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News published August 2021

Highland & Moray Fisheries Local Action Group Supports Year of Coast & Waters Celebrations
Published 16 Aug 2021
Thirty-three projects have received a share of £1,000,000 through the Highland & Moray Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG).
Sutherland County Committee backs “North West 2045 Our Future Our Choice”
Published 16 Aug 2021
Sutherland County Committee has agreed to adopt the development of a long-term vision for north west Highland.
£100,000 of funding for Sutherland playparks and mental well-being
Published 16 Aug 2021
£80,000 of funding towards playparks and £20,000 towards mental well-being initiatives in Sutherland’s Ward 4 have been agreed.
Members updated on the positive outcomes being delivered by the Placement Services Change Programme within Highland
Published 16 Aug 2021
Members of Wednesday’s Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Committee received an update on the progress on the Placement Services Change Programme from the ECO of the Health and Social Care directorate.
Multi-agency partners stress the importance of dualling of the A9 and A96 to the Highland economy
Published 16 Aug 2021
Highland Council and its partners are highlighting the importance of progressing the plans for dualling of the A9 by 2025 and A96 by 2030.
Caithness members agree allocation of Place-Based Investment Fund to address local Covid-harms within Ward 2 and Ward 3
Published 16 Aug 2021
As part of the Health and Prosperity Strategy agreed by the Highland Council in March, a £100,000 Place-Based Investment Fund was allocated to each of the 21 Wards throughout the Highland region.
Council to consult on Dornoch Common Good land
Published 16 Aug 2021
The Highland Council is today (16 August 2021) launching a Common Good consultation giving the Dornoch community until 11 October 2021 to respond to proposals to dispose, by sale, of two small areas o
Join Highland Council Climate Feis - Online - 17 August 2021
Published 16 Aug 2021
The Climate Change and Energy Team is hosting three sessions for the Climate Feis tomorrow (Tuesday 17 August 2021).
A warm Highland welcome for probationer teachers
Published 16 Aug 2021
The new cohort of probationer teachers were welcomed to the Highlands (on Friday 13 August) at an online Induction Event.
Pupils and teachers march through Inverness city centre to mark 200th anniversary of Central Primary School
Published 13 Aug 2021
A group of pupils and teachers from Central Primary in Inverness took part in a procession through the centre of Inverness to mark the 200th anniversary of the school on Friday (13 August 2021).