Third Sector Poverty Prevention Grants Programme – Co-design Workshops

The City of Edinburgh Council is developing a new £2.5m per annum grants programme for third sector organisations who are working to prevent and mitigate poverty in Edinburgh. 

Join us at a workshop to help shape this programme and make sure it meets the needs of the third sector in Edinburgh.

We want to hear directly from third sector leaders and workers on:

• How this fund should be used?

• Who should be eligible?

• What a good application process looks like?

• What makes for a well-managed grant fund?

There are six workshop options available (please see below).

You can register for the session that works best for you here.

• Workshop 1 (in person) – Grassmarket Community Project, 10-12, Friday 23^rd October 2026
• Edinburgh Poverty Network (online only) – 3-4.30, Tuesday 27^th October 2026
• Workshop 2 (in person) – Thistle Foundation, 10-12, Friday 30^th October 2026
• Workshop 3 (in person) – Norton Park, 2-4, Monday 2^nd November 2026
• Workshop 4 (in person) Space@Broomhouse, 12-2, Friday 6th November 2026
• Workshop 5 (in person) North Edinburgh Arts, 2-4, Wednesday 11th November 2026

All the workshops will cover the same questions, so please sign-up to the one that works best for you or contact us directly at policyandinsight@edinburgh.gov.uk for more information on how to get involved if none of these sessions work for you.