NOTICE OF MEETING: The 37th AGM of Portobello Community Council will be held on Monday 24th June 2019 at 7:30 pm in Portobello Baptist Church Cafe, 189 Portobello High Street. NOTICE OF MEETING: The 369th meeting of Portobello Community Council will be held on Monday 24th June 2019 at 7:30 pm in Portobello Baptist Church […]

Dear All   ArtWalk Porty have a fun Art Hunt ‘Keeping Shop’ event tomorrow, Saturday 14 June 2-4pm in Rosefield Park, Portobello celebrating some of Portobello’s old shops. There will be lots of stories hidden away in the park. Find them all and you can win a lovely tote bag and have your photograph taken, […]

Dear All   From 14 June, the next phase of Brighton Place reconstruction is due to start. MacKenzies will close off the Southfield access at East Brighton Crescent and there will only be one access for residents from the Portobello High Street end.  It is weather dependent as the grouting between the setts needs to […]

Dear All   Portobello Market is on again tomorrow – first Saturday of the month – in Brighton Park.  http://www.pedal-porty.org.uk/food/portobello-market/portobello-market-traders-for-saturday-2nd-june/   Details of some grant funding available for communities to bid into.:  http://www.portobellocc.org/pccpn/2019/05/27/investing-in-communities/   Ruth McKay Head Teacher of Portobello High School in conversation about the school, as they look forward to their second Festival […]

New £11.5m fund open: Investing in Communities  A new Scottish Government fund is now open to community groups to help tackle disadvantage, poverty and inequality in communities. The Fund is open for applications until the deadline of Friday 14th June and is delivered as part of the Empowering Communities Programme. The Investing in Communities Fund […]

NOTICE OF MEETING: The 368th meeting of Portobello Community Council will be held on Monday 27th May 2019 at 7:30 pm in Portobello Baptist Church, 189 Portobello High Street. Any additional items not already included on the agenda should be notified to the Secretary in advance if possible. 368th    PCC-agenda-May-2019-meeting.pdf Draft-minutes-367th-29-April-PCC-meeting.pdf

Dear All   The ‘Changing Craigmillar’ survey response has been superb so far with around 1500 people giving their view on what’s good about the regeneration and what could be improved. It’s a great opportunity for those who live locally to have their say – follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ChangingCraigmillar   The Great Tapestry of Scotland […]

Dear All   I was recently asked the origin of a street name Egan Terrace in Greendykes.  All new street names come for a bank of names, some of which are suggested by local people and all have an historical back ground.  The justification for Egan is: “Private Charles Egan, who was a musician with […]

The City of Edinburgh Council are advertising the former public toilets at Joppa for lease. Portobello Community Council understands that public access to toilets will be secured in the lease terms. 82-Joppa-Road-Public-Convenience-29.04.19.pdf

Dear All   I just picked up that Portobello has been nominated and is a finalist in an award from the Academy of Urbanism in the category ‘Great Neighbourhood’: https://www.academyofurbanism.org.uk/finalists-2020/.  Good luck Porty!   The Edinburgh Shoreline Project created a mural in collaboration with Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home and the community.  It was, painted […]