News Archive

Pulteneytown People's Project Agm 2023

AGM on Tuesday 12th December 2023 at 7.00pm in Pulteney Centre, Huddart Street, Wick.   The support of the public, agencies and service users is an essential ingredient of the success of Pulteneytown People's Project.  

The Snow Queen By Wick Players Tickets On Sale

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Nature The Winner As Set-aside Area Of Highland Capital Bustling With Wildlife

Highland Council's continued commitment to biodiversity has been rewarded with plants and mammals thriving in a set-aside area of Inverness.   Boswell Park is an area of grassland, in which the Council has deliberately reduced grass cutting frequency for biodiversity purposes.  

Funding Opportunity - Music for All - Community Project Funding

At the Music For All Charity they believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn to play music.  They make grants available to address the musical needs of community music groups and educational organisations.  

Funding Opportunity - Canoe Foundation

The Foundation supports projects that increase access to canoeing.  Specifically, they are looking to fund: Launch and landing platforms, ramps or steps.  

Funding Opportunities From Caithness Funds Updated

There have been a growing number of funds available to groups in Caithness in recent years with more to come as more wind farms come on stream.   The problem for anyone looking for funding is where to start.  

Highland Young Musicians set to have their first full orchestra since pre-Covid led by new local Conductor

Formal invitations for all Highland Young Musician groups have reached nearly 250 young People ahead of the annual rehearsal calendar starting from Saturday 4th November.   It is expected that the total membership numbers will be over 200 this year, populating the six music groups: Highland Youth Big Band, Highland Regional Youth Orchestra, Highland Youth Wind Band, Highland Youth Choir, Highland Youth String Orchestra, and ‘Snas (Ceilidh band).  

Community-led Designs For Wick Lanes To Be Revealed

Designs based on the community's ideas for transforming some of the lanes connected to Wick High Street will be revealed at an event in the town in November.   The Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council and The Highland Council successfully applied for Sustrans Scotland's Pocket Places Programme funding to improve the area.  

Winners Of The High Life Highland Countryside Rangers ‘wildflower Poetry Competition' Announced

As part of both the Google Classroom and in-person Wildflower Schools Project delivered by the High Life Highland Countryside Rangers team, Primary School pupils from across the Highlands were invited to create a poem about wildflowers in English or Gaelic.   The competition opened for entries in April this year and encouraged Young Writers to submit their poems about any element of wildflowers as taught by local Rangers, from the Google Classroom, or from their own research and experiences.  

Families Were Crammed Together 'Like Herring In A Barrel' During Wick Fishing Boom

Wick's herring-fishing boom is considered to have been a time of great prosperity for the town - but those living in unsanitary conditions in the streets around the harbour faced a daily struggle with poverty, overcrowding and disease.   The hardships endured by families crammed "cheek by jowl" in the Lower Pulteneytown area have been highlighted by Caithness poet and playwright George Gunn in a new recording for Wick Voices, the oral history section of the Wick Society.