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SHETLAND Amenity Trust is hoping to be able to reopen Shetland Museum and Archives to the public at the beginning of March.
The museum has stayed shut to the public since before Christmas due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus cases in Shetland.
However, with the outbreak now formally over, the trust’s acting chief executive Sandy Middleton said the plan is to reopen on 2 March.
More details will be provided in the near future.
Shetland Recreational Trust said at the weekend that its leisure centres will remain closed until at least 28 February.
Shetland Arts’ Lerwick venue Mareel remains closed for the time being, with cinemas unable to operate under level three.
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A MEMORIAL commemorating the services and sacrifices of local seafarers was unveiled at Hays Dock in Lerwick on Tuesday afternoon.
Plans to erect a merchant navy memorial at the Lerwick waterfront go back to 2015.
After a number of early setbacks the project got some momentum with a number of public funders, while individuals and local businesses also donated towards the overall cost of around £10,000.
On Tuesday afternoon a small crowd gathered outside the Shetland Museum and Archives to witness the low-key event.
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Secretary of the Shetland Seafarers’ Association Callum Smedley said: “We felt it was important to remember the Shetland seafarers who went away, but didn’t come back.
IT sees thousands of folk come together in communities across Shetland, rubber gloves on and bags in hand, to clean the islesâ beaches and roadsides.
With coronavirus restrictions still affecting daily life, is little wonder then that uncertainty remains over whether Da Voar Redd Up will take place this year.
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The annual springtime clean-up event was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, and question marks remain over whether it will go ahead in 2021.
Interim chief executive of organiser Shetland Amenity Trust Sandy Middleton said the status of the redd up this year is something she has been âgrappling withâ.
Speaking on Wednesday, Middleton said trustees have asked her to stay on as acting chief executive until the recruitment process can be âkicked off and implementedâ.
âWeâre just trying to manage the workload amongst the management team and the staff whilst that process goes on,â she said.
When asked if there was a challenge of upping staff morale when she took on the interim role, Middleton said there is âalways uncertainty when you get changes like thatâ.
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Head of operations Adam Johnson also left the trust at the end of the year.
But Middleton said she is âworking very closely with the staff and the team, and theyâve all been phenomenally supportive, and we need to keep working on thatâ.
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A voluntary group which runs scenic steam engine trips through the Spey Valley has received a huge cash boost to help cope with the effects of the Covid crisis.
The Strathspey Railway Company normally runs 20-minute services of three trains each timetabled day from April to October, with an extra dining train on Friday evening and for Sunday lunch.
Now the organisation has received £57,700 from the Historic Environment Recovery Fund, which has given out almost £2 million in grants to more than 40 groups to cope with the financial struggles caused by the pandemic.