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4/1/2021
Retired Wick Surgeon Pradip Datta Publishes His Memoirs
Pradip Datta spent many years of his life working as consultant at Caithness General and his autobiography will be available soon. The Naked Mountain Lands This is the unique story of an Indian surgeon, describing the challenges he faced, whilst achieving his life-long ambition of higher surgical qualifications in the UK.
4/1/2021
Scotland In Lockdown From Midnight Tonight - Stay Home
Urgent action to bring virus under control. Mainland Scotland is to go into lockdown from midnight tonight with a new legal requirement forbidding anyone from leaving their home except for essential purposes.1/1/2021
Happy New Year To Everyone From Us At Caithness.org
Keep Safe and things will improve as the new year goes on. .23/12/2020
Highland Council Service Arrangements For Christmas And New Year - Emergency Contact Numbers
The Highland Council has notified its service users and customers of its opening hours and service arrangements over the festive period. The Service Centre will close at 4pm on 24 December.23/12/2020
The Importance Of Asking For Help - Phone Numbers to Call
The Highland Council and NHS Highland are reminding Highland residents of the importance of reaching out for help if this is needed over the festive period. The current time of year can be difficult for many people anyway, and others may have found that their plans for the festive season have changed at the last minute and the chance to see friends or family is now not possible.22/12/2020
Food Support In The Festive Season
Check list..
22/12/2020
Young Carers Grant Has Had Low Uptake - Do You Know A Young Carer - Let Them Know
Its over a year since Social Security Scotland launched their Young Carers Grant (YCG), uptake of this grant in Highland has been low. YCG is an annual payment of £305.10 for young carers aged 16 to 18 who live in Scotland.22/12/2020
General Support in Festive Season
A few groups opening times..
21/12/2020
Protection Levels And Vitamin D Offer Letter - 23 October 2020: Bsl Version
This is a subtitled BSL version of a letter sent to people on the shielding list on 23 October 2020. The letter covers the introduction of Protection Levels in Scotland.
21/12/2020
Competition Launches To Showcase Young People's Art To World Leaders At Cop26
Actor and broadcaster Cel Spellman launches a nationwide art competition, Creative Earth, in collaboration with COP26 and WWF. ● Competition launched at a surprise event in a school in Great Yarmouth.
16/12/2020
Caithness Health Action Group Maternity Petition Discussed Today at Scottish Parliament
Rhoda Grant MSP opened the discussion today on the Caithness Health Action Group petition. I spoke at the Scottish Parliament today in support of a petition submitted by Caithness Health Campaign group CHAT.
11/12/2020
The Queen's Gambit Movie - Every Chess Position
Whether you are a chess player or not the movie has been a huge hit on Netflix. Now on the huge chess web site Chess.com an article shows all the chess positions from the movie.
9/12/2020
Many People Shun Tradition Ahead Of Scaled Back Christmas
Restrictions on celebrations mean Christmas day will look very different for many. With the majority of Brits (81%) having a scaled-back Christmas dinner, food lovers are ditching the traditional turkey dinner and Christmas pud for an array of foods they enjoy more.
8/12/2020
Keeping Your Charity Safe Online - Phishing
A new free 'Keeping your charity safe online' webinar will take place on 10 December 2020 from 2pm until 3pm. The webinar will focus on 'phishing'.
8/12/2020
Sending annual information to OSCR
Every charity registered in Scotland has to provide annual accounts information to The Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). The deadline for a charity to send us this information is 9 months after its financial ‘year end' date.
2/12/2020
Chair of the Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Committee welcomes Bill on the free provision of period products
Last week (24 November 2020), the Scottish Parliament approved the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill which will make free period products available for anyone who needs them. Councillor Linda Munro, Chair of Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Committee, said: "On behalf of the Council, I welcome the Bill passed by the Scottish Parliament which will make period products accessible in our communities.2/12/2020
A Helping hand This Christmas - Festive Task Force
Christmas is fast approaching, and Highland Third Sector Iinterface want to make sure there is a safety net for people who are struggling this year. The festive period can be a difficult time for a lot of folk anyway, but this year we anticipate that the situation will have intensified.25/11/2020
Carers Urged To Seek Support
Still Game star highlights valued work of the country's carers in new campaign. Carers are being urged to seek emotional and practical support through a new national campaign, delivered in partnership with Still Game's Jane McCarry.23/11/2020
Expressions Of Interest Invited For New Highland Coastal Communities Fund - Caithness Awarded - £409,652
The Council is inviting communities to come forward with expressions of interest for projects that, if successful, could receive a share of funding aimed at supporting coastal communities throughout Highland. The Highland Coastal Communities Fund has been set up by the Council following an allocation of over £3 million from the Scottish Government of Crown Estates revenue funding.19/11/2020
Thurso Community Development Trust Support for Families At Christmas
Thurso Community Development Trust are offering two forms of food/meal support over the Christmas period. The first is our Thurso Community Christmas.Search Our Site
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