On 1st February we held an Extraordinary General Meeting in Bellfield that unanimously voted to turn Action Porty from a limited company with charitable status, to a community benefit society with charitable status. This will enable us to work towards holding a community shares issue to raise funds to transform Bellfield, in particular to turn the Celebration hall (the Church building) into a flexible, well heated, well soundproofed, space for more community activity.

Action Porty is also restructuring to better support wider initiatives in Porty. A good example was the Action Westbank campaign that helped the community save the pitches and Tumbles. Now Portobello is faced with trying to ensure that Seafield is developed into a thriving sister community rather than a monotonous density of unaffordable housing. If this matters to you, can you let those standing for election know?