Picture storage directory is not writable

I’m getting an error on every users profile page saying the picture directory is not writable, i’ve changed all the permissions on this folder to 777 so i don’t know what the problem is, the error is also vague as it doesnt show a file path.

here is a picture of the error

and here is a picture of the permissions on /wp-content/profile-pics

the blog in question is ;

http://blogs.softchoice.com