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Parasport festival puts smiles on bairns' faces
There were lots of happy peedie faces again at this year's Parasport Festival, proudly supported by our Community Sports and Active Schools teams.
24 March 2023
Glaitness School Run to Net Zero - Walk to School Week – Monday 20-24 March
Families, bairns and staff from the Glaitness School community will be celebrating the end of the first part of their journey to Net Zero with a “Walk to School Week”.
By Friday 24 March – the last day of the Walk to School Week - it is hoped that most families who are able will walk, cycle or share a lift to school with the ultimate aim of reducing CO2 emissions created by the school run by 80%.
23 March 2023
Scottish Government raise awareness of short-term lets licensing
The Scottish Government is raising awareness around the new short-term lets licensing and what hosts need to do as part of the application process.
Like all local authorities throughout Scotland, the Council has been tasked with administering the new scheme on behalf of the Scottish Government and a number of hosts have successfully applied for their new licences through OIC – and a number of others are within the system.
23 March 2023
Staff “built trusting and respectful” relationships with Braeburn Court residents – but leadership failings identified
The small staff team at Braeburn Court Housing Support Service are “respectful and delivered care and support in the way residents would wish” – but there were failings around leadership which had left the service weak or adequate in parts, according to a recent Care Inspectorate report.
An unannounced inspection was carried out by the Care Inspectorate at Braeburn Court in St Margaret’s Hope between 20 February and 1 March this year, with the findings published this week (20 March).
23 March 2023
SATE project accolade for low carbon aviation technologies
An innovative programme being run from Kirkwall Airport - which is set to deliver the blueprint for net zero regional aviation in the UK - has picked up a major industry accolade.
The Sustainable Aviation Test Environment (SATE) programme secured the Aerospace and Defence award at the seventh annual Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) awards which are led by The Engineer magazine.
22 March 2023
