Ormlie Community Association Limited. ^{Enhancing the quality of local life.}

23^rd February 2011

The survey for the Ormlie Community Association is now complete and the results have been collated. <... more >>

23^rd February 2011

We are pleased to announce that Sheenagh Christie has been successfully selected to fulfil the duties of OCA manager.... more >>

18^th December 2009

Ormlie Community Association Young Mothers Project was shortlisted in the Highland Council Quality Awards: Children & Families category. Two members of OCA staff attended the a... more >>

29^th October 2009

'Everybody Online - Caithness', the first project of its kind in the Highlands, has been working in Ormlie for the past 3 months The project aims to a... more >>

31^st August 2009

Ormlie Community Association officially opened their new mosaic wall during th... more >>

Ormlie Community Association has been running summer workshops for children and young people aged between 5 - 13 for the last 2 weeks.  Over 60 children have registered for the wide range of... more >>

19^th April 2009

Young people aged between 7- 12 years who are all members of Ormlie Community Associations CPP groups (Community Partners Programme), recently took part in Marie Curies 'Mini ... more >>

11^th October 2008

From 3.00 - 5.00 pm
in
The Ormlie Centre
Henderson Street, Thurso
Sessions are FREE

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14^th July 2008

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16^th May 2008

Ormlie Community Association will be holding its annual clean up day in Ormlie Estate on Sunday 18th May between 2pm – 4pm. Volunteers have worked hard over the last few yea... more >>

15^th October 2007

Ormlie Community Associations summer workshops this year were held during the last 3 weeks in August. Nearly 50 children registered between the ages of 4-12 years old. Local artis... more >>

21^st May 2007

Ormlie Community Association held its annual clean up day on Sunday 20th May 2007 when members of the community got together to collect litter and re-pot some of the flower tubs t... more >>

14^th September 2006

During three weeks in July, Ormlie Community Association ran its annual jam-packed and varied summer playscheme for children and young people aged between 5-14yrs. The scheme alw... more >>

5^th July 2006

Ormlie Community Association made a special trip to St Margarets Hope, Orkney last Friday to visit the Hope School Trim Track. The trustees of the Nancy Ovens Award for Play conta... more >>

23^rd May 2006

Ambitious plans to regenerate a Caithness community by harvesting energy from the sun, wind and hydrogen are to receive financial support from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authorit... more >>

17^th May 2006

Ormlie Community Association will be holding its annual clean up day in Ormlie estate on Sunday 21st May between 12 noon and 4.00 pm. Volunteers have worked hard during the last y... more >>

4^th April 2006

Ormlie Community Association were delighted to receive Maureen MacMillan MSP and Peter Peacock, MSP, Minister for Education and Young People to Ormlie. Maureen MacMillan visited o... more >>

28^th January 2006

Six members of Ormlie Community Association travelled to London on Monday 9 January 2006 for the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA) Awards. OCA has been chosen as runne... more >>

28^th January 2006

Ormlie Community Association attended the Dynamic Place awards on 24 November 2005 at the Ratho Adventure Centre, near Edinburgh. Six members of OCA attended the gala dinner... more >>

17^th October 2005

The search to find the winners of this year's Dynamic Place Awards, the only awards in Scotland that recognise the country's leading design, innovation and regeneration p... more >>

28^th September 2005

Ormlie group who took part in the Home Zone Scotland Network conference in Scottish Executive, Edinburgh on Monday 26 September 2005. Ormlie's presentation went down particula... more >>

22^nd September 2005

Ormlie Community Association has been invited to speak at the annual Home Zones Scotland Network Conference on Monday 26 September 2005 in the Scottish Executive building, Edinbur... more >>

15^th September 2005

Ormlie Community Association won the Nancy Ovens Award for Play in the following category - Outstanding Contribution to Play. The award ceremony was held in Coatbridge, Lanarkshir... more >>

26^th August 2005

Three members of Ormlie Community Association are attending the four day international Childstreet 2005 conference in Delft, Netherlands. Lorna Simpson, Company Manager; Charlotte... more >>

13^th August 2005

Saturday 13 August 2005 sees the finale of the summer activities in Ormlie with a Fun Day being organised by the volunteers who have organised and ran 6 weeks of games, crafts, sp... more >>

3^rd August 2005

Three young people from Ormlie will make the long journey to Edinburgh On Wednesday 3 August 2005 to give a presentation on the new playpark in Provost Cormack Road to delegates f... more >>

29^th June 2005

Ormlie Community Association has organised a jam-packed programme of summer workshops for children and young people, throughout the school holiday period. The scheme will run for... more >>

6^th June 2005

In the early hours from midnight onwards young people from Ormlie Communty Association visited a number of large structures to create the biggest art show ever devised in the coun... more >>

10^th October 2004

The Ormlie 'wavy wall' (under construction) which is one of the environmental features being installed as part of the Home Zone project.  The Ormlie Home Zone pro... more >>

9^th October 2004

Students and Professor from Flensburg University, Germany who undertook a consultation study on behalf of Ormlie Community Association with the Thurso community on renewable energ... more >>

8^th June 2004

Ormlie Community Association Ltd are holding a summer gardening/clean up day on Sunday 12 June 2005 from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm. A skip will be available at the Ormlie Centre for gard... more >>

9^th April 2004

The three girls in the foreground are having fun at the recent Easter Craft Workshop which was held in the Ormlie Centre by volunteers from the original Summer Workshops which are... more >>

15^th December 2003

Pre-school children in Thurso will receive a welcome addition to their play facilities today (Mon 15th Dec) when Maureen MacMillan MSP opens an outdoor play space and garden at Th... more >>

20^th November 2003

Highland Councillors have agreed to give £150,000 over the next two and a half years to Ormlie Community Association for Scotland's most northerly Home Zone project. Thi... more >>

28^th October 2003

Ormlie Community Association has successfully secured £50,000 from the Transforming Your Space initiative for Phase 2 and 3 of the Ormlie Home Zone Project. The aim of the ... more >>

27^th August 2003

On Thursday 28 August 2003 at 7.30 pm OCA will be holding an open meeting for residents and interested parties to come along and see a powerpoint presentation of the Ormlie Summer... more >>

4^th August 2003

Ormlie Community Association in conjunction with Save the Children in Scotland and the Social Inclusion Partnership are organising a PlayZone Day on Wednesday 6 August 2003 at the... more >>

4^th July 2003

Workshops in Arts and crafts and sport and music are all on offer at the Ormlie Centre. Activities for children aged five to eight in the mornings. Children aged nine and over i... more >>

17^th June 2003

An area which is commonly known by the children and young people of Ormlie as 'The Jungle' appropriately so, as the weeds were as high as the wall in the summer. The High... more >>

7^th May 2003

Ormlie Community Association based in Thurso has been awarded funding of £11,849 from YouthLink Scotland through their Capital Venture Fund. The funding application was a jo... more >>

24^th February 2003

Young people in Caithness will have the opportunity to change the look of their local communities due to a new grant from the Scottish Arts Council. The Highland Council has been... more >>

23^rd December 2002

Colin Punler officially opened the Play Area that was the originasl idea behind the formation of the Ormlie Community Association. Councellor Deirdre Steven stood in for her fath... more >>

11^th December 2002

"You may be aware that the community of Ormlie has been working towards the provision of safe play spaces for its children. You've probably seen, or been told about the c... more >>

30^th November 2002

Proposed plans for the pilot Home Zone project for Ormlie are currently on display in Cormacks Shop, Provost Sinclair Road. The display is part of the on-going consultation betwee... more >>

22^nd October 2002

Things are looking good for the opening of Ormlie's new play area, multi-sport and skatepark in the very near future (no date set yet!), and a great deal of excitement and int... more >>

23^rd August 2002

After four long years of campaigning, consulting and seeking funding, Ormlie Community Association can now see their efforts coming to fruition with the construction of the new co... more >>

23^rd July 2002

Just a little update for Ormlie - We are holding a special event on Wednesday 7 August 2002 in the Lord Thurso Road area to raise awareness of Ormlie's status as a pilot Home ... more >>

9^th May 2002

Ormlie Community Association will be holding their AGM on Monday 20 May 2002 at 7.30 pm in the Ormlie Centre, Henderson Street, Thurso. Everybody welcome - refreshments after the ... more >>