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10/10/2013
New opportunities for Gaelic learners
�100,000 for education projects across Scotland. Projects to help Gaelic learners at every level improve their language skills are to share more than �100,000.10/10/2013
Portskerra Story Telling Festival 2013
Traditional Culture � Stories � Art � Fun & Gathering People in the North This is the most northerly Storytelling Festival on the mainland of Scotland � come and visit the festival and have the bonus of seeing spectacular scenery and historic archeological sites scattered everywhere up here � even with all the windfarms they are building and planning. We are based in a small traditional style hall (Melvich Village Hall - check for us on Facebook) in the midst of the traditional fishing and crofting villages of Portskerra and Melvich with a fabulous background of traditional stories and Gaelic /Norse culture and ceilidhs, music, song and edged by glorious fishing and surfing beaches and the sea.
8/10/2013
Still Time To Vote For Scotland's Favourite Wild Animal
People urged to vote for their favourite wild animal as campaign draws to a close. With just three weeks to go before voting closes to decide Scotland�s favourite wild animal, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is urging as many people as possible to take part in the poll for Scotland�s Big 5.
8/10/2013
Watten Fun Day
Photos from the Wattten Fun Day 2013.
8/10/2013
March Road From Above and Flora
A few new photos of March Road, Wick fropm above and a few to show the colour that comes and goes with the seasons. If you want to see more of the Flora and Fauna of Caithness go HERE For more Photos over Caithness go HERE.
7/10/2013
Funding Opportunity - Enterprise Ready Fund
John Swinney Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth announced the Enterprise Ready Fund at an event on 6th September stating "Social enterprises, voluntary organisations and community organisations play an important part in Scottish society. They can deliver superb services, from creating employment opportunities to connecting with the most vulnerable people in our society.6/10/2013
New campaign launches to help reduce chewing gum litter
How do you bin yours? The Highland Council has launched a new campaign today (Monday 7 October) with the aim of reducing littered gum in the local area. Encouraging residents to �Bin it your way�, the council has partnered with the Chewing Gum Action Group (CGAG), an organisation chaired by Defra and funded by the chewing gum industry, to tackle gum litter in the UK.
6/10/2013
erielements - Autumn Newsletter from Enviromental Institute, Thurso
Since opening in 2000, the ERI has become a dynamic research organisation with a young, highlymotivated team, and the ethos of multi- and inter-disciplinarity is securely embedded. Today, the ERI has become a focus for promoting excellence in research in the region, largely due to the ability of its investigators to work with stakeholder, commercial, academic and educational organisations alike.
5/10/2013
Thurso British Legion Hunt For Rolls Of Honour From First World War
Do you have a roll of honour like this or have you seen one lately? Thurso Branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland is looking to make up a set for the county of Caithness. They have three and they believe they need a further three to complete the roll.
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4/10/2013Trustees Week Is Coming - You Can Help A Caithness Group
Trustees Week is running from 4th November to 10th Novermber 2013 to highlight the valuable contribition people who join the boards of charity groups make to their communities. Trustees and directors of the boards of thousands of local charities make it possible for charities to run legally.4/10/2013
Highland Third Sector Conference
Date: 10th October 2013 Time: 09:00 - 16:30 Eden Court, Bishop's Rd, Inverness Third Sector activity is at the heart of most, in not all, Highland Communities. This Conference is about both celebrating that activity and through that helping everyone to understand more about the diversity and strength within it.Caithness Family History Society Publications
Do you know where your Caithness ancestors lived in 1901? Do you know who lived in your house in 1901? No. it�s not impossible! You can find out in the Caithness Family History Society books of census transcriptions, which CFHS volunteers have been working on over the years.
3/10/2013
Still Time To Volunteer for Burn Of Whilk Archaeology Dig
From 20 September to 7 October 2013 AOC Archaeology Group, on behalf of one of the UK�s leading renewable energy developers, RWE npower renewables (RWE NRL), are carrying out an archaeological dig around RWE NRL�s Burn of Whilk Wind Farm in Caithness. The excavations focus on the Warehouse chambered cairns.
3/10/2013
Britain becomes a throwaway nation as gadgets dumped
Mobile phones most likely to end their lives in a drawer. The UK is becoming a "throwaway nation" when it comes to consumer electronics, with the average lifespan of gadgets tumbling as people replace them with the latest models.
3/10/2013
Chance To Learn Archaelogical Recording Techniques
Come to Castlehill Heritage Centre during the week beginning Monday October 7th 2013 to get experience of wet-sieving, sorting, dry-sieving, analysing and recording soil samples from recent excavations in Caithness. Training and tuition will be given by a qualified archaeologist.3/10/2013
Highland archaeology in spotlight at forthcoming Inverness conference
Recent Highland archaeological finds and research will be in the spotlight next weekend (Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October) at a two-day conference in Inverness. The popular annual RADaR (Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Research) conference, which is part of the Highland Archaeology Festival, will feature a wide range of talks about archaeological investigations across the Highland Council area.2/10/2013
Celebration C�ilidh Marks Medium Education at Mount Pleasant Primary School
Pupils and staff from Mount Pleasant Primary School in Thurso were joined by parents and guests to enjoy a special ceilidh today (3 October 2013) celebrating the opening of the first Gaelic Medium department in Caithness. The school�s Gaelic Medium Department opened at the start of the new school session when 7 pupils from the active Gaelic Medium nursery enrolled into Primary 1.
2/10/2013
Student access to higher education in England and Scotland under the spotlight
Students from more socially advantaged backgrounds continue to be over-represented at the most selective universities in England and Scotland, an audience of academics and policy makers will hear next Tuesday (8 October) at a seminar at the University of Edinburgh. That's in spite of the two countries' different funding policies and accompanying approaches to widening access to higher education since Scottish devolution.1/10/2013
Innes Family Gathering about 1925 - Do you know anyone?
William Innes In Montreal, Canada has asked if anyone can help with this photo. Larger version of the photo HERE INNES gathering at the �Aberlour Hotel� about 1925 William Innes was born in 1822 at the family farm called Craighead located in Glenlivet.
1/10/2013
The Orcadian Stone Company In Golspie Always Worth A Visit
If you are heading to or passing through Golspie a fascinating place to visit or buy presents is the Orcadian Stone Company that houses a very special collection of specimens from all over the world. The collection was a lifetimes work for two geologists and is reckoned to be one of the finest in the UK.
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