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Results Night! 16th February

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The £eith Chooses 2021 results will be announced at an online meeting on Tuesday 16 February 2021 at 6pm.  Do join us to be first to hear the news!

Please register for the meeting via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eithchooses-2021-results-tickets-140519556777. Then we will send a meeting link.

If you can’t make it, don’t worry, the results will be posted on this website immediately following that meeting – around 7 pm on Tuesday16th February,

The ‘venue’ for the meeting will be Microsoft Teams. We recommend use of the ​Teams desktop app (available from Microsoft’s website). Teams can be run in a web-browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc), but we don’t recommend this.

We also suggest downloading and installing Teams before the meeting. This guide may be helpful for both desktop app and browser: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/join-a-teams-meeting-078e9868-f1aa-4414-8bb9-ee88e9236ee4.

Please try to join the meeting before 6pm, so we are all connected for the start. We will open the meeting about 5:45.

If you have any problems joining on the night, please email Bruce Ryan at bruceleithchooses@icloud.com

Hope you can attend – the £eith Chooses steering group really looks forward to seeing you there.

Voting FAQs

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A few wee questions have come in, since voting opened, and we are answering them here… Continue reading →

Countdown to voting…3,2,1!

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Steps to Voting:

  •  Read through the short descriptions of all the projects
  •  Note the four you want to vote for (to include at least one from those marked as ‘Qualifies for a  Boost Vote’);
  •  On or after 25th January, go to the voting site www.edinburgh.gov.uk/voteleithchooses
  •  Register with your postcode and email address;
  •  Follow the prompts and place your 4 votes;
  •  Click to submit.

If you’ve already read  through the projects and selected those you wish to vote for, then actual voting will only take you a few minutes.

If you haven’t yet read about the projects, you will still be able to see the information here and/or on the voting website, after registering.

You have a whole week to get round to this- but PLEASE don’t leave it to the last minute….

Who can vote?

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Am I allowed to vote in £eith Chooses?

  • Yes, if you  live, or work, or study (go to school or college), or volunteer regularly in Leith
  • And if you are 8 years old or over.

When you go to the voting site, you will be asked for your email address and your postcode, so have these ready.

If you live in Leith you should know your postcode, but if you work or study or volunteer in Leith you may need to check in advance and note the postcode of the building where you go for this.

What counts as Leith?

Anything within the black line on this map.

5 sleeps until voting opens!

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Please vote, next week! As Monty says, £eith Chooses needs YOU!

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To plan who you mean to vote for, you can preview all the excellent projects here.

£eithChooses project gallery is now live!

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Check out the projects you’ll soon be able to vote for on our gallery here: https://www.leithchooses.net/projects

Voting week will open on 25th January 2021 – we will give you plenty of reminders and information about how to vote.

Gallery of exciting projects coming soon!

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Applications to £eith Chooses 2020/21 are now closed – thank you to all who submitted. We are currently validating the applications. Once this process is complete, soon after Christmas, you will be able to see a ‘gallery’ on this website of all the projects that are seeking funding, and you can start thinking about who you want to vote for (you can only vote once, but you get 4 votes).

If you are an applicant, it is your job to alert all your members and followers to your application, and make sure they know how, and when, to vote for your project.

Voting week will open on 25th January 2021 – we will give you plenty of reminders and information about how to vote.

 

Apply now – £eith Chooses 2021 is happening!

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We are hurtling towards the closing date for applications which is the 11 December. We will be delighted to receive an application from Leith community projects in line with these themes:

In these Covid times, we are:

  • Challenging food poverty in Leith
    and/or
  • Reducing isolation / ensuring connectedness

Download an Application Form here.

The £eith Chooses team will offer support to applicants online or by phone, please get in touch if required caroline.lamond@edinburgh.gov.uk

 

 

£eith Chooses – the timeline

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Your community project might be able to ‘win’ a grant of up to £5,000  from £eith Chooses 2021. Go for it! Apply now! Pass the word around!

Apply – as soon as possible! Download an Application Form now.

Help – To discuss your application and get advice and support, email caroline.lamond@edinburgh.gov.uk.

Applications close – 11th December 2020.

Projects showcased online – December 2020- January 2021.

Voting (online only)  – between 25th and 31 January 2021.

Awards – announced early February 2021, and money into your bank account after that, as soon as the paperwork is through.

If you need further information / advice, email caroline.lamond@edinburgh.gov.uk

 

Apply for up to £5,000

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Applications are being accepted NOW for £eith Chooses 2021.

Check out the details, download a form now. Send it in by 11th December 2020.

If you need further information / advice, email caroline.lamond@edinburgh.gov.uk