OIC News
A member of staff at Orkney Islands Council has been shortlisted in a national awards scheme which recognises the best young talent in the renewables and energy fields.
The Council is reminding households and businesses that there will be no waste or recycling collections on the May Day Holiday (Monday 6 May).
Views are invited on whether people would like to see more wheelchair-accessible taxis and private hire cars operating in Orkney.
Arrangements for holding elections to the European Parliament are being put in place by Orkney Islands Council’s elections team, in line with local authorities across the country.
Orkney Islands Council is to develop an Active Travel Plan for Stenness and the adjacent World Heritage Site area.
A partnership project between Orkney Islands Council, Stromness Community Council and the Stromness Community Development Trust is launched this week, to bring local people together to discuss and share ideas for the future of Stromness.
Orkney householders are being congratulated for their efforts with new figures showing metal packaging recycling has increased by an impressive amount over the last 18 months.
Work is continuing at a steady pace on the THI Places and Spaces project in central Kirkwall, as contractors and archaeologists work alongside each other whilst the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) investigates and records structures uncovered in Castle Street.
Eight elite sportspeople from Orkney have been awarded a grant aimed at helping athletes meet travel costs associated with pursuing their sporting goals and ambitions.
A ten pence increase in the price of school meals in Orkney will come into effect later this month.
A new development programme for women entrepreneurs in Orkney is open for applications.
Spring is in the air at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, this April with an exhibition of new paintings by local artist Sheena Graham-George.
Hope Laing and Maya Tams-Gray have been elected as Orkney's two new Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament.
The multi-agency Orkney Local Emergency Co-ordinating Group (OLECG) met today (Friday 29 March) to consider the potential impact of industrial action by air traffic controllers working for Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
A plan for how Orkney's harbours could potentially be developed in the coming years is due to be consulted on and then built upon over the next 12 months.
A special online safety event for older people has taken place at Kirkwall Town Hall and Community Centre.
Free sanitary products are to be made available in a range of public buildings in Orkney from next month.
Orkney Islands Council will be contacting local business owners about their responsibilities in terms of waste and recycling disposal – to help them stay on the right side of the law and avoid fines.
Major road closures are to come into effect in Kirkwall from next week (week beginning 1 April) as part of the ongoing works in Broad Street.
A section of Bignold Park Road will be closed in the evenings between Wednesday 20 March and Friday 22 March, and from 08:00 to 17:00 on Saturday 23 March to enable road resurfacing works to be carried out.
Work to repair a damaged wall on Pegal Burn Bridge, around 4 miles north of Lyness on the main Lyness to Moaness road (B9047) in Hoy, is due to start this Thursday 21 March.
Orkney's social work service will be celebrated at a World Social Work Day event in Kirkwall this week.
Street works in Kirkwall town centre will move to the opposite side of Broad Street from today (week beginning 18 March).
Orkney Islands Council was named winner at a national awards ceremony this week for its work on the Big HIT project.
The Council’s Local Review Body will hold a meeting in Sanday next week.
A survey has been launched for residents of isles with both an air and ferry service - Eday, North Ronaldsay, Sanday, Stronsay or Westray.
Voting opens this Friday 15 March to elect Orkney’s two Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs).
A review undertaken by the Chief Officer of Orkney Health and Care has concluded that St Colm’s will continue to play its part in providing services for people with learning disabilities.
Two families from war-torn Syria are beginning to build new lives in Orkney.
The Leader of Orkney Islands Council has expressed his concern that the Scottish Government is providing reduced funding for the county’s internal ferry service for the year ahead.
Albert Street in Kirkwall will reopen to traffic on Monday afternoon (March 4).
Plans are developing to mark the centenary of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow.
Girl power is set to take centre stage in Orkney next month - with an all-female candidate list for the upcoming Scottish Youth Parliament elections in March.
Temporary street closures will be in place in Stromness over the next two days (Thursday 28 February and Friday 1 March) whilst Orkney Islands Council completes flagstone repairs.
Work to reinstate headstones laid flat in Orkney's cemeteries is due to get underway shortly.
Orkney Islands Council has cancelled the meeting where Elected Members would have set the authority’s budget for the financial year ahead.
A contract has been signed for two new tugs for Orkney Islands Council's Marine Services.
Elected Members have recommended that Orkney Islands Council’s budget for the year ahead should take account of the uncertain times the country faces.
Personal licence holders in Orkney are being reminded that they must act now to ensure that they apply to renew their personal licences by 31 May this year - or risk losing them.
Police Scotland and Orkney Islands Council are asking drivers to ‘think bus’ when leaving vehicles in St Margaret’s Hope.
Planning is underway to help a further two families from war-ravaged Syria build new lives in Orkney.
Orkney's biennial Youth Conference got underway at the Kirkwall Town Hall this morning (7 February).
The Council is to identify headstones assessed as unstable in local kirkyards to give families advanced notice that these are scheduled to be laid flat.
The North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme (NILPS) team is now up to full strength with the appointment of three new staff members.
Orkney Islands Council is providing a further opportunity for the public to view and comment on plans to expand Cursiter Quarry in Firth.
The next stage of street improvements in Kirkwall's town centre will get underway next Wednesday (6 Feb).
Next Saturday (9 February) sees the opening of a new exhibition at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Kirkwall.
A new report has revealed that 70.3% of full-time students successfully completed their studies at Highlands and Islands colleges in the 2017 to 2018 academic year.
A drop-in event takes place later this week (Friday 1 February) to give people the chance to talk over ideas for the future development of Papdale East Playpark and surrounding footpaths.
An exciting opportunity is on offer to local artists – an arts residency at this year’s Island Games in Gibraltar.
Roads in central Stromness will be closed for a short period next week to enable Orkney Islands Council to complete flagstone repairs.
The new Orkney Research and Innovation Campus (ORIC) in Stromness has appointed an executive manager following a recent recruitment campaign.
A comprehensive makeover of Orkney Islands Council’s website is about to get underway.
Work to improve the marshalling and parking areas next to the Shapinsay Slip in Kirkwall is due to start next week.
Orkney Islands Council is calling on the Scottish Government to honour a commitment to provide fully fair funding for the county’s inter-island ferry service.
A temporary one-way system is in place ready for street improvement works to begin in Kirkwall.
Roads in central Stromness will be closed for periods of time next week to enable Orkney Islands Council to carry out flagstone repairs.
Roads in central Stromness will be closed for periods of time next week to enable Orkney Islands Council to carry out flagstone repairs.
A funding scheme for local artists and craftspeople has reopened for a second round of applications.
A trust fund is inviting applications for support towards educational projects that benefit people in Orkney.
A Christmas tree collection service for households on the Orkney mainland within 30mph areas will take place in early February.
Amended plans for a potential Council-owned wind farm in Hoy have been presented to the local community this week.
A grant scheme run by Orkney Islands Council aimed at helping community groups tackle isolation and improve connectivity through transport closes for applications on 1 February.
The New Year community learning guide is now available.
Orkney Islands Council has agreed to proceed with plans to demolish the former Papdale Halls of Residence in Kirkwall in order to clear the site for potential development.
Passengers from one of Europe's most prestigious cruise lines have rated Kirkwall as their top Northern Europe and Scandinavian European cruise destination.
A public consultation drop-in session is due to be held in Hoy early in the new year to update the community on plans for a wind farm on the island.
Council Convener Harvey Johnston visited the Royal Mail’s Kirkwall delivery office today to see first-hand the Christmas post operation and pass on Season’s Greetings to the hardworking staff.
Applications are invited to the Community Transport Grant Scheme for 2019/2020.
Feedback is invited to help update the strategy which guides the way Orkney Islands Council procures work, goods and services.
Under the draft settlement announced by the Scottish Government, the main funding Orkney Islands Council receives to run services would be £ 74.592 million for 2019-2020.
Repaving and street improvement works are due to get underway in the centre of Kirkwall in the new year.
Orkney Islands Council is to press for additional funding for the county’s internal ferry service.
A scheme which has helped eight local athletes with travel costs will open to applications again in the new year.
Orkney Islands Council’s Environmental Health team has picked up ‘Best Performers’ award at a UK-wide event aimed at recognising examples of quality and improved service by local councils.
An event later this week will look at how the lives of people with learning disabilities can be improved in Orkney.
Feedback is invited on plans to increase or bring in new charges for a number of services provided by Orkney Islands Council.
Orkney College UHI is due to welcome a new principal next year.
Seven young people from Orkney will travel to Glasgow this weekend for discussions with young people from Shetland on what they’d like to see included in ‘Islands Deal’ proposals – agreements with Scottish and UK governments about investment in their island communities.
Two additional creative arts opportunities have been announced for the new Balfour Hospital.
A fund aimed at supporting farm diversification projects in Orkney has opened again for a final round of applications.
Orkney Islands Council has secured funding worth £119,000 towards a marine environment project.
This Saturday (8th December) sees the opening of a new exhibition at the Orkney Museum, Tankerness House, Broad Street, Kirkwall.
The café at Kirkwall Town Hall and Community Centre has switched to using eco-friendly packaging for the food and drinks it offers.
Orkney Islands Council’s Marine Services and Orkney College UHI’s Maritime Studies Department have teamed up to deliver a new Marine Engineering course at the ‘Nav School’ in Stromness.
Orkney Islands Council is to delay its annual Christmas tree collection dates for properties within the 30mph town speed limits until February.
Shapinsay Primary are finalists of the Sunday Mail sportscotland Scottish Sport Awards, in the School Sport Award category.
Ten young people from Orkney will hop on board a specially chartered flight this week, to join peers from island communities in Shetland and Western Isles at a special Parliamentary Reception hosted by the three islands MSPs to mark Scotland’s Year of Young People.
Orkney Islands Council is launching a waste and recycling Advent Calendar this year aimed at sharing some fun ideas and tips on how to recycle more for a lower-waste Christmas.
Orkney Islands Council is inviting applications for its Culture Fund which is aimed at supporting cultural activity in Orkney.
Access to the countryside will be under discussion at a conference in Orkney later this week.
A deal has now been signed for a new pilot launch for Orkney Islands Council's Marine Services.
An offer by Orkney Islands Council to purchase the islands of Faray, Holm of Faray and Red Holm has been accepted.
Orkney Islands Council is carrying out further repairs this Saturday 24 November to a vital fibre optic link which was damaged on 5 November. The work will take place between 10:00 and 16:00 and will make permanent the emergency repairs put in place in the immediate aftermath of the incident.
Orkney is getting into the festive spirit as the tree lighting season gets underway from this Saturday (24 November).
Orkney Schools Concert Band are progressing to the National finals of the Scottish Concert Band Festival, following a golden performance last Sunday night.
Orkney Islands Council has put forward measures to bolster the Crown Estate Bill during a key stage of its progress through the Scottish Parliament.
The new Kirkwall Harbour flood prevention scheme will be tested during an exercise next week.
The Council’s Marine Services team has released their Annual Report for 2017/18 – and it shows that Harbours activity and income is in very good shape.
Proposals are being invited for the main entrance area within the new Balfour Hospital and Healthcare Facility in Kirkwall, Orkney.
Orkney’s first ever Tourism Week is set to take place later this month, with the aim of informing and inspiring both local tourism businesses and the wider community.
Residents and businesses in Westray and Shapinsay are being reminded that changes to their recycling and refuse collections start next week (week starting Monday 19 November).
A joint project between Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles is one of the latest community projects to secure support from Orkney Islands Council’s LEADER fund.
Pictures of the islands by two pioneering photographers are to go on show at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall.
A shuttle bus service will operate on Sunday 11 November to help people attend the Armistice Day event at Scapa Beach.
This year’s Remembrance Sunday, November 11, marks the centenary of the Armistice that brought to an end to the hostilities of the Great War. A special programme of events will mark the day.
Orkney Islands Council is advising customers in Kirkwall West and Kirkwall South (Area 2) whose recycling was not collected yesterday (Tuesday 8 November) that they can present their bins again this Friday 9 November.
Orkney Islands Council is dealing with an incident that has created major IT problems at many of its facilities.
Orkney Islands Council is carrying out important maintenance work on its electrical vehicle charging points recommended by engineers.
A courageous Orkney soldier who lost his life during the First World War has been chosen as the face of Armistice commemorations in the islands.
The walls of Orkney’s St Magnus Cathedral were transformed this evening as the internationally significant building became the canvas for a short film marking the centenary of the end of the First World War.
A recent Freedom of Information request asked for a breakdown of the expenses claims made by the chief executives of a number of public sector organisations over the last three years.
A special fund to help retell the remarkable tale of the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow almost 100 years ago has been launched by Orkney Islands Council.
