OIC News
Orkney Islands Council, alongside Police colleagues, are appealing to residents in the Kirklands Road and Quoybanks Cresent area of Kirkwall to be careful when they are parking, following issues with the town bus accessing the area.
The Council has held further discussions with businesses affected by road works on Junction Road in Kirkwall.
Orkney Islands Council is holding a recruitment event this month.
An event is being run in Hoy next month to provide an opportunity for the local community to find out more about some of the health and wellbeing support and services currently available in Orkney.
Diversions and changes to public bus timetables will be in place from this Monday (16 April) while vital road work is carried out by the Council on Junction Road and New Scapa Road in Kirkwall.
A recent dog mess campaign created by pupils at Papdale Primary School appears have had the desired effect – with a 43% decrease in complaints to Environmental Health about dog fouling immediately after the campaign launched.
An exhibition of artwork created by the users of Orkney Health and Care’s Lifestyles Centre opens next week (Friday 13 April).
A redevelopment project is about to get underway at the Ness Campsite in Stromness.
Orkney Islands Council is inviting feedback on a plan for how Kirkwall could develop in future that has emerged from an ideas-gathering exercise held earlier this year.
Orkney Museum will be showing an exhibition of new work by three local artists this month.
Ingrid Budge, Alan Watson and Rebecca Marr will exhibit together for the first time in a show they have called ‘Lift’.
The title, an Orkney dialect word for sky, reflects their shared interest in Orkney skies and clouds. The exhibition opens on Saturday 7 April.
Temporary traffic lights will be in place in Kirkwall from Wednesday 4 April at the mini roundabout where Pickaquoy Road joins Junction Road.
The closure of Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum is to be extended into 2019.
Due to the Easter Monday holiday, the Council Offices will be closed from 17:00 on Friday 30 March until 09:00 on Tuesday 2 April 2018.
A ten pence increase in the price of school meals in Orkney will come into effect in April.
Orkney's council-operated airfields have been shortlisted for a national award.
Two important documents relating to how the Council procures goods and services have been published on the Council website this week.
The Principals of three of Scotland’s universities have been looking at new opportunities for collaborative working during a two-day visit to Orkney.
The Council is reminding the public of the risks of dumping potentially explosive material.
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed the announcement that they have secured funding from the National Lottery for a £4.5m North Isles Landscape Scheme.
A £5.39 million construction contract has been awarded for the development of a new Research and Innovation Campus in Orkney.
More than 110 tanker operations have taken place in Scapa Flow over the past 12 months – the highest figure recorded for many years.
An event highlighting the valuable work carried out by social workers takes place in Kirkwall next week.
Independent charity Arts & Business Scotland will visit Orkney later this month as part of a series of special events across the Highlands and Islands to promote greater collaboration between local cultural organisations and the local business community.
Orkney Islands Council has published a reviewed Core Paths plan for public comment, following feedback gathered over the last several months.
The Council is advising that a collection point for glass bottles and jars from commercial businesses will no longer be available at Cursiter Quarry from Thursday 15 March.
Orkney Islands Council is working with partners in seeking amendments to the Islands Bill for the next stage of its progress through the Scottish Parliament.
The resurfacing works on Junction Road, Kirkwall planned to start on Monday (12 March) as advertised in yesterday’s Orcadian have had to be cancelled.
Hand over your under-loved musical instruments for the benefit of young musicians in the county, as part of national Pass It On Week.
Visitors to Hatston tip will be asked to take a second look at what's in their boot - as part of next week's national re-use event 'Pass It On' week.
Orkney Islands Council has welcomed news that energy supplier Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has formally submitted a ‘Needs Case’ to energy regulator Ofgem for a new transmission link for Orkney.
Temporary displays of items from the Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum have been set up in Kirkwall while the facility undergoes a major refurbishment.
Orkney Island Council is reminding drivers to be vigilant and take extra care in the current cold conditions.
Orkney is set to tap into a wealth of expertise and experience when the second Orkney Business Festival gets underway in three weeks’ time.
Orkney Islands Council is advising that essential maintenance work is set to take place on Victoria Street in Kirkwall next week (Monday 26 February 2018 to Friday 2 March 2018).
Orkney Islands Council has published its Biodiversity Duty Report for 2015 to 2017.
Elected Members have set Orkney Islands Council’s budget for the next financial year.
Orkney youth worker Maureen Herdman has received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award for Youth Work’ at the National Youth Work Awards 2018 run by YouthLink Scotland.
The Council is exploring new options for the development of Lyness as a decommissioning base for the oil and gas industry.
Community groups with big ideas, and farmers considering diversification options, are reminded that time is ticking to make an application to the Orkney LEADER fund.
Ten years after implementation of the Adult Support and Protection Act in Scotland, local partners have issued an upbeat statement about the progress made in Orkney.
A campaign aimed at recruiting more foster carers to be at the ready for children in need of family based care in the county has been launched by Orkney Health and Care.
The Council is advising that the entrance to Bridge Street from Harbour Street in Kirkwall is due to re-open to permitted traffic on Saturday afternoon (17 February).
Elected Members have recommended Orkney Islands Council’s budget for the next financial year.
Papdale Halls of Residence will be open and staffed on Thursday (15 February) for any resident pupils who are stranded by Wednesday's (14 February) forecast bad weather.
Council Leader James Stockan has welcomed the cross-party support given to the Islands Bill which was debated in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday (8 February).
The Leader of Orkney Islands Council, James Stockan, has welcomed a significant development in a long running campaign for onshore wind energy projects in the Northern and Western Isles to be included in a multi-million pounds support scheme.
An online discussion next week will debate the question – is Orkney a good place to live as we get older?
Fostering and adoption services in Orkney have been praised for the support they give to foster and adoptive families and children in the county.
Orkney's top athletes are set to benefit from a scheme designed to support travel costs in the Islands.
Council Leader James Stockan has welcomed the announcement by the Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay MSP, that £5.5 million in additional funding for Orkney’s inter-island ferry service will be included in the Scottish Government’s budget for 2018-19.
The road closure at the entrance to Bridge Street and associated changes in Albert Street and Laing Street is being extended for a further two weeks until Monday 19 February.
Next Saturday (3 Feb) sees a new exhibition opening at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Kirkwall.
The Chief Officer of Orkney’s Integration Joint Board, Caroline Sinclair, will be taking up a new post later this year.
Four additional Deputy Lieutenants have been appointed in Orkney to assist the Lord-Lieutenant with his official duties.
An inspection by Education Scotland has found that pupils at Rousay Primary School are 'confident, friendly children, who are keen to learn and contribute to the school and wider community'.
An event this week (Tuesday 23 January) will give people the opportunity to engage with the first stage of the planning process for the new Kirkwall Care Home.
Events later this week offer the chance to find out about ideas put forward for the Your Kirkwall exercise – and how these could develop in future.
Three local projects have been allocated funding in the latest round of LEADER awards.
Six new community and business representatives are being sought for Orkney Islands Council's College Management Council.
An inspection has found that Community Learning and Development services are having a ‘very good’ impact in Orkney.
Police Scotland and the Council’s Trading Standards Team are reminding consumers of the need to be wary when receiving unsolicited calls claiming to be from businesses such as BT or Microsoft, following advice that a local residence has lost a substantial sum of money in a scam.
Orkney Islands Council is joining forces with Zero Waste Scotland, Resource Efficient Scotland, Orkney Food & Drink and Orkney Zerowaste this month, to urge local people to keep up the fight against food waste.
Wreaths were laid today (Friday 12 January) in memory of the 188 men who perished when two Royal Navy destroyers hit rocks off Orkney exactly 100 years ago. HMS Opal and HMS Narborough ran aground and were wrecked as they battled through heavy seas and a blizzard to find the shelter of Scapa Flow.
The shortlist for this year's Orkney Sports Awards have been announced today.
Access to the Waterfront West/Shapinsay slip car park in Kirkwall will be restricted for a short period on Wednesday evening this week (10 January) while work on the Council's flood prevention scheme continues.
A remarkable discovery has helped ensure that the sacrifice of the sailors who died in a maritime tragedy in Orkney waters will never be forgotten.
Orkney Islands Council is advising motorists of temporary changes to traffic arrangements in Kirkwall later this month while contractors work on renewing the road surface and paving at the entrance to Bridge Street.
Work to repair the safety railings on the second Churchill Barrier is due to get underway next week (from Monday 8 January onwards).
Lives lost a century ago will be remembered in Orkney during commemorative events marking the night when two warships ran ashore in a snowstorm.
Under the draft settlement announced by the Scottish Government, the main funding Orkney Islands Council receives to run services will be £67.615 million for 2018-2019.
Convener Harvey Johnston has welcomed the response of the Accounts Commission to an independent assessment of Orkney Islands Council.
Orkney Islands Council has announced the launch of an ‘Abattoir Challenge Fund’ to encourage the private sector to become directly involved in developing a solution to the challenge of providing sustainable abattoir services in Orkney.
Orkney's LEADER fund is to support the establishment of a Chief Executive post to lead the newly formed Destination Orkney partnership.
This year’s Youth Chamber Debate will take place on Monday (December 11).
A short section of Pickaquoy Road, Kirkwall (between Junction Road and Great Western Road), will be closed from Monday 11 December 2017 to Friday 15 December 2017 to enable some works to be carried out on behalf of Scottish Water.
Temporary traffic controls are being put in place at Barrier No. 2 today for safety reasons, following significant storm damage yesterday.
The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) is advising the community to be prepared for severe weather conditions.
School pupils across mainland Orkney have been treated to special performances and workshops this week (5 – 8 December) with Norwegian musicians who are in the county ahead of the annual Christmas tree lighting festivities at St Magnus Cathedral.
An independent review of Orkney Islands Council has been welcomed as constructive and positive by Chief Executive Alistair Buchan.
Storm Caroline is likely to bring widespread disruption to Council recycling and refuse collections over coming days.
New Scapa Road in Kirkwall will be closed for the whole of next week whilst final utility works are carried out at the site of the new hospital.
Access to specific areas around Kirkwall Harbour will be restricted for short periods early next week whilst work on the Council's flood prevention scheme continues.
Orkney Islands Council's Housing Service is looking for tenant views on its updated rent setting policy.
Orkney Islands Council’s Policy and Resources Committee has agreed that OIC should take forward the further development of a substantial wind energy project.
Orkney Islands Council is joining in this year's National Consumer Week campaign by urging consumers to be careful about what they are really signing up for.
Orkney Islands Council is inviting applications for its 2018 to 2019 Culture Fund.
Today (Sunday 26 November) marks 100 years since three crewmen were lost when their airship crashed off Papay at 11:40 on November 26 1917.
Orkney Islands Council has taken delivery of two Christmas trees from Norway, for the annual tree lighting ceremony at St Magnus Cathedral.
Orkney’s much loved archive service has been applauded for a well-run and effective service, during a national accreditation process.
Orkney Library and Archive is holding a series of events to celebrate Book Week Scotland 2017 (November 27 to December 3).
Orkney Islands Council is advising there is surface water on roads in several locations across Orkney, following sustained rainfall in the county over the past two days.
Orkney Islands Council is advising there is surface water on roads in several locations across Orkney, following sustained rainfall in the county over the past two days.
Orkney is getting into the festive spirit as the tree lighting season gets underway next week.
Orkney Islands Council has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award for Innovation’ by APSE, the Association of Public Sector Excellence, which works with more than 300 local authorities throughout the UK.
Orkney Islands Councillors have been meeting with the county’s constituency MSP Liam McArthur, to reiterate the risk to the local community should a fairer funding formula for Orkney’s internal ferries be left out of the Scottish Government’s budget.
It’s European Week of Waste Reduction this week, and Orkney Islands Council is focusing in on food waste.
Orkney Islands Council's Leader Councillor James Stockan has described talks with the Scottish Government as constructive - but warned that the Council needs to strike quickly to secure additional funding on the back of this.
A new process has been introduced to help community groups talk to public authorities about local issues and local services.
The Council is reminding residents of funding that could help cut fuel bills and keep homes warm this winter.
A new project run by Orkney Islands Council aimed at bringing empty homes in the county back into use has won a national award for use of media, only four months after being set up.
The team behind Orkney’s ActiveLife scheme are reminding the public to help keep the scheme in good shape by passing on issues and suggestions to staff at their fitness centre.
Orkney Islands Council scooped the top award at Scotland's national planning awards in Edinburgh last night.
St Magnus Cathedral will be lit red at night over the weekend to help raise awareness of the annual Scottish Poppy Appeal.
Local farmers who are considering diversifying are being encouraged to find out more about Orkney's LEADER programme.
Young people celebrated their efforts in the community on Tuesday (7 November 2017) at the annual Orkney Youth Awards Ceremony.
Vital preservations works are due to be carried out on the Big Tree in Kirkwall next week.
Orkney Islands Council’s Christmas Grant scheme is now open for applications.
An exhibition ‘For the Journey and Return with the Orkney Boat’ by Beatrice Searle opens on Saturday 4 November at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall.
Orkney’s children’s librarian Sally Walker has today (Thursday 26 October) been named as Scotland’s Library and Information Professional of The Year.
A new ideas-gathering exercise will pose the question – what would you want Kirkwall to be like over the next 10 to 20 years?
Members of the public are advised that although the Cursiter household waste and recycling centre has reopened for public use following temporary closure this morning to enable staff to deal with a small oil spoil, the waste oil receptacle is not in use.
HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited the West Mainland of Orkney today, as part of a two-day visit to the county.
Feedback from the recent consultation on ideas for the Kirkwall Townscape Heritage Initiative’s ‘Places and Spaces’ project has been collated.
Orkney Islands Council is looking to purchase a new towage vessel.