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15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - Holiday Grants for Children
The Henry Smiths Charity has announced that schools and youth groups can apply between now and the 18th March 2016 to the Holiday Grant for Children Programme for activities taking place between the 1st February - 30th April 2016. Schools, youth groups and not for profit organisations can apply for grants towards holidays or outings within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from deprived areas or have a disability.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - LankellyChase Foundation
Lankelly Chase aims to bring about lasting change in the lives of people facing severe and multiple disadvantage. We are always looking for ideas that help to deliver the kind of change we want to see and we have funds available from small grants of less than £5,000 up to large multi-year partnerships (the biggest is currently £370,000) for the very best of these.15/12/2015
Funding Opportunity - Wolfson Foundation - Disability and Special Needs Grants Programme
The Wolfson Foundation has announced that the next closing date for applications to its Disability and Special Needs Grants Programme is the 5th January 2016. Through the programme, the Wolfson Foundation, makes grants of between £15,000 - £100,000 to charities working with people with disabilities and/or the elderly which are providing excellent services.15/12/2015
Funding OpportunityWellcome Trust: Arts Awards
Arts Awards support the creation of new artistic work that critically engages artists and audiences with biomedical science. We strive to work with all art forms and the diverse community we support includes artists, scientists, curators, writers, academics, producers, directors and education officers.13/12/2015
Highland communities continue to feel safe
Highland communities continue to view their neighbourhood as a safe place to live. A Highland Council attitudes survey has revealed that 96.8% of respondents view the area within 15 minutes and walk from their home as very or fairly safe.12/12/2015
Thurso Scout Post Will Save You Money This Christmas and Support The Scouts
Get your THURSO Christmas Cards hand delivered by 2nd Thurso Scouts. 20p a card.
10/12/2015
Thinking About Joining The Army Reserves?
7 SCOTS - Royal Regiment of Scotland. The Army Reserves in Caithness and the North of Scotland.
10/12/2015
Reducing Casualties For Young Drivers
Focus on young drivers and motorcyclists is helping to reduce casualties on Highland Roads. A partnership focus on young drivers and motorcyclists is helping to reduce casualties on Highland Roads.8/12/2015
More than 100,000 bowel screening tests returned
Scots galvanised to join the bowel movement. People across Scotland answered Detect Cancer Early call to join the ‘bowel movement with new statistics highlighting that an additional 3,000 bowel screening tests were returned during September and October, compared to the same period the previous year.5/12/2015
What do we send where at Christmas, and how much are our gifts worth?
The global courier ParcelHero says the average value for a gift parcel delivered overseas last Christmas was £109. The most popular gifts were books to France, board games to Japan and...
5/12/2015
SCOTTISH ENGINEERING HALL OF FAME CELEBRATES JOHN LOGIE BAIRD
John Logie Baird, the man who was the first in the world to televise objects in motion has been inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Professor Malcolm Baird, the son of John Logie Baird, provided some original material for the Hall of Fame website and said Scotlands contributions to engineering are so great that it came as a surprise to me that the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame has only been in existence for a few years. The descendants of John Logie Baird in Scotland and Canada are delighted that he has been included and we hope that the SEHF will inspire bright young people to continue Scotland's great tradition of engineering and innovation.
3/12/2015
Vote For Caithness Archaeology Book To Gain Recognition For Our Hidden History
Caithness Archaeology: Aspects of Prehistory has been nominated in the Book of the Year category in the 2016 Current Archaeology Awards! All nominations are based on articles and books featured within Current Archaeology over the last 12 months. Voting for the awards is live on www.archaeology.co.uk/vote which is open to everyone.
3/12/2015
Whats On At Caithness Horizons: December 2015
Cafe Exhibition Christmas Local Artists Exhibition 1st December 2015 - 31st January 2016 An exhibition of work by local artists providing a great opportunity to purchase a special and unique Christmas gift or simply treat yourself. Gallery Exhibition Christmas Local Artists Exhibition 1st December 2015 - 31st January 2016 An exhibition of work by local artists providing a great opportunity to purchase a special and unique Christmas gift or simply treat yourself.2/12/2015
Grab it, Bag It, Bin It - Even in the Dark
Grab, it, Bag It and Bin It - even in the dark...that's the message from The Highland Council. With the short winter days upon us many dog owners are only able to walk their dogs in the dark.29/11/2015
Wick Fun Day Gets Christmas Season Started With Brollies Parade
IT was a day of weather in which brollies might have come in handy. But the rain stopped, to signal the start of of Wicks festive season with a stunning display of decorated umbrellas centre-piece of the annual Fun Day.
28/11/2015
SSEs Highland Sustainable Development Fund is now open and accepting Expressions of Interest
The Sustainable Development Fund was launched in 2013 to support community projects with the potential to make a significant and sustainable difference to people and communities. In this second round of funding £1m is available.27/11/2015
Toy Appeal 2015
Caithness FM has launched its annual toy appeal for underprivileged children in Caithness. You can download a PDF of the poster using this URL: http://bit.ly/1Mp3N1K Please print it out and display it at your place of work - unless, of course, you work in the Sahrawi Democratic Republic or some other country that doesnt celebrate Christmas and just happens to be 4000 miles away from Caithness.
27/11/2015
Honour for North MSP
North MSP David Stewart has been selected by the International Diabetes Federation to represent Scotland at the Parliamentary Champions for Diabetes conference in Canada at the end of the month. David Stewart, who chairs the Scottish Parliaments Cross Party Group on diabetes said he was greatly honoured to speak at the conference in front of over 100 Parliamentarians from across the globe.19/11/2015
Wick Pantomime Tickets On Sale Saturday 21st November
Pantomime go on sale to the public this Saturday from the Wick Players club rooms in Moray Street between 2.00pm and 4.00 pm..
19/11/2015
Opposition to devastating funding cuts
Calls to protect Big Lottery Fund. Potential UK Government cuts to the Big Lottery Fund could have a devastating impact on projects and communities across Scotland, Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has said.Search Our Site
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