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 […]
As part of efforts to create a ‘vision’ for Portobello Town Centre, City of Edinburgh Council Planners have published the attached report and recommendations. The vision for Portobello is to create and promote: a place with an active public street life with a quality public realm that is comfortable for all users and thereby would […]
Dear Neighbourhood Partnership member, As we continue to develop locality working and colleagues settle into their roles and teams, Councillors, and other colleagues and partners, have been asking for information to help them identify who their key local contacts are. In response to this, we have produced the attached Locality Directory which […]
Dear All, As you will know, Save Bellfield were successful in getting a big award – £647,500 – from the Scottish Land Fund to support their community buy-out of Bellfield Church, made possible by the introduction of the Community Empowerment Act only last April. However, the final hurdle is still to come as the […]
The winter four weekly garden waste collection cycle is coming to an end, week commencing 6 March 2017. However this year the service will switch to a three weekly collection cycle. The three weekly service will run all year round, and will not return to a four weekly cycle in winter. Why is this happening? […]
I am delighted to inform you that the 2017 round of applications to the Scotch Whisky Action Fund is now open. The Fund is looking to support and develop a range of projects/initiatives which will deliver targeted interventions designed to tackle alcohol-related harms across three themes: Young people (aged under 18) Families Communities Awards of […]
The Scottish Land Fund Have Given us Funding! Bellfield gets Green Light from Scottish Land Fund! We are delighted to announce that Action Porty’s application to the Scottish Land Fund has been successful! To celebrate the good news we would like to see all our supporters, friends and family this morning for a photo – […]
Dear All, No update yet on the SGN Milton Road East major works – yet – this week, but our apologies that we were a little premature in celebrating the re-opening of the Edinburgh College campus bus stop. Apparently, the ‘hood’ had not been removed on the bus stop flag by the time we […]
Date 10 February 2017 Your Ref Our Ref TRO/15/16B/ADY Dear Sir / Madam VARIOUS LOCATIONS- EDINBURGH PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO WAITING RESTRICTIONS I refer to my previous letter regarding the above. In accordance with the terms of the Local Authorities’ Traffic […]
Dear All Update – just in – from Michael Hymers of SGN at the end of Week 4: “Approximately 90% of all new mains are now laid. These pipes will be tested and introduced with gas over the coming days. Further excavations are being dug to allow us to disconnect our older pipes […]
