News
[Children]
27/5/2025Camps Bar donates £250 to Homestart Caithness
Camps Bar donates £250 to Homestart Caithness..
27/5/2025
Camps Bar Donated £250 To Caithness Klics Young Carers
Camps Bar Donated £250 To Caithness Klics Young Carers..
19/2/2025
Caithness Community Halls Receiving ‘unseen' Help
Community owned Halls across Highland are receiving much needed help from perhaps one of the most stigmatised groups in society, namely those with a criminal record. Staxigoe Hall near Wick is a great example, where the Community Payback team has helped with the refurbishment of the Hall three times now.26/12/2024
Wick Voices Interviews Kirsty Rosie
Wick Voices is the oral history project of the Wick Society, a community organisation in Wick, Caithness, in the north of Scotland. The project focuses on recording and preserving the voices and stories of local residents to capture the unique heritage, culture, and personal histories of the area.
1/9/2024
Why Every Child Deserves a Wildflower Meadow
From Highlife Highland Ranger service. Often at our guided walks and events we request donations for going towards our nature conservation work and our environmental education work in particular with schools.
[History]
10/6/2024A New Book About The Ulbster Burial Ground
Caithness Family History Society held a very successful book launch at the Old Smiddy Inn, Thrumster on the morning of Saturday 25th May. The book is Fiona Begg's "Ulbster Burial Ground," which contains photos and transcriptions of all visible gravestones, plus some extra family information about the people recorded on the stones.
[Churches]
20/5/2024Wick St Fergus Church To Close And Merge
On Tuesday, 14th May2024, the convener of the Mission Planning Committee, Monika Redman of Cleir Eilean I (the new Presbytery for Highlands and Islands ) met with members of our congregation to unveil the new Presbytery plan as it affects Wick St Fergus Church. Not everyone could attend hence this short statement.[History]
29/4/2024Photography Competition - Castletown Heritage
See poster for details..
[Children]
28/4/2024Antenatal Peep From HomeStart Caithness
We are starting another course is May for pregnant parents and their partners. This can be delivered 1 to 1 or in a group setting.
3/4/2024
Caithness Voluntary Group Has Moved
Caithness Voluntary Group has moved to a new home. Leaving Telford Street to go to Pulteney House.
29/3/2024
Funding Cuts Hit Third Sector Group With Base In Wick - Sight Action Sensory Services
Efforts are being made to find help for thousands of visually-impaired users of a charity that is being wound up. The board of Dingwall-based Sight Action Sensory Services says it is no longer viable due to funding cuts.27/3/2024
Pupils Plant Trees To Improve Wick Riverside
Recently pupils and leaders from Step Forward Wick Youth had the opportunity to help out in our local community. Along with Wick Development Trust and The Countryside Rangers they managed to plant 300 trees along the Wick Riverside to help provide some woodland areas along the riverside, giving the local wildlife shelter and a food source too.
17/3/2024
The Flight Path to Conservation: St John's Pool's Journey from Field to Bird Reserve
Paul Castle reflects on a remarkable journey and the difference conservation volunteering makes. St John's Pool Bird Reserve began life in 1988 as a damp patch in the corner of a field at the side of St.
18/2/2024
Rediscovering Lazy Beds
Imogen Furlong, the High Life Highland Countryside Ranger Manager, explores a historical perspective on climate resilience. In the Scottish Highlands, a quiet but profound testament to historical ingenuity and resilience lies in the form of lazy beds.
[Children]
18/2/2024Expecting A Baby - FREE PeeP Antenatal Course With HomeStart Caithness
Our next Antenatal PeeP course begins soon. If you are expecting a baby in APRIL, MAY or JUNE 2024 give us a message now.
15/2/2024
Free Bus To Inverness By Pulteneytown Peoples Project
BUS TRIPS TO INVERNESS 🚍 We are going to be running some bus trips to Inverness - free of charge to the public. 24th February 2024 9th March 2024 16th March 2024 30th March 2024 Whatever your plans are! Fancy a day shopping? Wanting a bingo trip? Take the kids & enjoy a day at soft play and the trampoline park! We can get you there! Drop off & pick up location in Inverness is to be confirmed.
1/2/2024
Online Meetings And Security
We are all used now with taking part in online meetings and these have been vital to enable us all to get on with our projects. One issue that has arisen is around privacy.
30/1/2024
Caithness Voluntary Group AGM 13 February 2024
The Caithness Voluntary Group Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 13th February 2024 at 7pm in Watten Village Hall. AGM 2023 Agenda.[History]
29/1/2024All At Sea - Exhibition Castletown Heritage
See poster for details..
[History]
20/1/2024Caithness Family History Talks
See poster.
Search Our Site
Information
Submissions
What's On
Latest Updates
