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Community Grants Fund

Portobello and Craigmillar

The total available for Portobello and Craigmillar Community Grants Fund (CGF) in 2024/25 is £22,637.

Portobello/Craigmillar neighbourhood has no funding left for 2024/25 – the next application deadline for these neighbourhoods will be in spring 2025.

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 £NIL

  • Craigmillar Literacy Trust - £2950 for 'Summer of Stories' summer family literacy events in Craigmillar and surrounding areas.
  • Jewel Miner’s Welfare Society - £1978 towards purchase of equipment to enable development of a youth bowling section for up to 20 local young people.
  • Oi Musica CIC - £1160 (partial award) to cover freelance staffing costs for three Brass Blast taster sessions at Brunstane primary.
  • Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club - £2030 to provide a 5-week activities course for local young people in collaboration with Bridge 8.
  • MECOPP - £2787 (partial award) for equipment and furnishings to develop use of the community hub at the North Cairntow Gypsy Traveller site.
  • Circle - £1140 for materials and refreshment costs to run a ‘Makers Group’ for children and families affected by substance misuse in Craigmillar.
  • Art Buds CIC - £1665 towards costs for running one week of outdoor arts based summer holiday provision for/with children from Bingham and the Magdalenes.
  • St Teresa’s Youth Club - £1292.01 (partial award) for food, events, outing and training costs to support the running of the St Teresa's Youth Club in Craigmillar.
  • Jack Kane Community Centre - £1000 to cover the purchase of new equipment for the JKCC kitchen, to benefit a variety of groups who use the centre.
  • Livity Youth Scotland - £1250.99 staffing and other costs for development of a staffed pilot youth project targeting young people from BAME communities.
  • Thistle Health and Wellbeing - £1334 worker, food and materials costs for three 8-week blocks of 'Mindful Mothers' peer support groups in the Craigmillar area.
  • Edinburgh Food Project - £4050 (partial award) for the purchase of phone-based translation services to reduce barriers to participation for BAME community members receiving support from a money advice service in Craigmillar.

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