Leith Chooses 2025 - 2026

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 24 January 2026 at Leith Community Centre from 12pm-3pm (our quiet voting period is 11am-12pm for those who need a less busy environment).

Grants of up to £5,000 will be awarded from a total of £44,707.16. These grants are for small, one-off projects that meet urgent needs and progress local priorities.

The projects address this year’s theme, Wellbeing in Leith.

Voting is open from 27 January 2026 until the end of 10 February 2026. You can review the projects here.

This activity will open on 27 Jan 2026. Please come back on or after this date to give us your views.

Opens 27 Jan 2026

Closes 10 Feb 2026

Results expected 27 Feb 2026

Contact

leithchooses@edinburgh.gov.uk

Events

  • £eith Chooses In-Person Voting Day

    From 24 Jan 2026 at 12:00 to 24 Jan 2026 at 15:00
    Leith Community Centre

    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

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

Interests

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