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A new £3.8m funding programme to support improvements to Edinburgh’s public cultural and heritage buildings has opened for applications, reports the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC).
CEC writes:
… The Small Scale Accessible and Sustainable Capital Fund is a three-year programme reinvesting income from the Edinburgh Visitor Levy directly into sensitively upgrading Edinburgh’s cultural buildings.
Part of the Visitor Levy’s transformational £90 million investment programmes, the fund will allow owners and operators of these spaces to apply for grants of £10,000 – £500,000 to invest in projects that make them easier for people to access and help cut carbon emissions, so they can operate more sustainably in the long term.
Over the next three years it will support projects that sensitively upgrade buildings through approaches like retrofitting, upgrading structures and systems, improving access for all and introducing low carbon technologies.
This could include works such as installing new ramps and lifts, upgrading insultation and windows, and delivering new accessible technology like wayfinding apps and live captioning equipment.
Applications for the fund are now open, with a rolling application deadline:
- Round one: Closes 20 November 2026
- Round two: Closes 26 February 2027
- Round three: Closes 10 December 2027
Eligible organisations can apply via the Council’s website.
See more on the Visitor Levy’s transformational £90 million investment programmes
