Transform
Weekend At John O'Groats Hundreds
of residents and visitors in Caithness and North Sutherland are playing
their part in an arts project to celebrate the start of the
transformation of world famous tourist destination John O'Groats. Three
renowned Highlands and Islands artists have already been working with
schools, community groups and at local events in the run up to a
festival weekend of arts in the village on July 2 and 3........More Transform BLOG
Aberdeen
Engineering Company Set To Expand Caithness Operation
AMC Engineering Ltd, whose head office is at Findon just outside
Aberdeen, is set to expand their Caithness division by building a new
workshop at their site outside Lybster, with the assistance of a grant
of �76,250 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
Pulteneytown
People's Project - �3.4 Million Centre - Latest Photos
THE new community centre flagship project by Pulteneytown
People's Project is going up fast and leads the way as onee of several
new buildings that will help regenerate Wick. The new centre is
expected to be completed by February 2012. The new centre will
bring together a great many of PPP's current projects and others in the
pipeline. See more details HERE
More Regeneration For Wick
Progress at PPP community centre looks to be on target and will join
other new features that are regenerating Wick. Already many works
have been carried out under Highland Council's CARS scheme in Lower
Pulteney changing the streets and creating new housing from the old
derelict buildings. The Wick Harbour Marina
is now well established and continues to develop. In 2012 work will
begin on a new
Wick High School
with a completion date set for August 2014. Wick Council
Offices Rationalisation is due to commence in 2012/13 with investment
of around �8.5 million. Capital has been allocated by Highland
Council's capital programme published HERE
In addition still on the horizon is the Nuclear
Archive Centre still stated by the Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to be one of their projects due
to come to Wick and would house not only nuclear archives but also
Highland's councils local archive centre. Further investment in
Wick by Highland Council may come from the Strategic Review of Primary
Schools where the possibility for new schools or major refurbishment
would inject yet more spending into the town.
Caberfeidh Court, Wick
Open Day on Wednesday 29th
June 2011 10am – 4pm
Please come along and have a tour of Caberfeidh Court. View our show
flat and the type of accommodation we have available. Discuss with our
Staff the range of facilities and the housing support service provided
by Cairn Housing Association within the Court.
Coffee Afternoon from 2pm
– 4pm
If you need anymore information please contact a member of staff below:
Kathleen O’Hare, Local Service Assistant – 01955 606025
Erin Walker, Local Service Assistant – 01847 894483
Donna Bain, Housing Officer – 01955 606025 or 01847 894483
MeyGen Tidal Energy Project Public Open Days
30th June & 1st July
10.00am - 7.00pm - Caithness Horizons, Thurso
2nd July - Mey Community
Hall, Mey
The MeyGen tidal energy project is a 400MW project in the early stages
of development located in the Inner Sound, Pentland Firth. We are
currently carrying out a consultation process in order to canvass
opinion of which of the environmental impacts should be focussed upon
in the Environmental Impact Assessment. In order to compliment
this process, we are holding a number of public open days in the region
in order to provide a chance for the local community to find out more
about our plans and progress.
Next Generation Broadband for the Highlands
and Islands of Scotland
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is taking the first steps
towards implementing a transformational project which will deliver
access to superfast broadband for homes and businesses across the
Highlands and Islands over the next few years.
Partnership lays "foundations for the
future"
Business and community leaders heard an upbeat assessment of future
prospects for the north as senior partners in Caithness & North
Sutherland Regeneration Partnership (CNSRP) met last week in Wick with
members of the Partnership's Advisory Board to discuss current issues.
Come along and experience a new way of learning Gaelic
Caithness Horizons - Thurso
See attachment for fee and other details linked in header
7 June 2011
Scotland
vows 'green energy powerhouse' - Energy
Resources
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said last week that he's determined to
make Scotland "the green energy powerhouse of Europe"..........Noting
that 11 projects have already been awarded in the Pentland Firth and
Orkney waters, Ewing said the government has identified a further 25
sites for exploration in the medium term..........."The potential from
existing leasing rounds alone amounts to almost 10 gigawatts of
capacity in Scottish waters," he said, adding that the offshore wind
industry could eventually "support almost 50,000 direct and indirect
jobs in Scotland by 2020, generating over ($11.5 billion) for our
economy."
Landmark Trust To Spend �600,000 On
Berriedale Cottages
A fundraising appeal to raise �600,000 to save a row of early
fishermen's dwellings has been completed. The Landmark Trust, the
building preservation charity behind the project, will now begin to
restore the Shore Cottages at Berriedale, Caithness in order to give
them a secure, new future. Fishing at Berriedale was developed by
Sir John Sinclair around 1800 as an alternative livelihood for crofters
from the Highlands, who were moved to the coast during the
Clearances. Along the coast men set sail in boats known as
'fifies', while the women gutted fish at troughs on the shore and
packed them in ice. At Berriedale, both herring and salmon were landed.
The Shore Cottages at Berriedale probably date from the 1840s and are
reminders of this harsh existence. Land Mark TrustLandmark
Trust On Face Book More Berriedale
6 June 2011
Highland Employers Can Get Training Cash
And Boost Jobs
Employers in the Highlands are being encouraged to take on people with
barriers to getting in to work through assistance from Skills
Development Scotland (SDS). The Employer Recruitment Incentive
(ERI) is delivered by SDS - Scotland's skills body - and offers
businesses up to �2000 when they employ someone who has been out of
work for some time or faced barriers in the past.
For more clips of the Caithness Shears Competition go HERE
Results
Open Final
1st - Hamish Mitchel
2nd - Gavin Mutch
3rd - Simon Bedler
4th - Grant Lundie
Senior
1st - Stewart Kennedy
2nd Alex Riding
3rd - Ross Gibson
4th Andrew Sinclair
Intermediate
1st - Charles McCombie
2nd - Alex Riding
3rd - Ross Gibson
4th - Andrew Sinclair
Junior
1st - George McCaughey
2nd - Alan Mackay
3rd - John MacAulay
4th Alan Cowie
3 June 2011
Independent
Highland Councillors Move To Save Classroom Assistant Jobs HIGHLAND Council's Independent Group held
discussions aimed at removing the threat to classroom assistants.
The main independent grouping are in coalition with the Lib Dems and
Labour. The independents are calling for a �7 million underspend
from the 2010/11 budget to be partly used to save the jobs of
under-threat classroom assistants.
