£eith Chooses voting has now closed and vote counting is in progress. Results will be announced as soon as possible, in the next couple of weeks.
Many thanks to all who took the trouble to vote, you have done a good thing, for the benefit of the community in Leith.
£eith Chooses voting is OPEN NOW! Please vote, and please pass the word around!
How do I vote?
Easiest for many people is to vote online at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/voteleithchooses
Otherwise, pick up a paper voting paper at any of the places listed below. (You can collect a voting form for someone else, but please do not photocopy forms, as each is invidually marked.) You can fill it in and deposit your vote on the spot there, or take a postage paid envelope and post it later.
| McDonald Road Library 2-8 McDonald Road Edinburgh EH7 4LU |
Leith Library 28-30 Ferry Road Edinburgh EH6 4AE |
| Utilita 41 Newkirkgate Edinburgh EH6 6AA |
Out of the Blue Drill Hall 36 Dalmeny Street Edinburgh EH6 8RG |
| The Wee Hub (The Living Memory Association) 1st floor (former Debenhams) Ocean Terminal shopping centre 74 Ocean Drive EH6 6JJ |
£eith Chooses voting opens next week, on Monday 16th January, and will run for 2 weeks. Have you checked out the projects yet, so you know who you will be voting for?
Have a look here
Great news! Although most people will vote online as usual, we have also reintroduced postal voting for folk who cannot easily access the internet. You can pick up a voting form at any of the places listed below. Please pass the word around!
You can collect a voting form for someone else, but please do not photocopy forms, as each is invidually marked.
| McDonald Road Library 2-8 McDonald Road Edinburgh EH7 4LU |
Leith Library 28-30 Ferry Road Edinburgh EH6 4AE |
| Utilita 41 Newkirkgate Edinburgh EH6 6AA |
Out of the Blue Drill Hall 36 Dalmeny Street Edinburgh EH6 8RG |
| The Wee Hub (The Living Memory Association) 1st floor (former Debenhams) Ocean Terminal shopping centre 74 Ocean Drive EH6 6JJ  |
Happy New Year everyone!
January is £eith Chooses month! See all the projects here.
Voting for your favourite £eith Chooses projects doesn’t open until 16th January 2023, but you can see in advance the projects that are applying for funding, so that you have time to think about which you feel will most benefit the community and which you will vote for, when the time comes.
You are encouraged to apply to £eith Chooses for a grant of up to £5,000 for your community project (to run from April 2023 to March 2024).
If you want advice on your idea / application, please come along to talk to us at McDonald Road Library (Learning Centre, upstairs), 4 – 5pm, Wednesdays the 14th, 21st, and 28th September.
Your project doesn’t need to be complicated. It just needs to be something that can be delivered within 12 months, that will help/support/protect vulnerable folk in Leith.
You need to be a constituted group with a bank account, or your smaller group could partner with such a group.
The people of Leith will vote in January 2023 on all the proposed projects, and the projects that gain the most votes will be awarded the funding.
Download your application form here https://www.leithchooses.net/applications-needed-asap .
If you are a constituted group with a bank account, please apply to £eith Chooses for a grant of up to £5,000 for your community project.
Your project doesn’t need to be complicated. It just needs to be something that can be delivered within 12 months, that will help/support/protect vulnerable folk in Leith.
The people of Leith will vote in January 2023 on all the proposed projects, and the projects that gain the most votes will be awarded the funding.
Download your application here https://www.leithchooses.net/applications-needed-asap
If you want advice on your application, please come along to McDonald Road Library (Learning Centre, upstairs) 4pm on Wednesday 31 August or Wednesday 7th September.
£eith Chooses 2022-2023 is accepting applications up until 30 September.
Want to apply for funding (up to £5,000) but need some advice or help with your application?
Come along to the Learning Centre (upstairs at McDonald Road Library) and talk it over with a member of the Steering Group, who can advise you how best to frame your project application.
From 4pm
On Wednesday 31 August and / or Wednesday 7th September 
Please remember that £eith Chooses is starting early this year. Applications should be in by the end of September 2022.
£49,102 is available for community projects that the community votes for.
Your project should match the theme:
Sustaining Leith: supporting and protecting the most vulnerable in our community
£eith Chooses 2022-2023 opened this week and the best news possible just came in a day later – a very generous donation of £3,000 from Port of Leith Housing Association. Thank you PoLHA!
This new donation bumps the grant pot up to a total of £49,102, which means that more projects can be funded.
Hope your project ideas are flowing – now is the time to get started on your application!
Sustaining Leith: supporting and protecting the most vulnerable in our community
£eith Chooses 2022-2023 is opening earlier this year – it is open for applications NOW!
Applications for projects up to £5,000 will be accepted from 1st August 2022 until the end of September 2022. Please download the Guidance Notes and an Application Form here (choose whichever is your preferred format, below), and start working on your application straightaway.
| Format | Application form | Guidance notes |
| DOC (older versions of Word) | Application form | Guidance notes |
| DOCX (newer versions of Word) | Application form | Guidance notes |
| Application form | Guidance notes |
Project applications should align with this year’s theme: Sustaining Leith: supporting and protecting the most vulnerable in our community.
If you feel you would like to discuss your ideas, or need some help or advice with your application, please get in touch and a member of the Steering Group will make contact with you to offer support. Email: caroline.lamond@edinburgh.gov.uk
Why so early this year? We know from feedback from applicants in the past that it can be an uncomfortable struggle to be finishing off an application at the tail end of the year, just as Christmas is approaching, so moving everything a bit earlier is an attempt to remove that barrier. Voting will be in January 2023.
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