeithChooses funding is now open!

Application links

All applications are online this year, but if you have difficulty with the form below, please contact us via 07743 167 340 or LeithChooses@edinburgh.gov.uk.

Remember that the application window closes at the end of 12 October. Time moves fast, so we suggest you start working on your application as soon as you can.

This year’s theme

This year’s theme is Greater Leith Harmony. Read more about this on our ‘Theme‘ page.

Help and support

In case you need help or advice with your application, we have arranged these online sessions. (They are via Microsoft Teams, but you don’t need a Microsoft/Teams account to use them, just a browser and an internet connection.)

In-person support sessions

Drop-in face to face sessions are also available, as follows:

  • 24 August, 17:30 Leith Community Centre
  • 7 September, 17:30 at Broughton St. Mary’s church (Bellevue Room)

If these dates don’t suit, you can also get in touch directly by email and/or arrange an individual meeting locally or a 1:1 online session.

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Timelines for Leith Chooses 2026-2027 – get these dates in your diary!

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Leith Chooses is getting into gear for the next round of community grant funding! Here is a brief outline of the timescales involved:

Applications open – 10 August 2026. Application forms will be available online

Online Information / Advice / Support Sessions for potential applicants:
30 July 10:00 – 11:00
17 August 14:30-15:30
30 September 17:30-18:30
Register for any of these online sessions here

Face to face and personal Information/Advice/Support Sessions for potential applicants:
Face to face drop-in sessions have been arranged (so far) for –

  • 24 August , 17:30, Leith Community Centre
  • 7 September, 17:30, Broughton St. Mary’s Church (Bellevue Room)

More sessions may be arranged, if needed.

You can also get in touch directly by email and/or arrange an individual meeting locally or a 1:1 online session.

Deadline for Applications / Applications close –  12 October 2026

In Person Voting Day  – 23 January 2027

Online Voting period – 26 January – 9 February 2027

Results / Awards Night  – 18 February 2027

Please note these dates in your diary, and start thinking about a new project that your organisation would like to propose!

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Getting ready for £eith Chooses 2026-2027…

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There will be community grant fund monies available next year for new community projects in Leith – overall, about the same amount as last year. (Each applicant can apply for up to £5,000.)

We will be opening the application process in August 2026 (er, that’s quite SOON…), and the voting will be in January 2027.

Have you got a good idea for a project? Start dreaming and planning now!

Community Grants Fund opens for 2026-2027

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You may have seen notices in the press about the Community Grants Fund (CGF)  opening for 2026-2027 and inviting applications for grants of up to £5,000 for community projects.

Just to clarify – this is the same fund of money that underpins Leith Chooses. In our area, CGF grant applications are funneled through the Leith Chooses process, rather then being made directly to the council. This allows the local community the opportunity to vote for what people see as the most needed projects (rather than these being decided by a small ‘panel’).

NO IMMEDIATE RUSH, BUT START GETTING INTO GEAR….
Applications to Leith Chooses will open in August 2026, and we will keep you posted  between now and then about ‘Theme(s)’ for the coming year, and how to get Application Forms and Guidance Notes. You can certainly start thinking already about new projects that are needed in the community, that your organisation might wish to develop.

If you have any views about the type of project needed as a priority in Leith, or ideas for a suitable Theme for the coming year, please get in touch withthe Steering Group, as planning is starting. leithchooses@edinburgh.gov.uk

GREATER LEITH
Please Note – ‘Leith’ for the purposes of Leith Chooses refers to ‘Greater Leith’ which is the area shown within the black border line on the map below, that encompasses not just Leith Walk and the heart of Leith, but also the Links and Seafield, and ‘fringes’ of Leith such as parts of Lochend, Calton / Hillside and parts of Abbeyhill, parts of Broughton, Bonnington and the eastern edges of Trinity and Newhaven.