Leith Chooses 2024 - 2025

Opens 20 Jan 2025

Closes 3 Feb 2025

Contact

leithchooses@edinburgh.gov.uk

Overview

£eith Chooses is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making in which local people choose how to spend a public budget (participatory budgeting, or ‘PB’).

If you live, work, study or volunteer in Leith please take time to consider the projects, and be sure to vote. You can cast your votes online by clicking on the link in the purple-bordered box below. You can also vote at the in-person event on 18 January at Leith Community Centre from 11am-3pm.

Grants of up to £5,000 will be awarded from a total of £47,737. These grants are for small, one-off projects that meet urgent needs and progress local priorities.

The projects address this year’s theme, Leith Uniting.

Voting is open from 20 January until the end of 3 February 2024. You can review the projects here.

This activity will open on 20 Jan 2025. Please come back on or after this date to give us your views.

Events

  • £eith Chooses In-Person Voting Day

    From 18 Jan 2025 at 11:00 to 18 Jan 2025 at 15:00

    Come along to Leith Community Centre and visit the amazing organisations applying for Leith Chooses funding. You can find out more, cast some votes and enjoy a fun community day, come along and bring all your friends and family.
    Everyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in Leith is entitled to vote. You can cast your votes both in person and online so please take part in both.

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Areas

  • Neigbourhood Partnership - Leith

Audiences

  • Homeless People
  • People with long term conditions
  • People with disabilities
  • Minority Ethnic groups
  • Carers
  • Jobseekers
  • Low income households
  • Older people
  • Businesses
  • Children & Young People
  • Civil and public servants
  • Elected Members
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual people, Transgender people (LGBT)
  • Men
  • Parents/carers
  • Professionals
  • Residents
  • Road users
  • Students
  • Teaching/Educational staff
  • Visitors
  • Voluntary sector/volunteers
  • Women
  • Taxi Licence holders
  • Amenity groups
  • Architects/designers
  • Built heritage groups
  • Community councils
  • Developers/investors
  • Development management statutory consultees
  • Development planning key agencies
  • Education institutions
  • External councils
  • Housing associations
  • Landowners
  • Libraries
  • Natural heritage/open space
  • Neighbourhood partnerships
  • Planning consultants
  • Professional bodies
  • Scottish Government departments
  • Services/utilities
  • Transport groups
  • Young people
  • Licence holders
  • Employees
  • Licence applicants

Interests

  • Budgets and spending
  • Community planning
  • Elections and voting
  • Funding opportunities