Our History

The project started when…

• March 2015 City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) close the public toilets in Juniper Green.

Then…

• 2016 – Juniper Green & Baberton Mains Community Council under pressure from residents to do something with the site.

• 2017 – Feasibility study by local community council on use of abandoned building.

• 2018 – Local resident offers to create community space following public meeting.

• 2018 – Community Ownership Scotland supports the project.

• November 2019 – Charity Pentlands Community Space (PCS) set up.

• 2020 – Awareness raising campaign and local fund established.

• 2020 – Scottish Land Fund grant enables asset transfer from CEC to local charity.

Building begins

• March 2021 – PCS buys derelict abandoned toilet on Lanark Road from CEC.

• Mid 2021 – Construction begins

• November 2021 – Progress made, despite rocketing building material costs throughout a COVID year.

• The building emerges

• Building opened!

Image above by kind permission of the C&B News.

The trustees would like to thank all those individuals and organisations who contributed to the opening of this community facility.