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Ebb and Flow hit the road
Orkney Islands Council’s Marine Services and Transportation team have added two compact electric vehicles to their roads fleet.
13 March 2023
Queen’s legacy will live on in Tankerness House Gardens
A Royal newcomer is to join the family of trees within the gardens of Tankerness House later this month.
The rowan sapling at just a few metres high will be surrounded and protected by the other well-established varieties within the Kirkwall community space because this is a very important tree.
13 March 2023
Mental health journey leads Orkney man on a quest to help others
Duncan Ross is looking for volunteers to help launch a local Andy’s Man Club
Orcadian social care worker Duncan Ross has been on his own mental health journey and knows first-hand the importance of starting a conversation thanks to the support he received from the charity Andy’s Man Club.
13 March 2023
School strikes cancelled as EIS vote overwhelmingly to accept pay deal
Members of the EIS, Scotland’s biggest teaching union, have voted overwhelmingly to accept the current pay offer proposed by local authority employers and the Scottish Government.
In an online ballot that closed today (Friday 10 March), 90% of those voting opted to accept the pay offer. Turnout in the ballot was 82%. The EIS represents over 80% of Scotland’s teachers at all grades and in all sectors of education.
13 March 2023
OIC and OHAL home in on tenants keen to join their Residents’ Panel!
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Orkney Housing Association Limited (OHAL) are looking for tenants and residents interested in becoming members of their Residents’ Panel.
The joint venture was set up in 2014 with its main objective to deliver improvements to the service through the views of tenants and residents (anyone who owns a share of their social property).
13 March 2023
