OLI Health and Wellbeing Fund open for applications
Oban, Lorn and the Isles Health and Wellbeing Fund is open for applications with the first closing date set for May 31. This local network devolved budget has £21,131 ready to be distributed in the...
View ArticleElectric bus comes to Oban
Lighter, greener and more fuel efficient buses might be the way forward for Oban. The post Electric bus comes to Oban appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleAerial litter mapping project seeks funds to expand to the islands
Volunteer pilots have flown and photographed the entire Scottish mainland, revealing the extent of coastal litter. The post Aerial litter mapping project seeks funds to expand to the islands appeared...
View ArticleSecond whisky feis toasts success
There were more than 22 whisky and gin producers at the event organised by Euan Finlayson of Oban Whisky and Fine Wines. The post Second whisky feis toasts success appeared first on The Oban Times.
View ArticleProject Kraken keeps watch for coastline crime
Project Kraken, covering more than 11,000 miles of British mainland coastline plus its islands, wants water-users to be its eyes, reporting anything suspicious that they might spot. The post Project...
View ArticleVolunteers clean-up our coastline
A huge amount of plastics, marine waste and other pollutants from the shoreline and coastal areas were among litter pickers' haul over the weekend. The post Volunteers clean-up our coastline appeared...
View ArticleWarm welcome for charity coastwalker Daniel
Daniel McNeil, who started out from his home in Dalbeattie in March, is on the 11,000 plus mile mission to raise as much money as he can for SSAFA, the armed forces charity that stepped in to help him...
View ArticleGreen fund distributes £3m to enhance coasts and seas
An initiative which has distributed almost £3 million to transform the health of Scotland’s coasts and seas has opened its first privately-funded grant round. The Scottish Marine Environmental...
View ArticleIndustry unites against booze ad ban
Industry bosses from Scotland's whisky tourism sector have warned that proposed measures to tackle Scotland's "troubled relationship with alcohol" could put it at risk The post Industry unites against...
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