Some Community Grants Funding still available in NW Locality

Three local Neighbourhood Partnerships are taking applications for the remaining balance of their Community Grants Fund allocation 2018-19:

  • Western – balance £6243
  • Forth – balance £793
  • Inverleith – balance £10,554

Almond Neighbourhood Partnership (which includes Muirhouse) has allocated it’s full budget for 2018 – 19.

Application forms and guidance can be found here. Please get any completed applications, or draft project ideas, to Elaine Lennon as soon as possible: Community Grants Fund

Allocations for the new financial year 2019 – 20 should be announced soon.

Last chance to respond to Edinburgh Shoreline community survey

Edinburgh Shoreline is all about celebrating the hugely diverse cultural and natural heritage of our coast! We’d like to encourage as many people as possible to get involved and help us celebrate. Over the next 12 months we’ll have lots of opportunities for people to join us on our journey, taking part in walks, talks, wildlife surveys, workshops and seminars to name a few.

Do you have something you would like to contribute to the Shoreline project? Perhaps you’d like to lead a photography walk, create a piece of community artwork, invite people to see your community garden or create a film about your area. We can help!

We can support you to come up with ideas for events and projects, provide template marketing tools and add you to our events diary to help you publicise. We can also provide you with training on making mini-documentaries to tell the story of your project, which can also be added to our website.

We’d love to hear what you could contribute to the Edinburgh Shoreline project in helping locals and tourists alike understand that our coast has an amazing past, present and future. All ideas are welcome!

Just a quick reminder that we are coming to the end of collecting your responses to our survey. We’re looking for the ways that you’d like to get involved in the Edinburgh Shoreline project.
There’s still time to submit your responses until 30th April here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JTKYBGK

Nominate now for OneFamily community awards

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OneFamily customers across Edinburgh have less than one week left to nominate a local community project for a OneFamily Foundation Community Award – giving them the chance to win up to £25,000. Continue reading Nominate now for OneFamily community awards

Annie wins funding for Muirhouse Has Talent project

A young woman from Muirhouse will be the first awardee of from a local ‘community chest’ fund. Anna Cheung will receive £500 to support her ‘Muirhouse Has Got Talent’ music video project. Continue reading Annie wins funding for Muirhouse Has Talent project

Making a difference: £15 million boost for community and families projects

Projects to support children and families coping with disabilities, mental health problems and the challenges associated with poverty and charities working more widely with children, families and adult learners are among dozens of beneficiaries of grants worth a total of £15 million confirmed today by the Scottish Government. Continue reading Making a difference: £15 million boost for community and families projects

Meet the funders at Tynecastle next week

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Thursday 8 December 2016 11am – 2pm

 Meet the Funders is a free marketplace event providing access to funding information for community projects. It is an opportunity for groups to discuss their ideas with potential funders and collect a range of information about possible sources of grant aid. The event also offers the groups an opportunity to meet and work together.

The next Meet the Funders event will take place on Thursday 8 December in the Gorgie Suite at Heart of Midlothian Football Club’s Tynecastle Stadium, McLeod Street, Edinburgh EH11 2NL from 11am to 2pm.

Details of the Exhibitors and more info can be found here.

Scoring opportunity at Tynecastle: Meet the Funders!