News - Learning and Dev. (CLD)
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15 August 2024
Ready to offer a warm welcome - employability programme supports booming Orkney hospitality sector
Orkney’s hospitality businesses welcomed a new crop of workers willing and able to offer a warm welcome this tourist period - thanks to special behind-the- scenes work by employers, educators and…
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22 July 2024
Orkney swimmers rack up the medals at national meet
Orkney swimmers are continuing to make a splash and a name for themselves on the national scene.
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12 June 2024
Bursting the bubble of youth loneliness – local project helps inform national toolkit
A series of bubbly welcomes held by local young people - for local young people - around Orkney earlier this year has fed into a toolkit aimed at tackling the heartbreaking issue of youth loneliness…
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12 June 2024
Thanks issued to Prom Pop Up supporters
The Council’s Youth Services team are issuing a heartfelt thanks to everyone who donated formal wear to the Prom Pop Up wardrobe this year.
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5 June 2024
Survey launched to shape Community Learning and Development Plan
The Orkney Community Learning and Development Partnership are encouraging folk to respond to a questionnaire to help shape their three-year plan around the services you would like them to prioritise.
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23 April 2024
Inspectors praise “highly effective practice” within Orkney CLD Partnership
"Highly effective practice” within the Orkney Community Learning and Development Partnership has been found by HM Inspectors during a recent progress visit.
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26 March 2024
Light up a young person's Prom night - with the gift of pre-loved formal wear!
The hugely successful Prom Pop Up appeal is returning, to help ensure every young person can shine on prom night with an outfit of their dreams.
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1 March 2024
Flexible working webinars for local employers
Orkney’s businesses and wider community can both benefit from flexible working.
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28 February 2024
Orkney’s two MSYPs take their seat
Nymeria Drayak and Iain Pretswell – both from South Ronaldsay – have started office as Orkney’s two Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament. Between them, they’ve pledged to put inclusivity, an…
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27 February 2024
Youth Loneliness project off to strong start
A series of pop-up ‘bubble teas’ devised by young people to help tackle youth loneliness is off to a strong start, with over 50 young people attending the first event in Firth last month.
