Category: Leith

£eith has chosen!

Leith projects share £118,000 in local Participatory Budgeting initiative 

The following projects have received a funding award following the £eith Chooses 2018 participatory budgeting initiative run by Leith’s community councils with the support of the city council:

SMALL GRANTS (up to £500) The sum awarded is what the project group applied for

Leithers Don’t Litter – Good Clean Fun – £500
CLASP Seniors Tea Party – £500
Cleaning Up Restalrig Road – £500
Help Scouts go Camping – £500
Art Outside the Police Box – £500
The Big Brunch – towards a shared vision of Childcare – £500
Family Fun Street Games and Dance – £500
See Me Portrait Project – £485
Taobh Na Pairce Film Making Workshop – £500
Choose Happiness – £475
Leith Fort Residents Community Group – £500

MEDIUM GRANTS (up to £5,000) 

Hidden Door Festival – involving the local community – £4,515
Tailor Ed Foundation – £1,959
Leith Primary Parent Council – Trim Trail – £5,000
All Together Charity Shop – Skills Training – £4,450
Leith Community Cinema – accessible screenings – £3,000
Invisible Cities – Street Barber project – £1,255
Mustard Seed – Soul Food Easter Road – £4,475
Leith Late – A Wall is a Screen – £3,500
Dr. Bells Family Centre – Summer Programme – £5,000
St. Mary’s Primary – Bike Shelter & Scooter Rack – £2,152
Leith FAB Cricket Club – all weather artificial pitch – £4,656
Beyond Gender – LGBT+ Creative Writing  – £4,038 (partial funding)

LARGE GRANTS (up to £10,000)

Leith DIY Skateparks – extending skateboarding facilities for all – £9,000
Leith Theatre Trust – Thomas Morton Hall equipment – £10,000
The Edinburgh Tool Library – accessible Leith – £9,690
Creative Electric – art and performance with various groups – £10,000
Projekt 42 – yoga, youth fitness, summer bootcamp – £9,994
Citadel Youth Centre – Citadel Connect – £8,980
Out of the Blue – Meanwhile…in Leith Hub – £9,613
Scottish Historic Buildings / Leith Heritage Trail Group – £1,223 (partial funding)

In-person card voting took place at Leith Community Centre on 3 March, and local people could also vote online voting from 3-17 March.

A face to face feedback discussion session is now being planned to facilitate interaction between participants, identify issues, share suggestions for improvement, and generate new ideas.

Green-themed Easter Hunt today

Looking for a family friendly Easter activity? Take on the Generation Hibs themed Easter Hunt this Friday in the Leith area between 10:00am and 4:00pm!

The club is welcoming everyone to take on all or part of the Easter Hunt challenge for the chance to win 4 Hospitality tickets to a post split match along with other small prizes.  Additionally, the first 10 participants to go to all 8 locations and check into Easter Road Stadium will win a prize.  Participants do not need to go to every location to be entered into the grand prize pool, however each location completed by a participant will increase their chances of winning.

Click HERE for more information about this event as well as the terms and conditions.

Creative Me: Ocean Terminal art exhibition marks Scottish Autism’s 50th anniversary

April is Autism Awareness Month, and charity Scottish Autism is exhibiting a collection of artwork at Leith’s Ocean Terminal. ‘Creative Me’ is a diverse range of pieces, all created by autistic individuals to mark Scottish Autism’s 50th Anniversary.

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Lottery funding for Edinburgh Mela

A Special Olympic Games in Stirling, storytelling workshops for visually impaired people in Glasgow and a cultural festival in Edinburgh are amongst a range of events set to go ahead thanks to a National Lottery boost of £767k announced today. 

The funding comes from National Lottery Awards for All Scotland which makes grants from £300 to £10,000 to voluntary and community groups across the country.  

Among the projects funded today:  

  • Special Olympics Scotland will stage a 50th anniversary games at Stirling University thanks to an award of £9,000.  In August this year over 1,000 athletes with additional support needs will come together from across Great Britain and Europe to take part in a range of sports from badminton to cycling and table tennis. Over 500 local volunteers will be recruited to help deliver the Games.
  • Based in Glasgow, Terra Incognita, will run a project for adults who are visually impaired which will explore the city’s history and culture.  The award of £6,000 means they can deliver a series of workshops which will explore the theme of storytelling.  Tutors will support people to create their own artworks which will be exhibited to their friends, families and the wider public at the end of the project.
  • The Edinburgh Mela Limited will use its £10,000 award to organise this year’s event.  The week-long festival, which has been running for 22 years and brings together local and international groups, is a celebration promoting arts, food, sport and culture.

An Awards for All spokesperson said: “Today we are announcing over £767,000 that will help communities across Scotland to set up and develop projects run for and by local people.

“What is clear is that the smallest amount of funding can often make the biggest difference to people’s lives. All of these grants are a great way to show the variety of projects that can be funded through National Lottery Awards for All.”  

National Lottery Awards for All Scotland is now more straightforward to apply to and faster to get funding from. Applications are received on a rolling basis and can be received at any time.

To find out what National Lottery Awards for All Scotland could do for your community telephone 0300 123 7110 or visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/awardsforallscotland 

Green Tease: get involved in the Edinburgh Shoreline

You are invited to an Edinburgh Shoreline event at the Botanic Garden on 29 March. This is the start of a year- long project focusing on the Edinburgh Shoreline – its rich history, culture and biodiversity – with input from local communities regarding how they relate to their section of coast and how they envisage it in the future. Continue reading Green Tease: get involved in the Edinburgh Shoreline

Leith’s Dreadnought is CAMRA’s Edinburgh Pub of the Year

CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has announcedTthat its Edinburgh Pub of the Year is The Dreadnought. The pub, which was only opened in its current guise in 2016, takes over from the Stockbridge Tap, which had won the award for the last four years.

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School holds funeral service for plague victims discovered under playground

The remains of around eighty 17th Century plague victims discovered underneath an Edinburgh school playground have been laid to rest. Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Leith helped the city council hold a memorial service on Friday. Continue reading School holds funeral service for plague victims discovered under playground