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A series of bubbly welcomes held by local young people - for local young people - around Orkney earlier this year has fed into a toolkit aimed at tackling the heartbreaking issue of youth loneliness around Scotland.

The Council’s Youth Services team are issuing a heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated formal wear to the Prom Pop Up wardrobe this year.

The Orkney Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) is encouraging folk in the county to complete a short survey focused on alcohol and underage drinking. 

Childcare wasn’t on Kirsty Rochford’s radar when she began a career on cruise ships after gaining a degree in Hospitality Management. 

A Ukrainian movie animation – Mavka: The Forest Song – will be shown on the big screen at Picky later this month to mark Refugee Week. 

North Walls pupil, Ronan McGeehan, was among 28 primary schoolchildren from across Scotland who had MSPs in fits of laughter as they highlighted the importance of speech and language therapy at the inaugural VoiceBox joke telling competition hosted at the Scottish Parliament last week. (Thursday 6 June) 

The Council’s Graeme Mainland, who is learning to live with Multiple Sclerosis, never imagined when he signed up to ‘The 50k in May’ walking fundraiser the level of support that was out there. 

For the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 that:

There is a reason we don’t trim our verges in early summer – and it’s wild!

Getting into gear was the recently reopened Eday Heritage & Visitor Centre, who welcomed members of the Orkney and Caithness Vintage Clubs through its doors at the weekend. (Saturday 25 May)