There’s been a lot of excitement in the air around the
former Bellfield Church today. As we heard last year, Portobello has had the
opportunity of a lifetime. The church was declared ‘surplus to requirements’ by
the Church of Scotland some time ago; several congregations have been
amalgamated into one, based at St Phillips, now renamed Portobello and Joppa
Parish Church.
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| Portobello Hears the Good News |
A group calling itself Action Porty started a campaign to
buy the building for the community. Today, we learned that its application to
the Scottish Land Fund has been successful! The Land Fund Committee has
approved a grant of £647,500 which includes some £570,000 towards the purchase
of the church and halls.
However, it’s not in our hands yet – though this is a major milestone.
The final part of the Community Right-To-Buy process will involve a ballot of
Portobello residents. The ballot papers go out at the end of March - so get
involved!
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