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Scapa Flow Museum set to welcome visitors again from 2 July
Scapa Flow Museum will welcome visitors again from 2 July – in time for the school holidays.
21 June 2022
GMB100 public art formally opens with nod to refugee week
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.
20 June 2022
Togetherall – a small conversation has the power to make a big difference
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.
20 June 2022
Your Community Council Needs You!
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.
20 June 2022
Island voice at the heart of CoSLA as Orkney’s Councillor Steven Heddle elected new Vice-President
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.
20 June 2022