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MORAY’S refugee resettlement team has received £5,000 from the Moray Emergency Relief Fund (MERF) to disburse to local organisations supporting Ukrainian arrivals in the area.

Moray Council’s Trading Standards team is warning residents about an increase in rogue traders targeting vulnerable people in the area.

Moray Council has agreed to update discretionary fees and surcharges for planning applications, in-line with new national regulations.

Three community groups will be supported by Moray Council to apply for the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF).

MEMBERS of Moray Council’s Corporate Committee have today (Tuesday 14 June) agreed to allocate £35,000 of funding to the expansion of the music tuition programme for the 2022/23 academic year.

Moray Council has today (Tuesday 14 June) reviewed the rental support awarded to voluntary and community organisations leasing council property.

Moray Council has today (Tuesday 14 June) approved a Community Asset Transfer of Garmouth Water Tower to Garmouth and Kingston Community Association.

A Moray resident is lucky to be alive after life-saving equipment was removed from a local harbour this week.

MEMBERS of the Education, Children’s and Leisure Services Committee have today (Wednesday 8 June) agreed to extend the early learning and childcare (ELC) top-up offer to include all year-round settings in Moray.

Moray Council’s Libraries and Information Service is asking parents and carers to make a Play Pledge as part of The LEGO Foundation’s new manifesto for play.

Moray Food Plus, Gordonstoun Fire Service, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Moray Committee, and 1st Buckie Company Boys’ Brigade, have all been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.

The rainbow flag will fly above Moray Council’s HQ building in Elgin for Pride month throughout June.