Dear All   Sorry about last week’s blip in service!  Events and commitments during the week overtook me, and we were away in Dublin for a wedding by Friday morning; so no Update done.  A lovely historic city is Dublin, complete with fabulous trams, lots of people milling around, and hardly any traffic on their […]

The Capital Rail Action Group have submitted a bid to the Local Rail Development Fund for a feasibility study into the reopening of Portobello Railway Station. Alignment with Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh, lying some three miles from the city centre. It has a central population around its town […]

Dear All   Portobello Timebank’s Members are now over 130 strong and can do lots of things.  They can help in your home or garden, take you shopping or knit you baby clothes, feed your cat or walk your dog, set up your I-pad or teach you sign language. What could you do, if you […]

People to have their say on Scotland’s public services People across Scotland are being invited to join a conversation about community decision-making to help make public services more locally focused. The Democracy Matters conversation will identify new legal rights for communities which would place them at the heart of decision-making. The Democracy Matters conversation is […]

At the last Portobello Community Council meeting we had representatives along from City of Edinburgh Council and Lothian Buses to update on the plans for Brighton Place. Lothian Buses have agreed that points raised by the community regarding buses would be considered further and alternative solutions to temporary routes and bus stops would be explored. […]

Dear All   This Sunday, 3 June, Portobello Running Club are holding their annual Beach Race and Kids Fun Run. The Kids’ Fun Run registration starts at 9.30am and the Adults’ 4 Mile Beach Race registration starts 10.15am and starts at 11.30am. All proceeds go to Thistle Foundation. You can sign up at https://www.portobellorunners.co.uk/adult-beach-race-2018/ or […]

Tribe Porty is a community coworking and creative events hub. View this email in your browser May has been busy!   We have had a great time designing, planning, making and celebrating this May. Our first Street Party was a big success and we had the help of many. Thank you to Tommy Sheppard, our […]

Dear All   As anyone who tried to email me in the last week will know, I was away on a break.  Now I am back in touch, but not for long if you haven’t opted in to receiving these here Updates!  I know, I have a lot of emails and phone calls to catch […]

After the public meeting the Friends of Porty Prom are looking to take forward a few items: play markings at the bottom of John St; accessibility/dementia audit; planters; and an audio trail. If you would like to help us work on this, please contact friendsofportyprom@gmail.com. There is still have a large list of ideas from the meeting […]

City of Edinburgh Council propose to introduce of waiting restrictions to Kings Place (incl the car park at foot of Kings Road). Currently the car park is routinely filled with caravans, motorhomes and the cars of staff working in nearby garages. As such it is not really available for use by visitors to Portobello Beach. […]