Porty Podcast
The Porty Podcast is a community project, highlighting events in and around Edinburgh's seaside - Portobello! It's a very active area with sailing, rowing and kayaking on the Forth, a vibrant artistic community and a strong sense of identity which makes it slightly separate from the other parts of Edinburgh. Image credit Nicola Dunlop
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 346
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
46 TEDx Portobello
TED and TEDx events are celebrated the world over. They bring together interesting, informative and entertaining speakers to talk to a specific theme. This year's theme in Portobello wa…
00:16:53 |
Wed 24 May 2017
45 Portobello Community Choir
Next Friday - the 26th of May - Portobello Community Choir will be singing at a concert held at St Mark's Church. The choir, which is about three years old, attracts a wide range of peo…
00:06:51 |
Fri 19 May 2017
44 Crime in Portobello
There has been a spate of bike thefts in Portobello recently. It's something the police are all too well aware of. However, they are keen that the public help them to stop this kind of …
00:09:22 |
Wed 17 May 2017
43 Theft from the Community Orchard
Who would steal trees from a community orchard? That's what Porty people want to know after six were stolen from the Donkey Field! They had been donated by another community venture. Si…
00:09:25 |
Fri 12 May 2017
42 Parkinson's Disease
If you are diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and you live in Edinburgh, then count yourself lucky. The research into the disease going on at universities and hospitals is extensive and…
00:15:00 |
Fri 05 May 2017
41 The Bellfield Decision
For Action Porty, this was vindication day - the day the Scottish Government confirmed the community right to buy. But now, the hard work really begins of turning the former Bellfield C…
00:05:28 |
Wed 03 May 2017
40 Portobello Community Council
They meet on the last Monday of the month, providing a voice of the community to the Council, the Scottish Government and developers. First set up some 34 years ago, Portobello Communit…
00:14:37 |
Wed 03 May 2017
39 RIAS Awards
Porty - the best place to live. That's being proved by the fact that more buildings in Portobello and surrounds have been entered for this RIAS Awards than any other single part of the …
00:07:33 |
Sat 29 Apr 2017
38 Beach Arts
Beachcombing is a popular pastime for many people - but for Nicola McFarlane Young, it's more of a passion. She describes herself as a "Driftwood Artist" - and a highly successful one a…
00:09:25 |
Sat 22 Apr 2017
37 Local Elections Hustings
A first for Portobello and Craigmillar - an online hustings! The local elections are taking place on the 4th of May and usually there would have been a town hall hustings. That's not ta…
00:06:07 |
Wed 19 Apr 2017
36 Porty Parkrun
Today was a special day for the Porty Parkrun. Over 300 people turned up to mark its second anniversary. The events are free, weekly, 5km timed runs which take place around the world. T…
00:10:11 |
Sat 15 Apr 2017
35 Portobello Heritage Trust
Portobello has a long history - and the Heritage Trust is dedicated to telling that story. It was created with one project in mind - the rebuilding of the kilns near the beach - but the…
00:08:20 |
Tue 11 Apr 2017
34 Bellfield Result
A lot of local people have been on tenterhooks, waiting for the result of the Bellfield Ballot. It's been a first for Scotland, using new legislation to organise a community buy-out of …
00:06:26 |
Thu 06 Apr 2017
33 PEDAL at the Porty Organic Market
The Porty Organic Market has been running for several years now. Organised by PEDAL, it attracts a wide range of regular traders - and, this being the first market of the Spring, there …
00:08:23 |
Sat 01 Apr 2017
32 Fitness from the Beach
Porty Prom isn't just a great place to enjoy the good weather. It's somewhere to get fit as well. There are all sorts of healthy activities to be found there, some using the beach as an…
00:08:01 |
Sat 25 Mar 2017
31 Big Things on the Beach - the End!
Big Things on the Beach was a BIG idea - to turn Portobello into a place where large-scale public art would make an impact. A charitable trust, it persuaded organisations such as the Sc…
00:15:45 |
Wed 22 Mar 2017
30 URGENT - BELLFIELD BALLOT
The next few days will be critical in the campaign to save Bellfield Church for the community. On Monday, ballot papers will be going out - and there's a very short window of opportunit…
00:04:26 |
Sat 18 Mar 2017
29 Shop Porty Awards
Most of the local businesses in Portobello will know about the Shop Party Awards by now - but how many of their customers and clients know about them? There's a wide and diverse groups …
00:05:26 |
Wed 15 Mar 2017
28 If you have an idea to help overcome poverty, then Turn2Us
In the last few days,Turn2us' Edinburgh Trust has launched a new community funding programme for Edinburgh, asking “What can you do to help your community thrive?” Until now, the Trust …
00:06:59 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
27 Assassins Kickboxing - a Martial Art
Assassins Kickboxing club meets twice a week at Portobello - and twice a week at Easter Road as well. It attracts dozens of members of all ages - the youngest is just 4! The training fo…
00:09:06 |
Wed 08 Mar 2017
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