Founded in 2016, the Wester Hailes Community Trust is a collaborative community organisation supporting local-led decision making and development in the South West Edinburgh neighbourhood Wester Hailes.

Scotland’s Inaugural Local Place Plan:

The Wester Hailes Local Place Plan

The outcome of extensive community engagement, the Wester Hailes Local Place plan proposes 36 projects for community led improvement and empowerment.

Past Projects & Accomplishments

From Small Sparks Grants, to re-developing the Westside Plaza, to commissioning the LPP, the Trust is dedicated to transformative projects led by the community, for the community.

Objectives

  • Facilitating local community events to encourage local residents to participate in, and inform, the activities of the Trust.

  • The development and direct delivery of projects such as Wester Hailes Local Place Plan that further the charitable purposes of the Trust.

  • Providing grants to organisations that support communities within Wester Hailes.

  • Providing grants to individuals that support activities that promote citizenship or community development in Wester Hailes.

Funders