George Vickers

RECRUITMENT: Community Planning Manager

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35 hours per week – permanent £41,419 – £45,762 / £22.70 – £25.08 per hour (including Distant Islands Allowance) “Are you passionate about making a difference for communities in Orkney? The Orkney Community Planning Partnership is looking for a Community Planning Manager. Working with partners you will facilitate and coordinate the development, implementation, and monitoring … Read more

Orkney CPP Annual Report 2024/25 published

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The Orkney Community Planning Partnership (OCPP) has published its Annual Report for 2024–2025, highlighting the collective efforts of local partners to tackle poverty, promote sustainable development, and reduce inequality across Orkney. This year’s report presents a candid assessment of the challenges facing Orkney’s communities, including rising fuel poverty and persistent child poverty. Despite these pressures, … Read more

Community Wealth Building Action Plan

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Orkney CPP has published the Orkney CWB Action Plan which sets out how community planning partners intend to deliver community wealth building in Orkney. Community Wealth Building is a people centred approach to economic development, which ensures more wealth is generated in Orkney, more is retained here, and that it is shared more equitably. The … Read more

Orkney’s population stops growing

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The National Records of Scotland have now revised their mid-year population estimates for Orkney, and these estimates indicate that Orkney’s population continued to grow in like with Scotland’s until about 2018, when our population was nearly 22,000. Since that time, Scotland’s population has growth but Orkney’s population has plateaued. The details are in this report … Read more