Southside and Newington
The total available for Southside and Newington Community Grants Fund (CGF) in 2025/ 26 is £29,416. The deadline for the next funding round is midnight on Wednesday 30th April 2025.
Application and guidance
You can find the fund guidance and application form below. Please read the guidance before applying.
Download the Community Grants Fund applicant guidance
View Southside and Newington neighbourhood area map
Awards made in 2024/25
Round 1
- Edinburgh Rays Baseball Club: Awarded £1077.16 to purchase equipment for club members.
- The Salisbury Centre SCIO: Awarded £2000 to modernise the centre’s website and advertising.
- Beetroots Collective CIC: Awarded £4875 to support art workshops for new Scots on the theme of Scottish folklore.
- Pregnancy & Parents Centre: Awarded £2600 to install buggy storage and second-hand prams.
- Preston Street Primary School Parent Council: Awarded £1540 to purchase materials and equipment for community events.
- Cameron House Community Education Centre Management Committee: Awarded £5,000 to support summer programme of activities
- Community Church Edinburgh: Awarded £2879 to deliver a suicide prevention course.
- Canongate Youth: Awarded £3056 to support summer programme for children and young people.
- Southside Community Centre Association SCIO: Awarded £3083 to support a women's group and summer camp programme for children and young people
- Bridgend Farmhouse: Awarded £1210 to support cost-of-living advice sessions and weekly free healthy meals for families.
Round 2
- Greyfriars Charteris Centre: Awarded £1661 for a festive lunch to reduce social isolation around the festive period.
- Whitehouse and Grange Bowling Club: Awarded £850 to install ramps to improve accessibility for older people and those with impaired mobility.
- Edinburgh Central Mosque: Awarded £4027.85 for improvements to the garden area to make it low maintenance for volunteers and more inviting for regular attendees and the wider community.