Edinburgh charities share £4,500 funding boost from housebuilders' community fund
Three Edinburgh charities working with young people, families and their local communities have shared a £4,500 funding boost from Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland’s Community Fund.
Friends of Braidburn School, Scran Academy and Granton Community Gardeners have each been awarded £1,500 as part of the housebuilders’ latest round of Community Fund awards, which supports charities and community organisations delivering positive impact in the areas in which Barratt and David Wilson Homes build.
Braidburn School, in the south west of the city, supports children and young people aged three to 18 with complex additional support needs across a nursery, seven primary classes and eight secondary classes. Alongside its teaching staff, the school works with nursing teams, therapists and partners across the third sector to help every pupil access learning and be as independent as they can be.
The £1,500 funding will contribute towards an appeal for specialist equipment that supports pupils with limited mobility to develop their walking.
Scran Academy is an Edinburgh-based catering social enterprise and charity that supports young people facing barriers to education or employment, providing training, qualifications and work experience in the food industry. The £1,500 funding will provide financial support towards the organisation’s operational costs.
Granton Community Gardeners began in 2010 when a group of neighbours started digging up a disused patch of grass on a street corner on Wardieburn Road in North Edinburgh. The project became a registered charity in 2017 and the garden is now in community ownership following an asset transfer from the City of Edinburgh Council.
Alongside the garden, the charity runs a free weekly community meal open to all, works with pupils at Granton Primary School, and operates Granton Community Bakery, which makes bread from locally sourced ingredients available on a pay what you can afford basis. The £1,500 funding will support the charity’s activities.
Andrew Morrison, Managing Director at Barratt and David Wilson Homes East Scotland, said: “These three Edinburgh-based organisations look very different on paper, but each of them is doing something that matters a great deal to the people around them, whether that’s helping a pupil take their first steps, giving a young person a qualification and a route into work, or making sure a neighbourhood has green space and a hot meal to share.
The Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland Community Fund is funded by the Barratt Redrow Foundation, the charitable arm of Barratt Redrow. Applications for 2026 funding closed on 30 October 2026 with successful applicants continuing to be selected throughout the year.