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10 December 2018
Check Out - Community - Business - Whats On - Arts - Jobs/Vacancies - Classified AdsChristmas 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
29 September 2018
FarNorth 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
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