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Leith Decides to do it again - Greener Leith News - Greener Leith | Community Involvement | Sustainable Development | Better Public Spaces | Leith, Edinburgh

Last year, the Leith Neighbourhood Partnership, embarked on a unique pilot, in participatory democracy. £25,253 from the community grants fund was allocated not by a small grant panel largely made up of local councillors. Instead, the money was allocated after a vote that involved 350 local people in deciding which grant applications should receive funding.

The Leith Neighbourhood Partnership met last night to consider the evaluation report that we include below. We understand that the partnership members have decided that the event was a success and that one third of this years communtiy grant fund is to be allocated via a similar process this year.