Dear All Tomorrow – Saturday 26 October – is a very special 10th Birthday Apple Day at the community orchard Brunstane Road South from 2pm to 4.30 pm. There will be pressing and tasting of juice fresh from the press, a bonfire, kids’ games, tea, coffee and home baking and an array of local […]
Portobello and Craigmillar Neighbourhood Network Community Grants Fund 2019-20 Are now inviting application from both community and third sector groups. This exciting funding opportunity is for local communities to use in many ways such as; Start – up grant for new groups or community projects Buying a new piece of equipment […]
NOTICE OF MEETING: The 371st meeting of Portobello Community Council will be held on Monday 28th October 2019 at 7:30 pm in Portobello Baptist Church Cafe, 189 Portobello High Street. Any additional items not already included on the agenda should be notified to the Secretary in advance if possible. PCC-371st-agenda-Oct-2019.pdf DRAFT 370th […]
City of Edinburgh Council are looking to determine the level of support / opposition for a small catering concession that they are proposing would operate in Straiton Park and some proposed changes to the children’s entertainment area that operates there. The catering business will sell ice creams, hot deserts (waffles/crepes), confectionery, hot & cold drinks (no alcohol). […]
Dear All A reminder that Portobello Heritage Trust have their annual lecture at 7.30pm on Monday, 14 October in the small hall at Bellfield. It will be an illustrated talk given by Dr Jill Turnbull: William Bailey: From Glassworks to Provost. Poster here: http://www.portobelloheritagetrust.co.uk/ If you live in a tenement, or upper and […]
Dear All Looking forward to Portobello Book Festival this weekend? The first event was last night in Portobello Bookshop on National Poetry Day with the brilliant young writer Michael Pederson. There are always a few tickets events at the venue door, if there are none left at Portobello Library. It’s all here: https://portobellobookfestival.wordpress.com/ […]
The City of Edinburgh Council is introducing new bus lane enforcement cameras around Edinburgh. One of these locations is on on the north side of Milton Road (Duddingston Crescent), between Hope Lane and the A1 (to east of bus stop outside Craigentinny Dental Care), to monitor east bound traffic. The camera is expected to begin […]
Dear All The deadline for nominations to Community Councils is 4pm this coming Monday 30 September. It’s a strict deadline. For each nomination, names and addresses must be checked against the Electoral Register and everything needs to be in order, e.g. you cannot nominate or second more than one person for the role of […]
Via PEDAL: “We plan to organise a community energy conversation which will hopefully allow all of us to have a look at what might be possible here in terms of local energy saving and generation and think through which projects are most likely to work just now. We are currently scoping solar, wind, EVs/transport and […]
Please see attached civic new licence notice. Proposed trading from a Cooking Trailer which will be removed from site each day Nature of goods trading: Burgers, Morning Rolls, Nachos, Chips and Soft Drinks Location: 10 West Bank Street, corner of car park against grassed area to side of Power League Written permission provided from Power […]
