With the aim of fostering stronger ties with its surrounding communities, a pioneering initiative, ‘Community Access to Rooms’ is being piloted by the University of Edinburgh. At its core lies a simple but powerful idea: offering free room hire to local community organisations when these spaces are not being used for other University purposes like teaching or research.

Here is a link to the relevant website with all the information.

https://www.ed.ac.uk/local/news/empowering-communities-university-s-community-acce