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Festive Period Domestic and Commercial Refuse Collection - Islands
Domestic and commercial collection days over Christmas and New Year are listed below. Regular collections will resume on Monday 9 January 2023.
05 December 2022
Festive Period Domestic and Commercial Refuse Collection - Mainland
Domestic and commercial refuse collection days over the Christmas and New Year period are listed below.
Regular waste collections will resume on Monday 9 January 2023.
05 December 2022
Schools and nurseries strike action update – 7 December
Teaching unions are planning further industrial action on 7 December which is expected to impact Orkney schools.
At present the Council’s Education Team is preparing for disruption on a number of days between now and early in the new year:
02 December 2022
Tim Wootton palette knife painting demonstration at The Orkney Museum
Anyone interested in finding out more about palette knife painting techniques should head along to The Orkney Museum on Saturday 10 December for a free demonstration by artist Tim Wootton.
02 December 2022
Fostering Service improvements underway – but staffing crisis remains a challenge
The Council has implemented a number of improvements to the Orkney Fostering Service and pledged to act swiftly on any outstanding findings from a Care Inspectorate report into the service which was published this week (29 November).
A number of key actions have already been implemented, such as the recruitment of an interim service manager who has begun work on the improvement plan.
An additional social worker will be joining the Fostering and Adoption Team in January 2023 and a training programme for foster carers began last month.
01 December 2022