The Portobello Baptist Church cafe is open Thursday evenings 6:30 – 8:30pm for food bank donations. “Many people in our city are in need all year round but especially at this time of year. We have partnered with Edinburgh City Mission to collect food which will be distributed through their Basics Banks around the city […]

UPDATE FEB 2020: The town hall is now being advertised for lease; see attached brochure. Members of Portobello Community Council met with officers from the City of Edinburgh Council’s Property and Facilities Management team, ward councillors, Action Porty, Portobello Amenity Society and Northfield Willowbrae Community Council last Thursday. Jointly, we have the following update on […]

Dear All   As you may know, Portobello won in the the Academy of Urbanism (AoU) “Great Neighbourhood” category this year.  Frazer NcNaughton, Daisy Narayanan and I went to London to learn from all the other nominations, in this and other categories, and were delighted that Portobello was announced one of the Winners.  A big […]