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
235: Seawilding, Rewilding and Mewilding in Porty
This week I brought together Alan Hepburn, who is trustee of a rewilding charity called ‘Scotland the Big Picture’ and writes and tweets about rewilding as @Rewild Scotland and High Sch…
234: Hearts Talking - HeartTalkPorty on the High Street
Over the last couple of weekends if you’ve been wandering along Portobello High Street you may have been stopped and asked for your input into the conversations happening as part of Hea…
233: Charity begins... in Porty
Portobello has a fantastic selection of unique and special charity shops. We spoke with staff and volunteers of The Cancer Research shop, the St Columbus Hospice, Live.Care.Give, the S…
232: Heart Talk & What's the future of work in Porty?
Heart Talk are trying to find a way for the People of Portobello to have good quality conversations as a community. I spoke to three of the organising group Eva Schonveld, Jennifer Ell…
231: Have you got a spare room? The Rock Trust Nightstop Service
The Rock Trust are urgently looking for volunteers to support their Nightstop Service which helps young people facing homelessness.
I spoke with Moreen Watson who is the Nightstop Deve…
230: Support the Makers - How to MAKE IT in Portobello
Carmen Chalmers, creator of Support the Makers this year has seen a massive surge in makers selling what they have created at their kitchen table. Carmen is a passionate champion for in…
229: Oi Musica - Let it Grow (Enough is Enough)
Oli Furness co-director of Oi Musica chats to Hazel from her office in Tribe Porty about the Let it Grow Project. After releasing the Enough is Enough video last year to mark when COP26…
228: Stitches for Survival
Three members of the Stitches for Survival organising group, Cathy Holman, Jane Lewis and Anne-Marte Bergseng talk about their Craftivism project coming together in the run up to COP 26…
227: Porty is Roasting! The story of Kawa Coffee
This is an episode for coffee lovers and anyone interested in what it means for small business startups and entrepreneurs to have their community behind them. I went to Bellfield to mee…
226: Fires on the beach - the UNCO story
Portobello beach is a mile long public park and the only public park in Edinburgh in which you are allowed to have a fire. But local firestarter Paul Lambie has been trying to reimagine…
225: What if women designed the city?
If someone asks you to take them on a walk around your neighbourhood, where would you go? This is what May East is asking from participants in her research in Portobello. I volunteered …
224: Portobello Book Festival 2021
In a world where there’s an assumption that endeavours will want to expand and grow, I find it comforting to talk to one of the Porty book festival organisers Joanne Baird about a festi…
223: Fit and Happy in Portobello
A new women-only bootcamp has started in Rosefield Park run by Fit and Happy. In this episode the founder and Head Coach of Fit and Happy, Julia McCabe talks about how she’s realising t…
222: Is Porty Parkrun in Jeopardy?
Although Parkrun is now a global phenomenon, each one takes on a unique local feel complete with quirks, rituals and characters. Local runners were delighted that the Porty Parkrun has …
221 Imagining the Future of Porty: Action Porty plan a Heart Talk
Action Porty, the group of local people who originally came together in 2016 to bring Bellfield into community ownership are planning a large scale community led conversation or more ac…
220 A New Voice for the Porty Podcast
You know a community project is working well when you can step out temporarily and take a break if you need to, trusting someone else to look after things for a bit. Listen in as David …
219 Dallas Henderson and the Toddler Hut Community Mural
You may have noticed the new mural at the Toddler Hut on the Prom – or seen some of the photographs posted online. It’s a striking, colourful and beautiful piece of what’s known as ‘gra…
218 Oscars Gelateria
When the Oscar’s Group opened its new gelateria on Brighton Place yesterday, it confirmed the company as the largest employer in Portobello – and it has ambitious expansion plans with t…
217 Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home - Coming out of Lockdown
The past year has seen a great increase in the number of people looking for a cat or dog to help them cope through the lockdown. One problem that many have found has been where to find …
216 20 Minute Neighbourhoods
There’s been quite a lot of discussion over the past few months about the introduction of “20 minute neighbourhoods”. In her regular community updates, Cllr Maureen Child has talked abo…