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21/9/2020
School Access For Highland Highlife Offers Support To Young People
Young people at school are the winners as a result of discussions between High Life Highland and The Highland Council that will see the Charity's staff phased back into schools after the October break. Speaking about the arrangement, High Life Highland Chairman, Ian Ross said, "I am delighted that once again our partnership working arrangements with colleagues in The Highland Council mean that High Life Highland staff will be able to recommence their work with young people during the school day and within school buildings.
16/9/2020
Miller Academy And Victoria Walk in Thurso Benefit From Caithness Community Payback
Despite restrictions during COVID-19, the Caithness Community Payback Team have been working throughout the County ensuring that clients sentenced to carry out unpaid work by Wick Sheriff Court have been paying back the Community. Following a three month closure and COVID-19 restrictions greatly reducing the number of clients that can be facilitated daily by the Community Payback Team - work has continued to benefit Caithness Community organisations.
10/9/2020
Nhs Highland - No Alcohol In Pregnancy Is The Best And Safest Choice
The Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership along with NHS Highland and the Highland Child Protection Committee are raising awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) on 9th September. FASD is the leading known preventable cause of learning disability worldwide.10/9/2020
Community & Third Sector Recovery Programme
announced by Aileen Campbell, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government, the Third Sector Community and Recovery Programme will open for applications later in September. As part of the programme tailored, specialist advice and financial support (grants and loans) will be available.7/9/2020
News Update On Wick Map - Streets For All
Frequently asked questions Posted on Sep 7th 2020 by Tremaine Bilham, Community Engagement Officer, Wick Street Design Thank you to all those who have contributed to this consultation so far. We've had an incredible response already (over 90 comments in just two weeks) and many of you had questions.
5/9/2020
Learn With Lorna Series Brings More People To Highland Archive
When the UK went into lockdown in March earlier this year it became clear that the Highland Archive had to find new ways of engaging with people. Unable to physically welcome people into buildings meant finding different ways to proactively engage with a local and international audience utilising digital platforms.
5/9/2020
Highland Archives Launch Virtual Doors Open Days
Each September "Doors Open Days" events take place across the country, giving the public behind-the-scenes access to some of Scotland's most fascinating buildings and organisations. For High Life Highland’s Archive Service, which looks after historic Highland documents dating from the 1200s to the present day, Doors Open Day is an annual highlight which sees dozens of people visit to learn more about the work of the service and its fascinating collections.
5/9/2020
Highland Archive Service Doors Open Day introduction - Lorna Steele, Community Engagement Officer
The introduction to the 2020 Highland Archive Service Virtual Doors Open Day, in which a series of films will be broadcast featuring different staff throughout the weekend of 5/6 September 2020..
5/9/2020
Doors Open Day interview with Jennifer Johnstone, Archivist, Highland Archive Centre
As part of the Highland Archive Service's Virtual Doors Open Day event Community Engagement Officer, Lorna Steele, interviews various members of staff from across our four offices. The events runs 5th and 6th September 2020..
4/9/2020
Two New Turbines Proposed For Forss - Further Consultation
Abbey Properties Cambridgeshire Limited are continuing to explore the potential to add additional wind turbines to the existing 6 turbines at the Forss Business & Energy Park approximately 7km west of Scrabster on the north coast of Caithness. We undertook an exhibition in July 2019 for a 5 turbine scheme and have since been reviewing the scheme.
3/9/2020
Highland Archives launch Virtual Doors Open Days
Each September "Doors Open Days" events take place across the country, giving the public behind-the-scenes access to some of Scotland's most fascinating buildings and organisations. For High Life Highland's Archive Service, which looks after historic Highland documents dating from the 1200s to the present day, Doors Open Day is an annual highlight which sees dozens of people visit to learn more about the work of the service and its fascinating collections.3/9/2020
£25m Sector Recovery Fund Announced
Funding to help the voluntary sector thrive post-coronavirus has been announced as part of the Programme for Government. A multi-million pound fund to help the voluntary sector thrive post-coronavirus has been announced.
30/8/2020
Wick Harbour 28 August 2020
A look around Wick Harbour on 28th August 2020. See the Photo Gallery link above.
27/8/2020
New Signs For John OGroat Trail
The John o' Groats Brewery has provided signs to mark the start/finish of the John o' Groats Trail just outside the brewery location near the harbour in the village. The John o' Groats Trail is a charitable project to develop a coastal trail in Caithness and Sutherland with additional links in Easter Ross to connect to Inverness, allowing a continuous trail walk to or from as far away as Land's End.
27/8/2020
Thurso And Wick High School Students Gain For Local Groups
SCOTS YOUNGSTERS SECURE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND POVERTY EFFORTS. Secondary students have raised vital funds and awareness for charities in their communities addressing a range of social issues.
24/8/2020
Wick Map Streets For All Update: Exploring The Designs - Have Your Say On Draft Designs For High Street
From Sustrans. In a series of engagement activities and events last year, the local community told us what changes they wanted to see in the High Street to make it attractive, accessible and welcoming to people, as well as highlighting Wick's cultural heritage.
24/8/2020
SCVO Good Governance And Other Events
SCVO are running "a new series of free Good Governance Webinars which will look at what trustees have learnt from the last few months, and how they can move forward to deliver their organisational mission, and stay true to their purpose and values." The coronavirus pandemic has transformed all our lives, and as we move to recovery, it's time for trustees to rethink and rebuild and steer their organisations through new challenges. The future is uncertain, with reduced income, increased demand for services, and the need to safeguard beneficiaries, staff and volunteers.
19/8/2020
Thurso Grows benefits from Caithness Community Payback
Thurso Grows recently took receipt of two picnic benches specifically designed for use by wheelchair users. The benches were fully constructed by the Caithness Community Payback Team in their Wick workshop by clients who had been sentenced to carry out unpaid work by Wick Sheriff Court.14/8/2020
Tips For Avoiding Accidental Damage
Households are being reminded to be careful at home following a 46% increase in claims for accidental damage between March and June 2020. Halifax Home Insurance received 1,318 claims for the risk in March compared to 1,920 in June.13/8/2020
School lets update
All Highland Council school lets will remain suspended to assist in the Government's goal in suppressing the coronavirus. We will review this position in October and will reopen the lets booking process, in line with national Covid-19 guidance, when it is deemed safe to do so.Search Our Site
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