City Centre
The total available for City Centre Community Grants Fund (CGF) in 2025/26 is £25,030. 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 City Centre neighbourhood area map
Awards made in 2024/25
- Grassmarket Residents Association (GRASS): Awarded £1000 to support Improved Communication with residents and community members.
- Grassmarket Community Project (GCP): Awarded £4970 to continue to deliver a Dry Bar /Open Meal and social evening.
- Open Book Reading: Awarded £837 to provide opportunities for community group participants to attend a local literary event or book festival.
- Artists Collective Gallery: Awarded £1000 to run Community Play sessions.
- Bare Productions: Awarded £2805 to launch a theatrical opportunities programme with the end result being a “cabaret of ideas”.
- Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust (EOTDT): Awarded £2500 to set up and facilitate an accessible and free mindfulness group.
- DanceBase: Awarded £4911 to support a dance class and social café for vulnerable adults.
- Streetwork (Simon Scotland): Awarded £5000 for the Creating Safer Communities project (CSC).
- Canongate Youth: Awarded £1954 towards the Summer Youth Provision for Children and Young People in the City Centre.