Members of The Highland Council's Education, Children and Adult Services Committee have agreed to support the role of Health and Social Care professionals in making people in the Highlands aware of the importance of making arrangements for Power of Attorney when they are still capable. The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 provides a legal framework for safeguarding the welfare and managing the finances of adults who lack capacity due to mental disorder or inability to communicate.
Brilliant moments in the Highlands, as well as autumnal short breaks and holidays, are all being promoted as part of VisitScotland's latest seasonal campaign. The national tourism organisation, in partnership with the Highland Council, Cairngorms Business Partnership and Cairngorms National Park Authority, is using a combination of print advertising, digital and social media to target potential visitors from the UK.
Managing Rushes Without Chemicals, Caithness, Friday 6th November, 10-15 - 14.45 (First meeting). Event kindly supported by Caithness Wetlands and Wildlife Initiative.
Estimated 508MW in community and local ownership. A target which aims to get renewable energy into community or local ownership has been met five years early.
ssential demolition works planned for weekends October 24/25, October 31/November 1, and November 14/15, 2015. Road users are warned to avoid the vicinity of the Forth Road Bridge when the A90 and M90 (M9 Spur) will be closed to all traffic south of Echline Junction to allow for the demolition of the B800 bridge located between South Queensferry and Kirkliston.
New public sector procurement guidance to promote fair work The Scottish Government will today (TUES) formalise its commitment to making Scotland a fairer place to work with new statutory guidance for public sector procurement. The document represents the first time any administration has gone as far, and ensures that public sector procurements can take account of the fact that employers whose staff are treated fairly are likely to deliver higher quality services.
Remarried partners of officers killed in line of duty will now keep pensions. Widows and widowers of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty will now receive their deceased partners' pension for life even if they remarry or move in with a new partner.
Less than two weeks to go for application deadline. Scotland's Chief Agricultural Officer David Barnes today (Monday) reminded farmers to apply for their share of a £6.1 million fund to support upland sheep by midnight on October 16, 2015.
Week Commencing 28th September 2015 Tourism, Food & Drink October brings two exciting events to the area - both showcasing the creative aspects of the north's natural and cultural assets. Today (Friday) and tomorrow is the Skald Festival, a celebration For more information please see https://www.facebook.com/Skald-Festival-1637298233224044/timeline/ And next weekend sees a one day Taste North event at Ackergill Tower, bringing a range of food, drink, arts, craft and artisan producers together for a series of exciting events including chefs’ demonstrations, family workshops and producers’ market.
The unseasonably good weather of late has not put The Highland Council off their preparations for snow and frost as they ask people in the Highlands - ‘Are you ready for winter?' The Highland Council is supporting the Scottish Government's Ready Scotland campaign at www.readyscotland.org and urges people in the Highlands to take some time to get ready for winter and all kinds of severe weather. Councillor Allan Henderson, Highland Council’s Chair of Community Services Committee, said: "It’s been a mild autumn so far and frosty days seem a far off prospect but we all know that conditions can change in the Highlands rapidly.
Leader of The Highland Council, Councillor Margaret Davidson has welcomed the opportunity at the Convention of the Highlands and Islands held in Elgin today (5 October 2015) to discuss how to improve broadband and mobile phone connectivity across the Highlands. Commenting at the convention Cllr Davidson said: "There has been good progress today.
Parents attended a meeting on 1st October 2015 in Wick to discuss Safer Routes to School proposals for the Wick High and Newton Park Primary campus. Works are due to start later in the month to improve the main pupil routes to school.
On 1 October 2015 the law changes as new consumer rights come into force. The Highland Council's Trading Standards team is offering advice and assistance to Highland businesses to ensure that they continue to give their customers a good and fair deal.
The twenty-second Highland Archaeology Festival gets underway at the end of this week (Friday 2nd October) with another packed programme of events across the Highlands. The fortnight-long Festival, which is co-ordinated by The Highland Council's Development and Infrastructure Service in partnership with dozens of local event organiser across the Highland Council area and in Moray, runs from Friday 2nd October to Sunday 18th October.
Significant energy is being spent on work to plan ahead and identify savings to address the anticipated budget gap. The Council meeting in June 2015 considered a report which estimated a forecast budget deficit for the next three financial years of £46.28 million.
Community Planning Partners (CPP) in Highland have agreed unanimously to support the recruitment of retained firefighters. Chair of the CPP Board and Leader of The Highland Council, Councillor Margaret Davidson said: "Resilient communities are dependent on having trained fire fighters available and accessible.
Consultations commence on a review of the Highland-Wide Local Development Plan, Onshore Wind Energy Guidance and the Local Housing Strategy. The Highland Council has today launched three online consultations on planning and housing issues across the area, including a review of its main planning policy document the Highland-wide Local Development Plan.
Details of a process for a call for community transport grants applications will be considered by The Highland Council's Community Services Committee at their meeting on 5th November 2015. Twenty-two third sector organisations are currently grant funded through transport services and have been advised that their grants expire on 31st March 2016.
Week Commencing 21st September 2015 Energy & Business Services It is good to note this week's coverage in the local press of the arrival of the cable-laying vessel "Siem Daya 1" in the Pentland Firth as part of Atlantis Resources Ltd's MeyGen tidal project. Following the successful completion of directional drilling for the cables that will take power from the four Phase 1A devices to the onshore Power Conversion Unit at Ness of Quoys, the laying of the cables this week marks a further milestone for the project.
