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19 December 2025
Orkney Health and Care says ‘plan ahead’ on Power of Attorney
Orkney Islands Council is launching a campaign early next year aimed at encouraging families to put in place Power of Attorney arrangements for their loved ones.
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8 December 2025
2025 Orkney Carer's Conference recording now available online
November saw the 2025 Orkney Carers' Conference take place at the Pickaquoy Centre, focusing on the local support available to unpaid carers in our community. A full recording of the event, along…
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13 November 2025
Carers Conference Countdown - 2025
The countdown is on to Orkney’s second Carers Conference which takes place in Kirkwall on 27 November.
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31 October 2025
Free Admission for Public to Attend Screening and Q&A of Acclaimed Suicide Prevention Film
The Orkney Suicide Prevention Taskforce would like to welcome the public in Orkney to attend one of two screenings of The Low Road at the Pickaquoy Centre on Wednesday 19 November 2025.
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22 October 2025
Shining a Light on Care Experienced Week 2025
Care Experienced Week takes place this month across Scotland, a week with a purpose to celebrate every child, young person and adult with experience of care and their supporters.
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16 July 2025
Carers Conference 2025 announced
It’s been confirmed a much anticipated second Carers Conference will take place in Orkney on 27 November, 2025.
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8 July 2025
Carers Conference 2025
We want to make it as useful and enjoyable as possible for all our carers. Please help us do just that by taking five minutes to complete our survey.
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15 June 2025
Council agrees enhanced package for foster carers to kick start recruitment drive
Orkney Islands Council has given its backing to a raft of new measures to better support foster carers to allow them to best meet the needs of children in their care.
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15 June 2025
Thinking about fostering – “go for it”, say the Walker family!
“You can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone” - is an ethos the Walker family in Orkney live by, and which saw them become foster carers to children and young people in the county.
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12 June 2025
Join the Smiddybrae family for 20th birthday fun this Saturday!
The Orkney public is warmly invited to help celebrate twenty years since the opening of Smiddybrae House care home in Dounby, at a special event on Saturday 14 June.
