Council leader Jane Meagher

Brought forward by councillors as part of an urgent package of support for the city’s third sector, the £275,000 funding pot aims to support local organisations working to prevent and tackle poverty across Edinburgh. 

Small and medium-sized charities based in the city will be able to apply for Phase two of the council’s Third Sector Resilience Fund until applications close at 1pm on Friday 4 July. Grants of up to £10,000 will be made available to support charities between September and March.

City of Edinburgh Council leader Jane Meagher, said: “In a successful city like Edinburgh, it is unacceptable that 80,000 people are living in poverty–  including close to a quarter of all children. This makes preventing poverty one of our biggest ambitions – but we can’t achieve this without the third sector.

“With funding becoming ever scarcer, our population growing and more people struggling with the cost of living, we can see that many local charities are in a precarious position. We need to find a more sustainable way forward for this sector that brings so much good and our latest funding package is part of the urgent support we’re putting in place.

“Many of the city’s small, local charities are at the forefront of helping those with the greatest need and I urge them to apply quickly. Meanwhile, we’ve asked the Edinburgh Partnership to conduct a review of how it supports and works with third sector organisations across the city, to ultimately to find long-term solutions for improving funding certainty for the sector in future years.”

An information evening for interested charities will be held by EVOC at 1pm on 24 June on how to apply for the fund. An online consultation is also available to take part in, seeking ideas for making collaboration between Edinburgh’s public and third sectors simpler and more stable.

Please share your views on the Consultation Hub.