I know how to save! (Elisabeth Nicolson)
I read the banner headline in The Shetland Times: “Sustainable budget” achieved by Shetland Islands Council.
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Christmas bonus will be scrapped
Shetland Charitable Trust’s long-running financial hardship scheme – popularly known as the “Christmas bonus” – is to end after this year, it was decided at…
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Petition raises 1,600 signatures
A Lerwick man says he has gathered 1,600 signatures from people across the isles in a petition protesting against changes to Shetland Charitable Trust’s Christmas
READ FULL STORYDisgusted by proposal (Barbara Steven)
A few years ago, when I was writing letters to The Shetland Times in opposition to the proposed music venue and cinema, while the council
READ FULL STORYChristmas bonus to be cut back to those in most need
Shetland Charitable Trust is to push ahead with cutting the Christmas bonus after a proposal to keep offering it to all over-70s proved too expensive.
READ FULL STORYChristmas bonus to be restricted by trust
By JOHN ROBERTSON An historic spending cut was agreed yesterday when Shetland pensioners’ Christmas bonus was removed from those not on low incomes. The radical…
READ FULL STORYRadical reform of Christmas bonus on trust’s agenda
Around 2,000 old folk in Shetland will lose their Christmas bonus if Shetland Charitable Trust agrees this week to tighten the rules and cut the…
READ FULL STORYBonus will be paid – for now
By JOHN ROBERTSON THE CHRISTMAS bonus for pensioners and the disabled is to be paid out this year despite the threat of an extra £250,000…
READ FULL STORYIncrease in Christmas bonus to help with high fuel costs rejected
By NEIL RIDDELL A PROPOSAL that Shetland Charitable Trust should increase the size of the Christmas bonus it pays to pensioners and the disabled every…
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