Just following the council (Jonathan Wills)
I was a bit surprised to see my friend Gary Robinson’s reported remarks criticising the Shetland Charitable Trust.
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Robinson slates ‘unhelpful’ attitude of charitable trust over voluntary project
Shetland Islands Council should not be expected to support services dropped by the charitable trust, according to the SIC’s political leader.
READ FULL STORYFaroese-style autonomy (John Tulloch)
Well said Mark Wylie, I agree with every word. The sporting and leisure communities need to wake up to the looming threat to their…
READ FULL STORYCrazy move by trust (Mark Wylie)
So Shetland Charitable Trust has decided to stop funding the famous isles music festivals and make drastic cuts to Shetland’s popular leisure facilities. Surely, when…
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Folk festival to lose £18,000 charitable trust funding
Grant funding from Shetland Charitable Trust to the Shetland Folk Festival will end over the next four years, creating an £18,000 void for festival organisers…
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New appointment to Shetland Charitable Trust
The latest addition to the Shetland Charitable Trust is the Rev Tom Macintyre, who was appointed as a trustee on Thursday and replaces Stephen Morgan.
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Samaritans branch celebrates its 30th anniversary
The Shetland branch of the Samaritans celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday with an event in the Lerwick headquarters.
READ FULL STORYYouth project faces uncertain future
The future of the Peer Education Project in Shetland is uncertain as funding for another year was not approved by the education and families committee
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Amenity trust faces 25 per cent maintenance cut
Difficult choices lie ahead for Shetland Amenity Trust as the pot of money used to maintain old buildings such as camping böds and lighthouses could…
READ FULL STORYMythical pot at end of rainbow (Allan Pring)
Ever since the Viking Energy project was first mooted it has been my considered opinion that it had the potential to be a financial disaster
READ FULL STORYExpect me to roll over? (Donnie Morrison)
Having just had the opportunity to study Jonathan Wills’ letter I now feel the need to apologise for all the grief I’ve apparently caused him,
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We are all individual, but for some who never leave the comfort zone their concept of place and perspective is completely different to some who
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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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