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17 January 2019
Check Out - Community - Business - Whats On - Arts - Jobs/Vacancies - Classified AdsBeatrice offshore wind community fund open for applications
The Beatrice offshore wind community fund is again open for application from 14th January 2019. The closing date for applications is noon on 25 April 2019. In this round, the overall fund is worth £400,000. With the total fund worth £2,000,000 over the five-year life of the fund. You can apply for funding from £10,000 up to a maximum of £50,000.
16 January 2019
Moray Offshore West Windfarm Returns To North Planning Committee
On
22nd January 2019 the Moray West wind Farm planning application returns
to the North Planning committee but merely fro some slight changes to
the location of some turbines to lessen the impact on certain views.
Scrabster Harbour Prepares For Further Major Developments
Scrabster
Habour Trust have launched their tendering process for new
works at the St Ola pier, dredging, water supplies and other works.
The mutli million pounds project will further develop the
harbour
and add to the works of the last 10 years which have seen
improvements to income and continue the expansion of jobs in the area.13 January 2019
NDA Draft Business Plan 2019 - 2022 - A Chance To Make Comments
The
consultation is open until 4th February 2019. Planned expenditure for 2019/20 at Dounreay is £185 million.
11 January 2019
County Lines drug networks in Scotland - Be Alert
Crimestoppers
charity launches campaign to appeal for help in tackling
County Lines drug networks.
The charity Crimestoppers is on 14th January 2019 launching a campaign
to highlight the pain and suffering that criminals from English cities
are inflicting on vulnerable people in Scotland's rural and coastal
towns.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of County Lines, which is when
criminals from major cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, London and
Birmingham are expanding their drug networks to other areas, bringing
with it serious criminal behaviour such as violence, exploitation and
abuse.
The term County Lines refers to the use of a single telephone number to
order drugs, operated from outside the local area.
Caithness Voluntary Groups Awarded £183,296 To Combat Poverty
Caithness
Voluntary Group, in partnership with Pulteneytown People's Project and
Thurso Community Development Trust have been awarded 183,296 to employ
the four full-time development workers and a part-time co-ordinator.
The 12-month project will employ, a community development worker for
Wick will be employed by PPP and based at the Pulteney Centre, as will
a childcare development worker. The development worker for Thurso will
be based at Ormlie Centre and a rural development officer will work
from the CVG offices in Wick.
A9 Berriedale Braes Milestone As Contract Awarded
It
has been many years coming and the late ex councillor Billy Mowat would
have a
wry smile as he brought the topic up at every opportunity in Highland
council. Transport Scotland has today announced that R J MacLeod Ltd
has been
awarded the construction contract as part of the £9.6 million project
to deliver improvements to the road alignment and the existing tight
hairpin bend on the A9. Map
showing road now and improvements10 January 2019
Potential World Heritage Site in the Flow Country
A
World Heritage Site in Caithness and Sutherland?
The Flow Country currently sits on the UK's tentative list for World
Heritage Site inscription, in recognition of its world-class blanket
bog habitat and unique assemblages of bird species. A Working Group has
been established to put forward The Flow Country's nomination to the UK
Government, who will decide if the nomination can proceed to UNESCO.
If The Flow Country becomes a World Heritage Site, it will join The
Great Barrier Reef and The Serengeti as one of the most important
natural sites in the world. UNESCO's World Heritage Site status is
considered the most prestigious of all heritage accolades, making it
the Michelin Star of the heritage world!
9 January 2019
Wick Shops 10 Years Ago - Spot The ChangesIn 10 years a few businesses have disappeared from the streets.
Wick Harbour Walkabout
A walk
around Wick harbour yesterday showed a higher number of boats than
usual probably due to the bad weather out at sea and the end of the
holiday period. The
buildings being completely change on the front of the harbour are
advancing at a steady rate
with many new jobs scheduled to be located there later
this year. Meanwhile
the new piers for work boats show the huge difference at the habour
area. Wick
harbour has been turned around in a way no one though possible 10 years
ago. Servicing
the turbines in the Moray Firth will provide work for many
years to come. The old
slipway has long gone.PFR Reactor Jacket 1968 Harbourfest 2007 Film of December 2012 Storm North Pier Repairsin November 2002
In September 2006 many of the building parts for Tesco were delivered at Wick Harbour
3 January 2019
Semichem To Partner With Scottish SPCA Caithness Rescue AND Rehoming Centre
Semichem
and Scotmid Co-operative has partnered with Scottish SPCA as their
charity of the year to raise £300,000 to support education programme in
schools across the country.
Semichem Thurso and Wick will team up with Scottish SPCA Caithness
rescue and rehoming centre each month
Semichem stores in Thurso and Wick will support Scottish SPCA in
educating the next generation of animal lovers over the coming year and
are encouraging the local community to take action.
1 January 2019
Happy New Year To Everyone from Caithness.orgMay your 2019 be a good one.
25 December 2018
Merry Christmas From Caithness.orgWe hope you all have a great day.
10 December 2018
Christmas Tree Festival
Christmas Stalls, Santa, Umbrellas and Lights
Heritage Calendar 2019 - Shades Of The Past
Thurso Heritage Society launched its new annual charity calendar Shades of the Past, this time using the collection of archive images from Miss Hetty Munro. The title comes from her popular book of the same name published in 1978. Hetty's collection of images spanned across the entire county and over 150 years.
2 December 2018
Onshore wind-farms in Caithness: How can we evaluate economic benefit for the local community?The purpose of this research project is to investigate the development of wind-farms in the Caithness area from the community's perspective; surrounding economic growth. This is a research project being conducted by Stephanie Remers at the University of Highlands and Islands. Say what you think by completing the online survey.
26 November 2018
Deadline for Your Cash Your Caithness applications - 2nd December 2018Local groups in Caithness are reminded that the closing date for Your Cash Your Caithness applications is drawing near and to be in with a chance of receiving a share of £10,000, completed forms need to be received by 5.00pm on Sunday 2nd December 2018.
19 November 2018
Highland Council Budget 2018/19 - Have Your SayThe Highland council wants to hear the views of the public in what is another period of difficulties in deciding how to spend a reducing amount of money.
15 November 2018
Santa doesn't visit every house - Caithness FM Toy Appeal
That's
right, Santa doesn’t deliver presents to everyone. There are
some children in Caithness who will wake up on Christmas morning with
no gifts to open.
But you can help provide these kids with some Christmas joy by
supporting the CAITHNESS FM ANNUAL TOY APPEAL.
1 November 2018
Wick And Thurso - Free Wifi Is Rolled Out To Caithness Towns
WICK
and Thurso now have access to free WiFi in and around the centre
of their towns thanks to a project led by the Highland Council and
funded by the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal.
The free WiFi, called "High-Fi", is aimed at stimulating economic
growth and will increase digital inclusion across the Highlands. Easy
access to digital connectivity is seen as essential if the Highland
region is to be innovative and keep its competitive place in the
tourism market.
Thurso Town Centre WIFI
Find out how to connect HERE
Wick Town Centre WIFI
Find out how to connect HERE
21 October 2018
Thurso Project Gets Going "Destination Thurso" - Interested? - Then Go To The Public Meeting
An enthusiastic group have made a start to this project and are looking to involve more people and businesses in improving the tourism aspect of Thurso. A web site and some funds are in place now to employ someone to create more push from marketing to better social media provision. Thurso like most places needs improvements and to get ideas from the community and local businesses. Nothing is easy when faced with the challenges coming fast down the road - Dounreay decommisioning, Council Cut backs, Health cuts and much more so this group are not sitting back. Go along and see what they are doing and if you can help in any way so much the better. Communities are going to have to do more to help themselves so here is a good opportunity provided by enthusiastic volunteers backed by some funding. - Thursday 25th October 7.00pm at Caithness Horizons, Thurso.
19 October 2018
New Store B & M Opens At Wick
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