Dear All,   Have the post office delivered your Action Porty ballot paper yet, so we can Save Bellfield for the whole community? Over 5,500 letters have been sent through the post, so it is entirely possible that not all ballot letters arrived at the same time. However, Electoral Reform Services would expect all letters […]

      Date 24 March 2017     Your Ref       Our Ref TRO/16/46/ADY               Dear Sir / Madam   MILTON ROAD – EDINBURGH PROPOSED INTRODUCTION OF PART TIME 20MPH SPEED RESTRICTION   I refer to my previous letter of 3 June 2016 regarding the above. […]

Dear All   The white envelopes containing all-important ballot papers are dropping – or have dropped – through letter boxes now for the Save Belfield campaign.  The letter with an Electoral Reform Society logo in the top left corner contains information about the ballot in the name of Action Porty and simply asks you to […]

    Make sure you’re registered to vote Whenever you move home, you need to register at your new address. It only takes a few minutes online and you need to do this by midnight on 17 April.   For the first time 16 and 17 year olds can vote in a Scottish local government […]

The Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council have announced the Edinburgh Trust Community Programme, a scheme designed to provide funding for new and innovative community projects that can provide more lasting and longer term positive impact to help improve lives, reduce poverty and get the best out of the people and resources in our communities. The programme is […]

EDINBURGH PLAYING OUT CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A PILOT FROM 1ST APRIL – 31ST AUGUST 2017   City of Edinburgh Council has approved a pilot scheme which will allow residents to apply for up to five, free road closures. The closures will allow children to play and residents to socialise between 1 April […]

Dear All,   At Castlebrae Community High School, the message to their students is that learning is an ongoing process and takes place in lots of different contexts, not just in classrooms.  More about all that is going on in and outside another of our great local schools here: http://www.castlebrae.org.uk/  They do some really sector-leading […]

Dear All,   Last week Turn2us’ Edinburgh Trust launched a new community funding programme for Edinburgh, asking “What can you do to help your community thrive?” Turn2us has been providing financial support to residents in Edinburgh for the past six years through its Edinburgh Trust. I have been serving on its Advisory Committee since the […]

  We need help promoting the Bellfield Ballot! The Save Bellfield Campaign needs your help. We are reaching the final phase of our buyout of this treasured community space, but it will only happen if the community votes to support our right to buy. From March 20th, envelopes will be arriving for everyone in Porty […]