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The call is out for community members in Firth and Stenness to help champion their local area by coming on board the Community Council at a meeting next month.

It’s Drowning Prevention Week (DPW) from 15-22 June and with the summer holidays nearly upon us, it’s timely for us to remind folk of some of the key messaging around water safety. 

An additional direct funding award of £400k for the Orkney 2025 Island Games has been recommended by Orkney Islands Council's Policy and Resources Committee. 

That recommendation will now go to Full Council on 2 July.  

Orkney Islands Council has launched two recruitment incentive schemes to encourage more people to join its social care workforce.

There is a shortage of carers joining the profession across the country and, over recent years, the Council has faced unprecedented challenges in recruiting to its health and social care workforce

Great sporting events are for all ages as was witnessed recently when two Council-run day centres teamed up to compete in their annual Parish and Olympic Cup events. 

People attending the West Mainland Day Centre in Dounby experience “compassion, dignity and respect”, according to the Care Inspectorate. 

Key deadline dates are approaching for those intending to cast their vote in the UK General Election on 4 July.

Orkney Islands Council is inviting applications for its Culture Fund – a scheme aimed at supporting cultural activity in Orkney.  

Community members from Firth and Stenness are invited to put themselves forward for a place on the community council, at a meeting at the Firth Community Centre next month. 

A “hobby” making fudge has led to a mouth-watering £100,000 raised for charity thanks to one of our long-serving early years practitioners.