News Archive

Space Chase, Summer Reading Challenge 2019

The Summer Reading Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to read six library books during the long summer holiday.   This year's exciting theme is Space Chase, an out-of-this-world adventure inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.  

Have You Got The Skills To Assist The Caithness Broch Project Reach Its Goals

Wanted: Volunteers with project and contract management skills and enthusiasm to join management committee of the Caithness Broch Project.   Computer literacy a must, interest in archaeology and/or heritage an advantage.  

Highland on track to meet ELC expansion requirements by 2020

The national expansion of funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) hours will see entitlement for three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds increased from 600 to 1,140 hours per year from August 2020.   Every setting in Highland is being considered and assessed in preparation for full roll out in August 2020.  

Music Lessons From Pentland Music, Thurso To Anywhere Online

If you want to learn the Ukulele but can't find a teacher then you can now get lessons online from Pentland Music in Thurso via your computer.   If you live locally its easy enough perhaps to go in for a lesson but if you live way out in the countryside or in another place far away you may want to take advantage of the live online lessons on offer.  

A Walk Around Thurso On A Dreich Day

Yesterday was a kind of damp drizzly day but not wet enough to stop going for a wander around Thurso.   See the photo gallery link above..  

Thurso Grows

Thurso Grows is at the start of their fanatic new project in Thurso funded by the Climate Challenge Fund.  I just wanted to send you an email to give you some information as what we are trying to achieve and how you may like to get involved.  

Community Market In Thurso 11th May 2019

See poster for details..  

Labour Party Visit To Caithness Hears About Third Sector and Health Issues From CHAT

A visit of the Labour Party Leader in Scotland Richard Leonard MSP accompanied by Rhoda Grant MSP heard from the third sector and Caithness Health Action Team (CHAT) about problems arising to the community from changes to health provision and wide range of topics.   Roger Saxon the local Labour party organiser and Alan Tait from Caithness Voluntary Group facilitated the meeting at the Pulteney Centre in Wick.  

BT offers communities the chance to ‘adopt' their local phone box for just £1

BT is offering communities across Scotland the opportunity to adopt their local phone box for just £1 to turn them into something inspirational for their local area.   More than 740 traditional red boxes are available for adoption across Scotland and BT will also consider adoption requests to house defibrillators in more modern kiosks.  

The Flow Country - Peatland Partnership's World Heritage Site's Project Open Days

The Peatlands Partnership is announcing the start of an extensive community consultation over a proposed World Heritage Site for The Flow Country, the vast area of peatlands in Sutherland and Caithness that is now widely recognised as being the best peatland of its type in the world.   Joe Perry, the Peatland Partnership's World Heritage Site's Project Coordinator said: "A Flow Country World Heritage Site would not only be an enormous accolade for the area and the many organisations, land managers, crofters and farmers who have maintained this land for generations but it could also bring many positive development opportunities and undoubtedly some challenges too.