Bressay Development Ltd News Today

VOLUNTEERS will plant the final 1,000 trees for a community woodland project in Bressay this weekend. The project sees the re-creation of a Shetland native woodland and provides a diverse habitat for local plants, bees, bugs and birds. The woodland will also offer a year round...

VOLUNTARY Action Shetland (VAS) has announced the recipients of its new volunteering awards. The aim of the new awards is to recognise all kinds of volunteering, including both formal and informal volunteering, and celebrate individuals of all ages who volunteer in Shetland. The...

NEARLY £60,000 has been distributed around Shetland to date through a new council fund designed to support communities this winter. The largest grant award through Shetland Islands Council’s winter activities fund so far has been £10,000 to Shetland Arts to host free film...

MORE THAN 50 people attended the inaugural planting weekend of the Bressay Community Woodland scheme. It marks the start of an ambitious project at a new four hectare site on the east side of the island adjacent to the Brough Loch, coordinated by Bressay Development Ltd (BDL)....