Forth
The total available for Forth Community Grants Fund (CGF) in 2025/26 is £25,112. 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
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Awards made in 2024/25
Round 1
- Edinburgh Spiders (Scotland): Awarded £1500 to bring people together to take part in weaving of camouflage nets.
- Pilton Youth and Children's Project (PYCP): Awarded £2400 to support summer activities.
- North Edinburgh Arts: £2214 to offer free non-contact boxing classes.
- Stepping Stones North Edinburgh: Awarded £2000 to support activity and food costs of summer 'Schools Out' outings.
- Volunteering Matters: Awarded £685 to support families by providing tickets for experiences for children such as Edinburgh Zoo and Camera Obscura.
Round 2
- Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden: Awarded £590 to purchase a lawn mower to manage grass across the garden and orchard.
- Ama-zing Harmonies: Awarded £4218 to hold inter-generational choir meetings, music tuition and food sharing sessions.
- Edinburgh Agroecology Cooperative CIC: Awarded £2263 to create a kit store with clothing, accessibility and gardening items.
- Granton Parish Church: Awarded £1200 to provide weaving classes.
- Royston Wardieburn Community Centre: Awarded £1040 to print and design the booklet of a History Group and to supply refreshments for launch event.
- Pilton Equalities Project: Awarded £766 to purchase resources for activities for clients.
- Friends of Wardie Playing Fields: Awarded £2736 to install signage including noticeboard and a bench to enable enjoyment of a wildlife garden.