New Walking Netball session at the Jack Kane Sports Centre at Craigmillar, Edinburgh. The tasters sessions for this will be on Tuesday 5th and Tuesday 12th December, there will be no charge. We welcome all ages and abilities (So far it has been mainly women, but we do have a few men participating too!) Walking […]
Stimulating artistic and cultural events across the length and breadth of the Capital is the drive behind a new £60,000 City of Edinburgh Council fund. The one-off ‘Local Events Fund’ aims to inspire audiences and artists who might otherwise not have the chance to participate in cultural ventures to take up the artistic challenge. Applications […]
Dear All It was a privilege to be personally invited by one of my grandchildren to P6B’s Towerbank Primary School Class Assembly and French Cafe. The pupils had done all the work themselves, including writing the scripts for the scenes they acted out, in French. it was a really impressive display of their learning […]
The minutes of the 352nd PCC held on 30th October are linked below. 352nd-Minutes.docx
Dear All Edinburgh is apparently the loneliest city in the UK for older people, so charity Vintage Vibes have launched their Cosy Christmas Project. Local lass and former Brunstane Primary School pupil Gail Porter and Vintage Vibes are asking the people of Edinburgh to write a FREE Christmas Card to brighten the life of […]
The Development Management Committee of City of Edinburgh Council today granted planning permission for 435 homes at Baileyfield South, the former Standard Life site on Fishwives Causeway, Portobello. The development by Barratt Homes includes 293 apartments, 66 colony-style homes, and 76 houses, along with associated landscaping and car parking. 16_05898_FUL-DESIGN_UPDATES-3753213.pdf
Dear All The Council’s Education, Children and Families Committee agreed on a statutory consultation on the proposal to provide a new secondary school to replace Castlebrae High School on the site identified in Craigmillar Town Centre, to the east of the Council East Office and Craigmillar Library. For further information and the full statutory consultation […]
Around 150 people attended the meeting on ‘The Future of the Pitz’ held at Portobello Town Hall on Wednesday, 15 November 2017. Speakers included representatives from City of Edinburgh Council Estates Dept, Action Porty, Save Porty 5s, local councillors and members of the public. Attendees were asked to vote on three options, with each person […]
Please see attached – license application for 78 Portobello High Street. Provisionals-Portobello.docx Variations-Portobello.docx
Dear All A great initiative from the Evening News and our fabulous local bus company. Nominate your favourite ‘random act of kindness’ by local bus drivers! One driver stopped his Number 3 service to hop out and assist a pensioner struggling with his shoelace at the side of the road. Another on the 44 […]
