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Are you looking for a rewarding career? ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership’s Learning Disability Team has launched a campaign to recruit casual workers and bank staff to work in a number of registered locations throughout the area. Working within Learning Disability Support is an opportunity to enable people with learning/physical disabilities and complex conditions to access education, live in their own homes, find paid employment opportunities, develop life skills and become more involved in their local community.

As a result of the continued investigation into an outbreak of salmonella cases linked to Kinder products, Ferrero has extended its recall to include all Kinder products manufactured at their Arlon site in Belgium between June and the present date. On behalf of Food Standards Scotland, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ is asking all retailers to remove the following products from their shelves. Product details: Product names Sizes

Hermitage Academy has become the first secondary school in ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute to receive gold accreditation in UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme.

New proposals, which would see major investment in a host of ambitious projects across ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute’s island communities, are in development. Councillors approved a range of options for possible inclusion in a funding bid to the Scottish Government’s Islands Programme (IP). The initiative is a five-year, £30 million investment to help the delivery of the National Islands Plan (NIP). It supports projects that encourage population growth, deliver on Scottish Government net-zero ambitions and support a green economic recovery from the impact of the pandemic.

¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ will invest £1.5 million of funding to further support local economic recovery from the impact of Covid. A series of measures, approved by Councillors will provide ongoing support as communities across the region cope with the challenges of the current cost of living crisis. ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute will receive £1.449 million from the Scottish Government’s £80 million Local Authority COVID Economic Recovery (LACER) Fund. A number of initiatives will benefit from the funding. They include:

Anyone on Islay planning to cast a vote at Bowmore Hall in next week’s local elections should now attend the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute Customer Service Point in Jamieson Street instead, not the Killarow Community Centre as previously advised. Bowmore Hall cannot be used due to safety concerns and, on exploring the logistics of people travelling to and from the Killarow Community Centre, the Council’s Customer Service Point has been selected as a more convenient location.

¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ has awarded the Freedom of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute to Patrick Stewart CVO, MBE, LLB, WS, FSA Scot in recognition of his service to the community. Mr Stewart served the Lieutenancy of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute for 33 years before retiring from his most role as Lord-Lieutenant in July 2020. In addition to his Lieutenancy work, Mr Stewart has a long history of involvement with the voluntary sector in ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute.

Dear Parents/Carers,  We are saddened to see the historic building at Hermitage Primary destroyed by fire on Monday evening,  a police investigation is underway. 

Services from across the council have been working together, and with our emergency services partners, in responding to the fire in the annexe of Hermitage Primary School.   Our Education, Property, Building Standards and Health and Safety services are all involved in assessing and progressing action needed now that the fire is out. This includes arranging for demolition of the annexe, which began on Tuesday evening.  

Delivering medical equipment, transporting patients to hospital, transferring school pupils and welcoming tourists are just some of the critical roles air services play across ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute. ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ operates the West Coast Air Service linking Coll, Colonsay, Tiree and Islay to Oban. A new consultation is asking communities and businesses to help shape the future of this service ahead of awarding a new contract.