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29 September 2018
Check Out - Community - Business - Whats On - Arts - Jobs/Vacancies - Classified AdsFarNorth DanceFest
On
the 2nd to the 4th of November 2018, Thurso Come Dancing are hosting
the first ever "FarNorth Dancefest". We are bringing 4 teachers from
the Inverness area to 4 venues in Thurso to run simultaneous workshops
for a weekend extravaganza. They will be teaching fun routines at
varying levels in their own dance styles - Latin, Ballroom and Sequence
dancing with Caroline Coomber from Elgin, Salsa with Cuban Passion in
the Highlands, Argentine Tango with TangoNess and Lindy Hop and
Charleston with Highland Swing. 4 of the workshops are already full and some of the others 3/4 full already so be quick if you want to get dancing.
25 September 2018
Caithness And North Sutherland Fund Awards £50,000 To Community Projects
The
Caithness & North Sutherland Fund has recently committed over
£50,000 to six community projects in its latest round of grant awards.
Jim MacGregor, CNSFund Chair said, ‘'Our latest funding investment
supports improvements to historic and cultural visitor points of
interest, village festivities, tourism development, watersports events
and young people initiatives. To help us achieve our aims, we encourage
groups to continue coming forward with proposals that deliver a
sustained benefit for our communities". 24 September 2018
Halkirk Football Club U-13s Are Looking For Players To Join Their Team
Training
times are Thursdays 5.00 - 6.30pm and at Naver All Weather Pitch and
Sundays 1.30 - 3.00pm at Halkirk Football Pitch.
20 September 2018
Caithness Badminton Clubs - Come And Try Sessions
Easy
to learn, fun and sociable, badminton is a great way for people of all
abilities to keep active. The game keeps you active despite age and a
whole range of conditions
More than one million Britons regularly play the game, which is the
world's second most popular participation sport, according to the BBC
Sport Academy.
The game can be as slow or as fast as you want it to be.
Places and Dates To Come and Try Badminton
17 September 2018
New Chief Executive Appointed To The Highland Council - Donna Manson
The
Highland Council has appointed a new Chief Executive. The successful
candidate is Donna Manson, currently Service Director for Children and
Young People in the Scottish Borders.
Mrs Manson was appointed by a senior members' appointment panel on
Friday 14 September 2008 and will take up her role following the
retirement of Chief Executive, Steve Barron.
Donna started her career teaching in areas of deprivation and has a
real passion for reducing inequalities for families. She worked in
Education in Edinburgh and Fife before going into her current post with
the Scottish Borders Council, where she has gained extensive experience
of all Council areas and working with partners as a Corporate Director.
- - - Business Index12 September 2018
JOHN WILLIAM 'JOCKY' SUTHERLAND, CAITHNESS FLAGSTONE ENTREPRENEUR:b. 27.12.1949, Bower, Caithness; d. 28.08.2018, Wick, Caithness
John
William 'Jocky' Sutherland, who died suddenly of a heart attack at
the age of 68 on 28th August, 2018 at his home in Wick, Caithness, was
a charismatic self-made businessman. He will be chiefly remembered for
his key role in re-launching the traditional, but near moribund
200-year-old Caithness flagstone 'pavement' industry into the modern
era, from the early 1990s onwards. The tycoon's other firms will also
remain prominent in a range of Far North enterprises, from
entertainment to farming, house-building, providing laundry services to
local hotels and an estate-agency, thanks to his sons' directorships
and management. Jocky's companies introduced state-of-the-art
extracting. cutting, milling and polishing equipment to once again make
the natural 400 million year-old quarried, hard-stone paving product
competitive in modern Scottish, UK and international market-places,
capable of winning contracts regularly running into millions of pounds.
Community Index11 September 2018
Funding Opportunity - Community Capacity & Resilience Fund Round 4 NOW open for applicationsNew round of grants for smaller grassroots, third sector organisations in Scotland working hard to tackle welfare reform and poverty in communities throughout Scotland.
10 September 2018
Music in Thurso - Fourth Concert Season
Thursday
20th September 2018 sees the opening of the fourth concert season of
Music in Thurso, which sees world class musicians coming to Caithness
to perform. Set up following the closure of Thurso Live Music
Association, Music in Thurso aims to host a wide variety of classical
music concerts to appeal to audiences of all ages. Concerts are held
throughout the autumn and winter and are always in the same venue -
Thurso West Church, starting at 19:30. The fourth season is delighted
to host seven concerts over the autumn and winter months, an increase
on the usual six. The price of an adult season ticket is excellent
value at £55, working out a saving of £15 off the door price. Adult
tickets on the door have been reduced to £10 this year to encourage as
many people as possible to attend. Other ticket prices remain unchanged
with under 16s free, while students (over 16) £3.
5 September 2018
Dunnet Bay Distillery's New Shop Boosts Star Quality
Dunnet
Bay Distillery, the UK's most northerly mainland is distillery, has
secured a highly sought-after five star rating from Visit Scotland,
recognising it as one of the country's top tourist attractions. The
distillery, which is located in Caithness and on the North Coast 500
route, picked up the accolade for the regular tours it hosts for
visitors, which include tutored tastings of its multi award-winning
spirits. 4 September 2018
East Caithness Sports Hub Next Meeting 25th September
The
next hub meeting is planned for Tuesday the 25th of September 2018,
6.30-8pm in East Caithness Community Facility's dance studio. Please
find the next meeting's agenda attached; the previous presentation from
Katie Matthew's and the meeting notes from the last meeting. To help
with planning, please can you let me know if you or a rep from your
club/organisation will be attending the meeting. If you cannot attend
if you could also let me know and please feel free to send me a
club/organisation update.
Kirsty Baird - Community Sport Hub Officer
1 September 2018
Play Bridge This Winter With St Clair Bridge Club, Wick
There will be a meeting on 6th September 2018 at 7.00pm in the Seaforth Club - Small Lounge regarding the new season of bridge playing. New members are always welcome. Anyone willing to learn to play or who already can play is invited.
21 August 2018
Trinkie Meeting - All Welcome
14 August 2018
Saving Critically Endangered birds in Bangladesh - ERI Talks
Environmental
Research Institute (ERI), Thurso have two speakers, Alam
Sarawar and Sayam Chowdhury who will be talking about "Saving
Critically Endangered birds in Bangladesh."
The presentation will be held in the ERI seminar room, Castle Street in
Thurso - doors open at 5.15pm.
ERI seminars are free and open to the public - light refreshments will
be provided.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Castle Street Seminar Room, Thurso, - 5.30 pm Two half hour talks.
AED Road Show This Week In Various Halls In Caithness
8 August 2018
PROUD NESS OUT-REACH EVENTThe Highland Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Forum have organised a Proud Ness event in Inverness on 6th October 2018, which will be supported by an out-reach event in Thurso Precinct on 11th August 2018, 11am to 4pm.
8 August 2018
The Original Factory Shop In Wick Closes Sunday 12th August 2018 - Sale Starts Thursday 9th
The
closure of The Original Factory Shop in Wick is the latest one to go in
the county with Wick seeing the demise of the Homebase store also this
week.
A closing down sale starts on Thursday 9th August 2018.
Budget Cuts Hit Caithness Voluntary Group and All Highland Third Sector
Budget cuts are now hitting the voluntary third sector in Caithness and the rest of Highland. Caithness Voluntary Group is member of the Highland Third Sector Interface (HTSI) and they have been informed of a 13% cut in funding. Caithness Voluntary Group are no different to any other organisation in the third sector facing difficult financial times. Allan Tait the Senior Development Officer at Caithness Voluntary Group said,"We are partly funded by the Scottish Government via Highland Third Sector Interface (HTSI) and partly funded by our own enterprises such as rental income. We have recently been informed by HTSI that our funding is being cut by 13% equivalent to £11,600.
30 July 2018
Caithness Heart Support Group Chairman Stands Down
A
TRIBUTE was paid at the AGM of Caithness Heart Support Group, recently,
to long-serving chairman Ernie Ross, standing down after nine years
service.
Highlighting Mr Ross's contribution, the new chairman, Noel Donaldson
said: "Ernie has not always enjoyed the best of health but has always
given us a one hundred percent commitment to the group and that has
been greatly appreciated."
However, Mr Donaldson was pleased to add that Mr Ross was not severing
his connection with the group but has decided to remain as a committee
member.
29 July 2018
More Wick Gala 2018 Photos From Alistair Sinclair Now On
28 July 2018
Wick Gala 2018
Halkirk Highland Games 2018
21 July 2018
Final County Show Photos Now Added
Caithness County Show 2018 - Saturday
20 July 2018
Caithness County Show 2018 - Friday Evening Preview
16 July 2018
Wick Teacher Working With Rwanda's Teachers This Summer
A
Wick High School teacher is spending the summer in Rwanda delivering
teacher training opportunities in the country.
Caitlin Morrison, who teaches social subjects and history, is
travelling to the Zaza in the Eastern Province as part of the Global
Learning Partnerships (GLP) professional development programme
alongside charity Inspire, Educate and Empower Rwanda.
13 July 2018
Wick oral history project has 100,000 reasons to celebrate
Wick
Voices, the Wick Society's oral history section, has broken through the
100,000 barrier in terms of listener response to its collection of
online recordings.
That's how many individual plays there have been since the project was
set up less than two years ago with the aim of preserving local voices
for posterity.
Photo Gallery of just a few things inside Wick Heritage Museum
A few items about Wick History Castle of Old Wick mentioned in J T Calder's 'History of Caithness'
Kaitness Fowk - Poems and Stories by John Horne
Poems by Jenny Stewart More Caithness Poetry
10 July 2018
Caithness Volunteering Summer NewsLetterVolunteering Saltire Awards
29 June 2018
Canisbay Parent Council Fund Raising Auction - Saturday 30th June - Seaview Hotel , John O'GroatsCanisbay Primary Parent Council were looking to make improvements to the playground and last year we supported Mrs Moodie out headteacher in an application to Greencoat Stroupster Community Fund. We submitted an application which was to: Build a canopy / shelter at the school which would give 2 benefits , an outdoor classroom area and also a shelter and play area for the kids to be protected from the Caithness weather. It is the policy of the school to have the children playing outside as much as possible and this would make it a little easier. To put in a path to allow kids access to swings in the winter , when the ground is sodden they have no access to them or the slide so this will facilitate year round use. A gate to separate the swing park and the football pitch which will allow the nursery children to have a larger area to play safely making it easier for the staff to supervise. New goals and nets which have been there since 19 oatcake. The total cost of the project is circa £19k. The Stroupster windfarm fund approved a partial funding of our application to cover the cost of the main item which is the canopy. The parent council were then left to raise the remaining £7k before the grant could be realised. We had kindly received a cheque for £500 from Betsy MacCuish who is a great grandparent of 2 boys at the school - this was to be attributed to the goalposts in memory of her enjoyment of playground fun as a child growing up in rural Harris. With other fundraising events under their belt the parent council are on their way to achieving the £7k - See the List inside of great items to bid for......
27 June 2018
Still Time To Book Highlife Highland Events for Kids This Summer19 June 2018
Midsummer Madness is BACK!
The
second Summer extravaganza of entertainment from Thurso Town
Improvements Association is just about here!. We're throwing the
biggest party we possibly can to celebrate how amazing our community
are and we'd love for you to join us.".
Tia and the team can't wait until Midsummer Madness! Tia has been
working really hard this last few weeks making sure the site is ready
for the North of Scotland Marquees guys to arrive and set up, plenty of
space for Cafe Tempest and Castletown butchers to serve up their
delicious treats and for Big Bounce Ltd to set up the Total Wipeout
It's a Knockout inflatables not to mention the space for the Caithness
Pro Wrestling squad. Lots of logistics for our Tia to work out! Friday Saturday Sunday
Day One Day Two Day Three
16 June 2018
Launch Event For Broch Rose Gin
The
launch of Broch Rose gin is on Wednesday 20th June evening at the
distillery tasting room of Dunnet Bat Distillery. Book your
ticket soon.Official Opening Of The New Wick Community Campus
The official opening of the Wick Community Campus took place on a sunny Saturday 16 June 2018. Lord Lieutenant John Thurso performed the unveiling of a plaque to mark the occasion. Members of the parent council and stakeholder group attended along with local councillors Willie Mackay and Nicola Sinclair.
PHOTO GALLERY OPENING PHOTOS - Building From The Start PHOTOS - Inside High School
13 June 2018
Big-hearted couple donates funds raised at their Golden wedding party to local charities
Golden
couple, Donnie and Jane McLean from Castletown - who celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary at the British Legion in Thurso a few weeks
ago - have kindly donated two substantial sums to local charities.
12 June 2018
Community open day to mark official opening of East Caithness Community CampusA morning of fun and festivities for the local community will mark the official opening of the East Caithness Community Campus on Saturday 16 June 2018. Guest of honour, Lord Lieutenant of Caithness, The Right Honourable John Sinclair, Viscount Thurso of Ulbster, PC will mark the occasion by unveiling a plaque at the event which starts at 10am and runs till 12 noon.
Draught Busting Caithness and Sutherland
Free draught proofing and energy advice service is available to anyone in the Caithness & Sutherland area postcodes KW1 to KW14.
29 May 2018
Family Fun At LIDL Thurso
WHERE: Lidl Thurso,
Castlegreen Rd
WHEN: Saturday 2nd June, 10am - 4pm
WHAT: Family Fun Day in the customer car park.
COST: Absolutely FREE
Children can enjoy face painting, an entertainer, giveaways and games.
Many Ranger Events Coming Up For Summer - Check Out June In Caithness
If
you want to get and about in Caithness and see many thing you might
miss then the Highland Ranger service offers a great numberof
possibilities. So whether you wantot see puffins, whales or
learn about our bees and and plant life then an outing with peole who
know will make for an interesting and informative day out. Kids outings
organised by the Rangers are great fun and everyone gets plenty of
fresh air and your kids wil be talking about it for hours.
Check out whats on in June and the Ranger events web page for
many more across Highland.Calling Local Artists - You Can Bid To Run Art Workshops In Wick
28 May 2018
Dry Stone Walling and Scythe Courses - Open for Booking
23 May 2018
School's Out: Booking Opens Saturday 2nd June
Highlife
Highland - Summer Actvities.
We hope you're enjoying choosing activities for all the family using
our activity catalogue. Don't worry if you've not made your final
decision yet, you can still view all the activities via the link
inside!
Something for all ages from 5th June until18th August.Archaeology Conference in Caithness 22nd to 27th June 2018
Historic
Environment Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Industrial
Heritage Society, and the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group
is pleased to host an Industrial Archaeology Conference in Caithness
from 22nd June to 27th June 2018.
A series of talks, tours and site visits around Caithness and Orkney
will radiate from Wick. The conference allows different options, such
as starting or ending with a connecting tour from and to Inverness.
Please see the attached programme for more detail.
Caithness offers a spectacular coastline studded with vertiginous
fishing villages, harbours for herring and flagstone exports,
impressively large corn mills and improvement steadings, an interesting
vernacular architecture of huge sandstone slates over layers of similar
horizontally-laid stone walls, a material particularly good for making
pavements. 21 May 2018
Laurandy Day Centre, Wick, Winner At The Scottish Care Awards 2018
Well
done to Margaret Allan and here team from Laurandy
Day Care Centre in Wick for picking up the award at the Scottish Care
Awards 2018 ceremony. The Laurandy Centre has been recognised
as
one of the leading home care services in Scotland. The Wick-based day
care service, has won the Day Service of the Year the recent Scottish
Care Awards 2018. The Laurandy team received their award at a
prestigious evening ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow, hosted
by Michelle McManus and attended by over 300 people. The annual event
celebrates the tremendous work undertaken by organisations and staff
who work in Scotland's Care at Home and Housing Support sector.
Service Manager Margaret Allan said:"We are all very proud at Laurandy
to have won this special award..........."19 May 2018
Duncansby Head Whale and Dolphin Watch
Two
dates to join the Rangers at the Whale and Dolphin Watch.Wednesday 23rd May 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Friday 25th May 10.00am - 12.00pm
16 May 2018
Jobs - Business News - Community News - Whats On - ArtsExploring Life's Key Questions
Sunday
20th May - Thursday 7th JuneSpecial Gospel Tent,Riverside, Wick
14 May 2018
NBMP Introductory Bat Detector Workshop, Wick, 25th May 2018
This
introductory bat detector workshop involves an evening classroom
session followed by a practical field session starting around dusk. Bat
sounds are broken down into four elements in order to train people's
sonic memory and aid species identification using a heterodyne bat
detector in the field. The focus is on pipistrelles, noctule, serotine
and Daubenton's bat as these illustrate a range of different bat
sounds. The workshop will be led by Liz Ferrell.
Community Sport Hub Highland - First Meeting In Wick 16th May - All Welcome
Following
recent community engagement on the establishment of an East Caithness
Community Sport Hub, we are delighted to announce that the Hub's first
meeting will be in held in Wick.
Sportscotland Partnership Manager, Garry Reid will officially open the
Hub's first meeting which will be chaired by Katie Matthews, Community
Sports Hub Officer for the North Highlands.
On Wednesday 16th May 2018
at the East Caithness Community Facility from 6.30pm.
4 May 2018
Women For Independence Joins Battle For Caithness Women In CHAT CampaignA Scotland wide campaigning group of women with a powerful committee who came into existence at the time of the referendum for independence have joined the fight for Caithness women over the barbaric treatment of NHS Highland now sending so many women on long journeys to give birth. Sue Lyons one of the group's members and who used to live in Caithness has written on their web site - Accessing Maternity Services - This Is A Call To Arms . CHAT has found a powerfull ally with women placed all over Scotland who are are involved in many spheres including Education, Business, Politics and much more. They know Scotland and they know how the system works and they are now behind the CHAT campaign. NHS highland and the Health minister need to pay attention as the maternity issue in Caithness is growing and not fading away as they might have hoped. CHAT Facebook
20 April 2018
Jobs - Business News - Community News - Whats On - ArtsNew Chess Club Starts Today Friday 20th April
Often
known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport
to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. While
Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer made it popular in the 1950s and 1960s,
the game is still widely played around the world today among
participants of all ages, from the young to the elderly. The game of
chess might not help you build your biceps or tone your abs, but your
lifelong mental health can certainly benefit from it. And a sexy and
beautiful mind is one of the best assets you can show off!
17 April 2018
Thurso Woman Volunteering On Africa Mercy Ship - The World's Largest Floating Hospital - The SunAnother Scot working miracles on Surgery Ships is Martha Henderson, 31, from Thurso, Caithness. She is a senior radiologic technician and hospital support service manager. BBC Alba Episode Guide
Mercy Ships Web Site
16 April 2018
Castletown Gala EGM - Gala Needs Help!If the Gala is to go ahead we need a committee/volunteers available to help run events.
13 April 2018
Pulteneytown People's Project Success In New Funding AwardPulteneytown People's Project has been successful in securing £149,295 over the next 3 years from the BIG Lottery Community Led Activity. The funding will allow the organisation to continue to deliver existing activities and develop new ones within the community. Katrina MacNab CEO is delighted with the news. She said "This will allow us to develop existing classes including, amongst others, our ladies hobbies group, which is basically a friendly group who meet at our ‘Natter and Knit Club'. This particular group has grown over the last 12 months and now occupies a bigger room in the facility.
10 April 2018
Kevin Mcleod death: New 'witness' interviewed by police - BBCVolunteering Caithness Spring 2018 NewsLetter
9 April 2018
Come And Sing Or Play Faure's Requiem With The Caithness Orchestra
All
Singers and Orchestral Musicians are warmly invited to
Come and Sing or Play Faure's Requiem with The Caithness Orchestra,
conducted by Susie Dingle on Saturday 14th April 2018 in The Pulteney
Centre, Wick.
Please come and join the Caithness Orchestra for a day (10.00am-1pm and
2-5.00pm) rehearsing Faure's Requiem (Hamelle version including violins
in the orchestration).
6 April 2018
Calling All Caithness Village Halls - Can You Check Your Contact DetailsCan someone from each village hall check the contact details listed. If changes are needed email to bill@caithness.org
Help To Make A Complaint About Health Services In Caithness
Caithness
Health Action Team(CHAT) have had numerous contacts from indiviuals and
families unhappy about the services they have received. Many
people are unsure how to complain and in order to assist CHAT
has
asked Citizens Advice to assist.5 April 2018
Can You Help Locate The Defibrillators in Caithness
Caithness
Heart Support Group and Riverbank Practice Participation Group are
trying to locate all the defibrillators in Caithness to make sure they
are all registered with the Scottish Ambulance Service. If
they
find there are gaps they may then fund raise for more of these life
saving machines. Defibrillators Update Locations Found As At 11 April 2018
Do you know of others in Caithness?
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