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
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 
£eith Chooses is inviting applications for funding for up to £5,000 by 30 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 would like to discuss your ideas, or need some help or advice with your application, please:
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.
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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