£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.
Only a few days left, to cast your £eith Chooses votes and influence which local projects win funding.
Your vote really counts!
Please vote as soon as you can, before voting closes on 29th January.
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 voting forms for other people – as many as you need – but please do not photocopy forms, as each is invidually marked.) You can fill it in and deposit your vote on the spot there, in the ballot box, or take a postage paid envelope and post it later (must be posted by January 29th).
| 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 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.
The £eithChooses team sends the warmest of Christmas greetings and good wishes for the New Year to all Leithers!
Voting for your favourite £eith Chooses projects will open on 16th January 2023, but before that, all the great projects that are applying will be available for you to view here on this website, so that you have time to think about which you feel will most benefit the community.
We’ll let you know when the project gallery is open to view, on 2nd January 2023.
Meanwhile, best wishes to all!
The deadline is now past for applications for £eith Chooses, and no more applications can be accepted for 2022/2023. Thank you to all who have sent in applications.
We are now at the stage of verifying the details of each, in order to conform with City of Edinburgh Council regulations re financial management.
The next step is that applicants will receive communication about the status of their application.
And later, voters will receive information about the projects they can vote for, after the New Year.
We’ll keep you posted!
Due to the unexpected recent break in working patterns, for the Queen’s funeral events, we have extended the deadline for applications to £eith Chooses.
Please get your Application Form completed and in ASAP or at the very latest by 14th October 2022
Your project doesn’t need to be complicated. It needs to be deliverable in 12 months or less, and to offer clear benefits to members of the Leith community, especially some of our most vulnerable.
The time is NOW! If you want to be part of £eith Chooses in voting fortnight January 2023, you need to send your project outline in NEXT WEEK or as soon as humanly possible after that – a wee extension may be offered, thanks to the unexpected recent break in working patterns, for the Queen’s funeral events
Your project doesn’t need to be complicated. It needs to be deliverable in 12 months or less, and to offer clear benefits to members of the Leith community, especially some of our most vulnerable.
£eith Chooses 2022-2023 is open to applications right now. We have just had lovely news of a donation of £5,000 from Trams to Newhaven. Thank you TtN!
Taken alongside the Council Community Grants and the donation of £3,000 from Port of Leith Housing Association, this brings the total grant pot up to £54,102, which means that more projects can be funded.
Hope your project ideas are flowing – now is the time to get your application together!
Sustaining Leith: supporting and protecting the most vulnerable in our community
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