Pentlands
The total available for Pentlands Community Grants Fund (CGF) in 2024/25 is £44,179.
There will be three deadlines for Pentlands applicants this year if needed
- 20 May 2024
- 26 August 2024
- December 2024
Please submit your application early as it is first come first served and funds may run out early in the year.
You can find guidance and application form below. Please read this before applying to ensure that you meet the criteria.
Awards made in Round 1 (2024-25), leaving a balance of £23,266
- Wester Hailes Youth Agency - £5,000 to cover costs related to a new kitchen in the Youth Agency building.
Colinton Village Enterprise - £1,598 to support the creation of a community hub in Spylaw Park. - West Edinburgh Majorettes - £3,000 to support equipment and uniforms for a majorette group.
Rotary Club of Currie - £510 to support the Currie Flowers project which provides planters in public spaces. - St Marys Church Dalmahoy - £715 to support an archaeology project involving local people on the history and the significance of Tormain Hill.
- South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods (SW20) - £2,500 to expand a free community e-bike loan scheme across the Pentlands area.
- The Wee Haven Youth (WHY) Project - £2,000 to support the ‘Connected Families’ programme will provide family trips during school holidays.
- Wester Hailes Growing Communities - £1,524 (partial award) to install solar panels so their gardens can capture and store enough energy to run small kitchen appliances.
- Manipulate Arts (Puppet Animation Scotland) - £870 to produce a young person led creative anti-racism resource, made for other young people to engage with and in an accessible format.
- Home Link Family Support - £3196 to support a drop-in weekly PEEP group for parents with pre-school age children in partnership with Wester Hailes Library
How we assess applications
We check every CGF application for eligibility. We will get back to you if any information is missing or unclear.
Local funding panels will consider all eligible applications. Panels typically consist of ward councillors, community councillors plus representatives from local community organisations.
Panels will look for evidence of how the project will benefit the local community as well as accurate costings.
They may recommend to
- fully fund the project
- offer partial funding
- decline to recommend an award
- the panel may choose to defer an application to get further information if funds allow.
Recommendations from funding panels are then considered by the Community Empowerment and Engagement team Head of Service, Andrew Field.
If approved, we will get in touch with formal funding agreement papers.
Application and guidance
Please use this version of the application form and please note that any applications received that are not on this form may not be accepted.
Download the Community Grants Fund guidance and application form