News Archive

Noss Primary School Kids Learn About Peaceful Protesting

This term P6/7B have been learning about the ‘Civil Rights Movement' and the peaceful tactics used by demonstrators.  We looked at figures such as Rosa Parks and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.  

Green Health Benefits - Help Identify All Opportunities In Caithness

With spring around the corner we will be looking forward to some nice weather and more daylight to enable us to get outside more.   There is more and more evidence that making more use of local green spaces and natural places can help guard against and manage key health issues such as depression, coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, obesity and dementia.  

Highland Council Community Play Award 2019

The Highland Council, in association with Play Highland, are offering an award of £1000 to the group, organisation or community that has done the most to promote benefits of play for children this year.   The annual award is presented by the Council's Play Improvement Group, which works to promote self-directed free play with daily access to the outdoors.  

New Hospital At Aviemore Finally Goes To Planning Stage But How Long Will Caithness Redesign Take?

With respect to the new hospital at Aviemore Dr Boyd Peters said "We have been on this journey since 2012 and the land purchase is a significant step towards securing much needed modern healthcare facilities for the population of Badenoch and Strathspey" After seven years it finally reaches the planning stage so that must mean yet another two or even three years until its on the ground and working.   In Caithness redesign of health services has been going on and on for several years and recently we have the early stages of a "hub" idea being promoted.  

Highland House of Memories Launch

Highland House of Memories Launch and Civic Reception Tuesday 26th February 2019, Town House Inverness.   High Life Highland and independent museums have collaborated with National Museums Liverpool to create Highland content for the pioneering ‘My House of Memories' app.  

Should Caithness Horizons Scale Back To Be Run By Volunteers Like Other Groups

With the announcement of the closure of Caithness Horizons is it time to reflection whether there is longer life in volunteers running these places.   The fact that grants have been a big part of the running has always put it at risk if as now grant funding is being seriously cut back as part of government austerity measures.  

Caithness Defirillator Campaign - Latest Donation £600

The Caithness Defibrillator Campaign were delighted to receive another donation.   "We were delighted to visit the Pentland Housing Association Office this week where Modern Apprentice Kaitlyn Sutherland handed over a £600 cheque to our Chairman Billy Mitchell & our volunteers Bob Bell, Ron Gunn and Kay Rosie." Pentland Housing staff organised a 70s/80s disco in Thurso's Royal British Legion Club as well as staging an office dress-down day and selling home baking which raised £400, & was topped up by a £200 donation from the Pentland Housing Group Board.  

Milestones: journeying into adulthood

A report from the Office for National Statistics.   We used to think of getting married and having children as some of life's most important milestones.  

MSP raises the case of Caithness twins' mother and why air ambulance wasn’t initially called

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has raised with the First Minister why the air ambulance was not initially called when a Caithness mother went into labour at 30 weeks with twins.   At First Minister's Questions today, Mrs Grant told Nicola Sturgeon the woman had bravely shared her experience of giving birth under the current maternity provisions in Caithness.  

Advice in Scotland 2017-18 - Increasing Demand

A summary of evidence gathered by the Citizens Advice network in Scotland about their work.   In total, Citizens Advice Bureaux assisted nearly 262,000 clients with almost 766,000 issues during 2017-18.