News on Flow Country Proposals

In early 2020 The Flow Country was chosen as the UK's candidate site for World Heritage Site inscription. Since then, The Flow Country Partnership has been working hard to prepare a full nomination to UNESCO, who will make the final decision of whether The Flow Country is included on the World Heritage Site list.

An important part of this process is community consultation. Starting in Brora on May 9th, we will carry out over three weeks of drop-in consultation events to share the progress of our project and hear your thoughts on The Flow Country's World Heritage Site bid.

A Flow Country World Heritage Site could bring many benefits to the communities of Caithness and Sutherland. Each World Heritage Site brings different benefits to its local communities and it is important that local people are involved at an early stage to determine the types of benefits that they want to receive.

We hope to see as many of you as possible at our drop-in events, so please take a look at the timetable below and share this news with friends and family.

There will be tea, coffee and biscuits at all events, so please do come along for a chat.

DATES AND VENUES FOR DROP-IN EVENTS

All venues 11am – 7pm (with the exception of Thurso, which will finish at 18:00).

9 May - Brora Community Centre

10 May - Golspie Community Lounge

11 May - Timespan, Helmsdale

12 May - Dunbeath Heritage Centre

13 May - Lybster Community Centre

16 May - Pulteney Centre, Wick

17 May - Reay Village Hall

18 May - Thurso Library

19 May - Ross Institute, Halkirk

20 May - Strathy Village Hall

23 May - Bettyhill Library

24 May - Tongue Community Hall

25 May - Altnaharra Hotel

26 May - Kildonan Community Hall

27 May - Halladale Hall, Strath Halladale

30 May - Lairg Community Centre