Leith Community Fund

The Leith Community Fund has been established by Forth Ports Limited and the Leith Trust to provide local funding and targeted support for Young People in Leith with Well Being or Isolation issues and also developing youth opportunities for upskilling and training.

Does your project relate to mental health and/or isolation?

Do you require funding?

Is your project connected to Leith?

Applying for support

If you would like to apply for support for a project relating to mental health and/or isolation or disadvantaged young people in Leith then complete the form in the download below and email to john_b_evans@me.com.

There are 3 stages to our granting of funding:

Emergency funding

Applications for emergency funding up to £500 can be made where funds are required urgently and where delay would have a major negative impact on individuals or an entity.

Non-emergency funding-up to £1000

Applications up to £1000 maybe approved by the Funding Panel (who report to the Leith Community Fund Trustees).

Applications will be taken on a bi-monthly basis and must be received by the 24^th of the month prior to the for review in the first week of the following month.

There is no process of appeal.

Final date for submission of application	Month of Review	Decision confirmed to applicant
24^th July 2022	August 2022	By 7^th September 2022
24^th September 2022	October 2022	By 5^th November2022
24^th November 2022	December 2022	By 11^th January 2023
24^th January 2023	February 2023	By 8^th March 2023
24^th March 2023	April 2023	By 10^th May 2023
24^th May 2023	June 2023	By 12^th July 2023
24^th July 2023	August 2023	By 6^th September 2023

DOWNLOAD FORM

You can also print off a hard copy and fill it in and send it to: Emma McAslan, Forth Ports, 1 Dock Place, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7DX- marking the envelope ‘Leith Community Fund’.

Working in Partnership

We have been formed through a collaboration between Forth Ports and the Leith Trust; two organisations that sit at the very heart of Leith and have Leith at the very heart of what they do. We both want to make a difference in Leith and for the people of Leith.