John Rae Society – To promote the life and history of one of the greatest Victorian explorers

7 May 2020

JRS acquire funding from Orkney Island Council

The John Rae Society board of trustees are delighted that Orkney Islands Council (OIC), through the Community Development Fund (CDF), [...]

News, The Hall

29 April 2020

New designs for the Hall ?

We were cheered the other day to receive these paintings from the pupils in Class P1-4 at the North Walls [...]

News

22 April 2020

New committee members

Our committee has grown recently and we welcome: James GrieveMichelle ScottBarbara RaeandLiz Macinally They are actively participating in our on-line video meetings [...]

News, The Hall

17 April 2020

JRS, Team work and the 'lockdown'

During this difficult time the hard working committees of the John Rae Society are still progressing with the project of [...]

News, Sponsorship

23 March 2020

John Rae Explorer badges

We are please to announce that the badges for the John Rae Explorer scouts troop have arrived. These have been [...]

Events, News

17 March 2020

'The Future of Clestrain' Community event

The community engagement event at Orphir was a great success despite it being held on the same day as the [...]

News, Research, The Hall

26 February 2020

JRS Community Survey

Thank you for taking time in filling in our short survey The survey is now closed: We asked you for [...]

Events, News, Sponsorship

13 December 2019

JRS Annual Draw launched!

We have re-instated our annual draw! Tickets are £1 each and will be sent out to our members with the [...]

Events, Research, The Hall

9 December 2019

JRS and ORCA 2019 Survey day results

From Dan Lee at ORCA Here is the summary of the archive day, with some results and a timeline as it [...]

Sponsorship, The Hall

27 November 2019

Match funding needed

We need more donations to help us raise the match funding that we need for the next stage of the [...]

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