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Funding Opportunity - FUNDING TO SUPPORT FAMILY BASED PROJECTS

KELLY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST: FUNDING TO SUPPORT FAMILY BASED PROJECTS The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is open to applications from registered charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members.   The overall objective is to reinforce the potential benefit and support that family members as a unit can give to each other.  

Funding Opportunity - MONEY FOR LIFE CHALLENGE

The Lloyds Banking Group has announced that for a third year, it will be running the Money for Life Challenge.  The programme offers grants of £500 to teams of young people aged 16-24 in a further education, training or community organisation to run innovative money management projects that benefit their communities.  

North Highland College Care & Creative Arts Students And Staff

The North Highland College UHI Care & Creative Arts (C&CA) department welcomed 203 students last week for induction.   The C&CA department is spread across the North Highland UHI campuses, with the Alness campus specialising in Care and Music courses.  

2015 Caithness Calendar To Boost Caithness Heart Support Group

THE winter reflections scene at the Riverside, Wick, is just one of the many scenes in Caithness Heart Support Group's 2015 calendar.   A limited number of copies will be available at the group's latest fundraiser at the Norsemen Hotel on Saturday night, featuring the Caithness Big Band.  

Towhead Headache Did Not Last Long

It was a case of "easy, easy" as two towheads made their way through Wick, today, on their way to Wester and SubSea 7's latest pipeline contract.   The towheads made their way up Scalesburn and onto Willowbank, without difficulty but getting round the corner from Girnigoe Street into Henrietta Street presented a challenge for the delivery men, particularly so far as the bigger of the two was concerned.  

Police enquiries ongoing into an assault in Wick town centre

At about 22:20 hours on Friday 05 September 2014, Police Scotland received a report of an assault on a woman having taken place within the lane leading to Kirk Lane car park in Wick town centre.   As part of ongoing enquiries into the assault, police are continuing to appeal for witnesses who may have been in the vicinity of Anderson Lane, Kirk Lane, Bridge Street and Harper's Bar, Back Bridge Street, between 21:45 hours and 22:15 hours on Friday 05 September.  

Big Band Bash Could Boost Heart Group's Funds

THE popular Caithness Big Band returns to Wick's Norseman Hotel, later this month, for a charity bash in aid of the Caithness Heart Support Group.   It's one of the group's biggest fundraisers and tickets both for the event, on September 13, and raffle, are available.  

Funding Opportunity - Esme Fairbairn Collections Fund

Esmee Fairbairn has announced its Collections Fund is currently open for applications.   The Fund provides grants totaling £1 million per year to broaden access to, and use of, museum collections and focuses on time-limited collections work outside the scope of an organisation's core resources.  

Funding Opportunity - Young People and Youth Workers

Funding for Young People and Youth Workers Young people and youth organisations in the UK can receive funding for projects that promote youth exchanges, volunteering and the training and networking of youth workers.  The funding is being made available through the European Commission's Erasmus+ programme.  

Funding Opportunity - Power to Change Short Film Competition

UnLtd, the social enterprise charity, has announced that people wishing to start a enterprise in their community can enter the Power to Change Film Competition to win some funding.   The first prize is an award of £1,000 with two runner up prizes of £500 each.