£eith Chooses public vote results announced
Organisers have revealed that the following projects will receive a funding award following the £eith Chooses 2019 participatory budgeting public vote event on 23 February:
FOOD Projects (£12,000 available)
– Hermitage Park Primary School: Feeding Healthy Hermie futures £3,400
– YMCA: Breaking down barriers with food £5,000
– Broughton Primary PC & Partners:Growing food (partial funding – tbc)
SUPPORTING VULNERABLE PEOPLE Projects (£32,000):
– Sikh Sanjog: for Girls and Young Women £3,000
– Dr. Bells Family Centre: Holiday Activities £4,400
– Creative Electric: Equality and Accessibility £5,000
– Multicultural Family Base: Summer Support £5,000
– Socks for the Street: Leith Cares packs £4,000
– Pilmeny Development Project: Older Peoples services £5,000
– Citadel Youth Centre: Back to the Future, old & young together £4,960
– The Junction: Self-care kits & support (partial funding) tbc
The awards add up to a total of £44,624.
Event organisers said: “Sadly, projects and groups whose names do not appear above did not win funding on this occasion. This is not a reflection on the quality of their projects, which were all excellent, but of the sad fact that there is never enough money to go round … The £eith Chooses team feels just as distressed about this as the project groups must be.
“Any project applicants who wish private feedback on their application, or on the exact number of votes received, and where their vote totals rank alongside those of other projects, are most welcome to email in for this information, or to request a private discussion. Email: caroline.lamond@edinburgh.gov.uk
“There will be an open Discussion session tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 March) at 6:30pm in the Community Centre cafe to review and evaluate all aspects of the 2019 £eith Chooses process.
“All welcome, and all views and contributions will be listened to and taken on board for future events. Do come!”
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