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On Wednesday 26 March, around 250 people gathered at the Phoenix Cinema at the Picky to celebrate the achievements of our young people at the annual Orkney Youth Awards.

• Wednesday 2 April 2025

Disclosure Scotland are changing their processes following the Disclosure Scotland Act (2020), including the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership.

• Thursday 20 March 2025

At the end of February, members of the Orkney Youth Local Action Group (YLAG) joined with around 60 other young people from across Scotland for the first Rural Youth Action Network (RYAN)…

• Friday 28 February 2025

Winners of The Orcadian Community Award 2024: Tom Kennaugh, Erin Clarke, Bonnie Leonard, Kai Firth, Iona Dundas and Isaac Poulton.

• Monday 10 February 2025

As Family Mediation Week gets underway (27 to 31 January) local charity Relationships Scotland Orkney is urging parents who are considering, or in the process of…

• Wednesday 29 January 2025

ROAR’s annual summer fundraiser was once again a brilliant success…

• Thursday 29 August 2024

NHS Orkney Public Health department have recently developed a Healthy Families resource.

• Friday 26 April 2024

The Scottish Government has published its analysis of responses to the National Care Service Consultation. It is available online and can be found here.

• Wednesday 23 February 2022

The Local Employability Partnership recently launched a leaflet to support the Young Person’s Guarantee.

• Friday 8 October 2021

In May, Each and Every Child launched a new toolkit website.

• Friday 16 July 2021

My Rights, My Say supports children aged 12-15 with additional support needs to exercise their right to be involved in decisions about their support in school.

• Thursday 31 October 2019

Children in Scotland has launched their Children and Young People's Evidence Bank website.

• Tuesday 25 June 2019