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29/10/2013
Cyclists urged to be safe, seen and know the Highway Code
Cyclists and motorists are being urged by The Highland Council and Police Scotland to consider cyclists’ safety as the clocks change. This plea comes as a result of data recorded in and around central areas of Inverness1 which has seen an increase in cyclist accidents historically in the month of October.
25/10/2013
NHS Highland Recruiting at Raigmore Launch Video On Youtube
NHS Highland has produced this six minute film to encourage people to think seriously about working in Raigmore Hospital in the Highlands of Scotland. It features local staff, who tell why they feel Raigmore Hospital has great facilities, is a great place to work and the Highlands are a great place to live.
25/10/2013
51st Scottish Ploughing Championships 2013
Stanstill Farm in Caithness saw the start of the 51st Scottish Ploughing Championships. On what turned out to be a dry Saturday following heavy rain on Friday conditions seemed ideal for the competitions that went into full swing from the shire horses showing how it used to be done to the bigger modern ploughs and many in between.
24/10/2013
Caithness Heart Support Group - Presentation 2
Caithness Heart Support Group made a double presentation of equipment at the Wick Medical Centre, recently. The second presentation which will be used jointly by both the Riverview and the Dr Pearson practices, was the latest Doppler machine which measures the circulation in limbs and, unlike the one currently employed, can be used without an initial, patient-rest period of 20 minutes and provide a series of readings immediately.
24/10/2013
Caithness Heart Support Group - Presentation 1
Caithness Heart Support Group made a double presentation of equipment at the Wick Medical Centre, recently. The first was a digital scales handed over to Riverview practice nurse Laura Stewart by group chairman, Ernie Ross (above).
24/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - Foundation Scotland Enterprise Ready Fund
Enterprise Ready Fund’s Category 3 provides grants between £10,000 to £25,000 to enterprising third sector organisations. Category 3 can be used to support smaller capital, marketing or training costs directly linked to trading or income-generating activities.24/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - 24m Cashback for Communities Fund
The Scottish Government has announced that young people and their communities across Scotland will benefit from a further £24m in funding via the Cashback for Communities fund. The programme, introduced in 2007, is funded by proceeds of crime seized by police in Scotland and has been used for sporting, arts and community activities, which range from diversionary sporting activity to more long-term potentially life-changing intervention projects, which turn young people’s lives around and provide them the opportunity of getting into employment, education, or volunteering.24/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - Community Radio Fund
Telecom’s Regulator Ofcom, has announced that the Community Radio Fund has re-opened for applications. Under the fund, Community Radio Stations can apply for funding to support their core running costs.24/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - People's Postcode Trust Small Grants Programme
The People's Postcode Trust has announced that its small grants programme has re-opened for applications. Through its small grants programme, the People's Postcode Trust offers grants of between £500 and £10,000 to small organisations and community groups for projects lasting up to 6 months in the areas of: · Poverty Prevention; Advancement of Health · Community Development · Public Sports; Human Rights · Environmental Protection.24/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - Quaker Housing Trust Grant
The Quaker Housing Trust has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 8th November 2013. The Quaker Housing Trust provides grants and interest free loans to housing projects that cater for people with mental and physical health problems, social disadvantage and abuse, etc..24/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - Additional Funding to Extend the Climate Challenge Fund
The Scottish Government has announced that it is making an addition £10.3 million available to extend the operation of the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) until 2016. The Climate Challenge Fund has been important in supporting over 600 community groups that have been awarded grants totaling in excess of £52 million.20/10/2013
Scotlands People Hub opens at Inverness
The eagerly-awaited access to ScotlandsPeople Hub for the public to search the birth, death and marriage records unassisted has finally come on-stream in Inverness. The recent addition to the services provided at the Highland Archive and Registration Centre, Bught Road, Inverness also provides access on-line to valuation rolls with the facility to search by street, wills and testaments and Catholic records for all of Scotland.
18/10/2013
Ralph's Secret North
Ralph's Secret North. Around 350 pictures of the lesser-known parts of wild Caithness & Sutherland with accounts of various trips by kayak, bike and on foot.
18/10/2013
RIVERBANK PRACTICE PATIENTS PARTICIPATION GROUP
The Riverbank Practice Patient Participation Group (RPPPG) is undertaking a survey to obtain patients’ views on the current provision of services at the Practice. The survey will take place between Monday 21st October 2013, through to Friday 15th November 2013, inclusive.
17/10/2013
New certificates scheme boosts Highlands million trees bid
Scotland’s leading conservation volunteering charity Trees for Life has launched a new range of tree certificates through which people can celebrate special occasions or remember loved ones by helping to restore Scotland’s ancient Caledonian Forest. Trees for Life will plant a dedicated native tree in the wild heart of the Scottish Highlands on behalf of each recipient of the new certificates – creating a forest that will benefit unique wildlife including red squirrels and pine martens, and which will be enjoyed by future generations for centuries to come.
16/10/2013
Autism Highland One Stop Shop
24th October for a new service for Autism in Caithness. See poster for details..
13/10/2013
Caithness & North Sutherland Fund Latest Grant Awards!
The Caithness & North Sutherland Fund recently held its 3rd grant assessment round for 2013 awarding over £109K to ten community and voluntary groups for projects that will benefit people living in the Caithness & North Sutherland area. The grant body which is funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority currently assesses applications quarterly and the closing date for the next assessment round is the 1st of November 2013.
12/10/2013
Old School Photos - Pennyland Primary School 1970/71
P6 class at Pennyland Primary School, 1970/71 Mrs Mary Smith was the teacher. Back row, left to right, - Walter McPhee, Keith Refson, Nigel Batey, Karen Ramsey, Susan McCafferty, Aileen Stirton, Karen Edmonds, Jennifer Dodd.
11/10/2013
Scottish Welfare Fund
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is abolished the discretionary Social Fund from April 2013. It was replaced by the Scottish Welfare Fund (SWF).11/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - McDonald’s KickStart Grants
McDonalds has announced that the next deadline for applications to its Kick Start Grants Programme is the 31st December 2013. The aim of the programme is to support community football throughout the UK.Search Our Site
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