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Double award triumph for Highland walk-in mental health service

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The Discovery College, the Highlands’ pioneering walk-in mental health, addiction and wellbeing peer led recovery college, is celebrating a double success at the 2026 Highland Third Sector Interface Awards. The community-led initiative which provides free, face-to-face mental health and addiction peer support in Inverness and Wick, won the Community Initiative Award, while Discovery College Manager […]

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Employment continues to increase across Scotland’s private sector in August

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The latest Royal Bank of Scotland Growth Tracker indicated that business conditions across Scotland’s private sector moved closer to stabilisation in August. The headline Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index – a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of Scotland’s manufacturing and service sectors – rose to 48.9

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Retro Afternoon Tea raises thousands for Inverness charity

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Local charity The Oxygen Works held its annual afternoon tea event at the Kingsmills Hotel last month, bringing together 130 guests for an afternoon of fundraising, entertainment and community spirit. Following previous themes of Perfectly Pink and Completely Country, this year’s Dancing Through The Decades theme saw most guests embrace the occasion by dressing up

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NatureProsperity aims to raise £26m to tackle climate, biodiversity and housing challenges

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NatureProsperity Ltd is currently fundraising for a family of four companies equipped to offer resilience and profit-for-purpose in the face of the existential threats that will drive huge new nature-based markets: climate meltdown, biodiversity collapse, and the national housing emergency. Two of the four are existing companies: Highlands Rewilding and MAKAR. The two entirely new

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Archie’s child bereavement service secures funding for bereavement staff

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Grant funding will help children and young people after a loss Children’s charity The Archie Foundation has secured new funding towards the salary costs of two of its bereavement team, amid increased demand for local children who have suffered a loss. Archie’s Child Bereavement Service provides specialist support to youngsters across the north of Scotland,

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Inverness Airport announces new direct Frankfurt service with Discover Airlines

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New weekly service will connect the Highlands with Germany from June 2027. Inverness Airport is set to welcome a new airline and a brand-new international route next summer, as with Discover Airlines will operate a direct weekly service between Inverness and Frankfurt from 19 June 2027.  The new service will be the first-ever direct connection

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Growing demand highlights need for accessible mental health support

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As demand for mental health support continues to grow, Centred is calling on local communities and businesses to help ensure people can continue to access support when they need it, without a waiting list or referral. The Discovery College, an initiative of Centred Scotland, is the first service of its kind in the region, providing free,

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Dublin is Doubling: Aer Lingus Regional Adds More Flights from Inverness to Dublin

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Aer Lingus Regional, exclusively operated by Emerald Airlines, today announces an increase in frequency on its Inverness to Dublin service, offering customers even greater choice and flexibility when travelling between the Highlands and Ireland’s capital. The route will double from twice weekly to four times weekly from the 25th of September to the 26th of

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Great Gatsby-inspired picnic raises more than £26,000 for the Archie Foundation 

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Record attendance as fundraising event continues to grow in size  Hundreds of guests stepped back in time to the roaring 1920s at this year’s Great Gatsby-inspired Prosecco Picnic, raising more than £26,000 for The Archie Foundation.  The sold-out event, held at The Drumossie Hotel in Inverness on Saturday (August 22) saw a record number of

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