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Due to staff training, the Council Offices reception will be closing at the slightly earlier time of 3.30pm on Friday 24 June 2022.

Customer Services will be closed for phone calls from 4pm but you will still be able to get through to other teams on 01856 873535 if you know the extension number. The Warehouse Buildings in Stromness will also close at the earlier time of 3.45pm.

Scapa Flow Museum will welcome visitors again from 2 July – in time for the school holidays.

George Mackay Brown enthusiasts are invited to attend a poignant formal opening this International Refugee Week of 'Travellers', the public art installation commissioned for the centenary of the writer's birth.

There’s Still Time to Get Involved - Community Council Nominations Deadline is Extended

Your Community Council needs you and that is why we have extended the deadline of Orkney’s Community Council Elections to enable more people to get involved.

Orkney Islands Councillor Steven Heddle – who was convener of OIC from 2012-2017 – has been voted in as Vice-President of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA).

Councillor Heddle, who represents Kirkwall East as an independent, was elected at Friday’s (June 17) CoSLA Convention in Edinburgh.

Senior students in Orkney receive online mental health community awareness sessions

Senior students at Orkney’s two largest secondary schools have received awareness sessions on the availability of a free online mental health community called Togetherall.

Nick Hewitt from our Culture team tells us about how a simple road sign in the Museum's stores stopped him in his tracks.

Orkney Islands Council’s Roads Services will be starting work on Junction Road on Monday 20 June 2022.

Orkney Islands Council is advising changes dates previously publicised in relation to car park closures in Kirkwall.

As Returning Officer for the election, I hereby give notice that the election expenses returns, declarations and all accompanying documents of candidates at the above election may be inspected between the hours of 9am to 5pm except public holidays at the Elections Office, Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY for a period of two years after receipt by me.  To inspect, contact the election office using the details below to make an appointment.