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Folk from Stronsay have affectionately tagged their island as “massive” - something which its young students have taken quite literally when it comes to the effort in getting to training and events on the Mainland.
8 March 2024
A summing up of road works underway or soon to start in the county - for week starting Monday 11 March 2024.
8 March 2024
Throughout March, sportscotland is raising the profile of women in sport. In Orkney, there are many women who continue to break down barriers.
7 March 2024
Two intrepid literary explorers are hoping they won’t be ‘overdue’ when they attempt to travel 1,100 miles across the UK to visit seven libraries – including Orkney Library & Archive - in six days to promote accessible reading services.
7 March 2024
Kinship Care Week runs from 11-15 March 2024 and in a bid to link up fellow kinship carers – also known as family and friends’ carers - an informal afternoon of coffee, cake and chat is being held at The Storehouse Restaurant, Bridge Street Wynd, Kirkwall on Wednesday 13 March from 1pm-3pm.
7 March 2024
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed the announcement that the county is to receive £20m of Levelling Up funding.
6 March 2024
It’s World Book Day on Thursday 7 March and Orkney’s schools will be welcoming all manner of characters through their doors to celebrate.
6 March 2024
An appeal for stories, letters and artefacts from Italian Chapel Prisoners of War has been launched by the committee who look after the Lamb Holm place of worship, in the leadup to 80 years since the camps fell silent.
4 March 2024
Free webinars take place later this month, looking at how flexible working can help businesses attract and retain staff, enable folk to join the work force, and contribute to the local economy - offered by the Orkney Local Employability Partnership to all local employers.
1 March 2024