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Grow Your Own fund

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March 03, 2025 - March 30, 2025

Grow Your Own is a pilot grant scheme provided by the City of Edinburgh Council. Its purpose is to support new community food growing projects based in Edinburgh. Grants of up to £5,000 will be awarded to constituted voluntary and community groups across the city to support new projects in publicly accessible spaces. A total of £50,000 will be awarded.

Possible project topics include:

Creation and development of community food growing projects
Creation of community garden kitchens
Supporting food waste reduction and reuse of materials in communities
Education around urban food growing

Applications are made online through the Your Voice platform to the Edinburgh Grow Your Own Fund and application form and supplementary documentation to thrivinggreenspaces@edinburgh.gov.uk.

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Accepting projects

March 31, 2025 - May 11, 2025

What can you apply for?

We are looking for the projects aimed at the creation and development of community food growing in Edinburgh. For example, the funding can cover:

Seeds, plants, and tools
Equipment for community garden cooking areas
Education and training around urban food growing
Personal protective equipment
Staff time which is directly related to the establishment of the growing area
Construction related to facilities and accessibility (e.g., new ramps, raised bed planters) for the growing space

Applications are made online through the Your Voice platform to make them available for the public, and to make the process more transparent. Confidential data such as names and bank account details (as asked for in Application Part 2) are to be sent separately to the Thriving Greenspaces Team at thrivinggreenspaces@edinburgh.gov.uk.

How to apply:

Read the application guidance and download Application Part 1 and 2.
To apply, sign in to Your Voice with MyAccount
Once logged on click “Submit an application". Fill in the online form, and attach your completed Application Part 1 proposal under the “Documents” section.
Email the completed Application Part 2 section and other required documents (such as your constitution) to the Thriving Greenspaces team at thrivinggreenspaces@edinburgh.gov.uk before 12 noon 12 May 2025.

We have put together some common questions and answers on the FAQs page.

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Reviewing projects

May 12, 2025 - June 11, 2025

All submitted project will be reviewed by our officers to check if they meet eligibility criteria. Applicants might be asked to provide more information on their projects.

All applications will be available online and can be viewed and commented by the public.