The Future of the Pitz. A meeting at Portobello Town Hall on Wednesday 15th November at 7pm. Portobello Community Council has organised a public meeting at Portobello Town Hall in recognition of the strength of local opposition to the proposed development plans of the Pitz area and adjacent areas upon their sale by Edinburgh Council. […]

Dear All   It was a privilege to be able to pay a Full Council tribute to the current Head Teacher of Castleview Primary School in Craigmillar who was awarded the very prestigious annual Scottish Government Robert Owen Award, joining a pantheon of internationally renowned previous recipients. It has been even more of a privilege […]

“Friends of the Prom” held their first meeting on the 16th of September – Interesting and very useful. A lot was captured on sheets during the meeting, now written up and attached. The next meeting is Wednesday 18 October, 19:30 at Tribe Porty – all welcome. Focus of the meeting will be the more practical […]

The City of Edinburgh Council have published a report following their consultation on the sale of the Powerleague site at Westbank St Portobello. It is attached below and can also be found on the Consultation Hub. Portobello Community Council also ran a survey, addressing issues of community interest not covered by the city council’s survey: […]

Dear All   Portobello Timebank members completed another fantastic clean up of Magdalene Glen last Saturday – a truly magnificent effort, and all very much appreciated! A lovely sunny day brought out a dozen people, of all ages and abilities, to pick up surface litter around the Asda footbridge, and to tackle weightier problems alongside […]

Dear All   Our community buy-out Bellfield’s Crowdfunder closed last week, and Portobello did manage to raise more than the £20,000 target.  There was a really amazing show of support from the community, so a big THANK YOU everyone who donated!  If you missed out on donating, and would still like to, you can do that on […]

Bellfield Update Dear Action Porty Members and Supporters, Thank you so much for all your support so far, both in helping us purchase the building through the right to buy process, and in your support for our Crowdfunder.  On Sunday the Action Porty Board met with our new Development Managers, who have extensive experience developing community heritage projects similar […]

Dear All   It was a perfect day last Saturday on Portobello Promenade for the Richmond’s Hope Mile of Memories event.  The local charity do wonderful work with children who have suffered the loss of a close relative or friend.  They are based where they were founded, by local people, in Richmond Church in the […]

Should recreational facilities be sold to fund Meadowbank? We need your views on the Tumbles and Powerleague sale proposals. http://www.portobellocc.org/pitz Please note: This survey is being conducted by Portobello Community Council to gather views from the community on the principle of the sale and other issues not addressed by the City of Edinburgh Council survey. […]

Dear All   I dropped in, alongside with hundreds of others, to the annual Volunteer Edinburgh Recruitment Fair 2017 this week and what a buzz there was!  Our lives in Edinburgh are enriched and supported by a wealth of formal and informal voluntary activity which benefit the volunteers as much as those individuals and groups, […]