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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.

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.
  • 91福利社 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 each CGF application for eligibility and will get back to you if any information is missing or unclear. 

Local funding panels meet to consider all eligible applications. The panels typically consist of ward councillors, community councillors and representatives from local community organisations. They 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 (provided the project can still be delivered) 

  • decline to recommend an award. 

Occasionally the panel will defer an application to gather further information. Recommendations from panels are then considered by the Head of Service for Community Empowerment and Engagement. If your request for funding is approved, you will be sent the formal funding agreement papers to complete. The whole process from applying to being paid a grant usually takes around 3-4 months, but sometimes it can be longer.   

Application and guidance 

Please ensure that you use the most up to date version of the application form.  

Download the Community Grants Fund guidance and application form