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Take to the Sky with High Life Highland for Wellness Month

High Life Highland is delighted to celebrate Wellness Month with a special literary event at Dingwall Community Library. Suzanne Parsons, author and Library Assistant based in Lochcarron, will be touching down at the library on Tuesday 23 September at 6:30pm to discuss her debut novel, ‘Secrets in the Sky’. Set during the First World War, ‘Secrets in the Sky’ is a thrilling… Read more »Read more

Culloden Library hosts Blas Festival fringe event

Stories of highland folklore have inspired a colourful, collaborative work of art that will now be on permanent display at Culloden Library, as a result of a special workshop last week. The joint story telling and art workshop was a fringe event for the Blas Festival – a collaboration between Fèisean nan Gàidheal and The… Read more »Read more

Put pen to paper for Neil Gunn Writing Competition

Budding authors of all ages are being encouraged to get their creative juices flowing for the Neil Gunn Writing Competition, which is officially launched today (Monday 15 September). Taking place every two years, the Neil Gunn Writing Competition is organised by the Neil Gunn Trust in partnership with High Life Highland. The aim of the competition… Read more »Read more

Gym goers on a high after first highlife Hyrox Sim event!

Gym goers on a high after first highlife Hyrox Sim event! High Life Highland has fully embraced the fitness phenomenon that is Hyrox with training classes now taking place in highlife leisure centres in Aviemore, Grantown, Inverness and Fort William – with Lochaber Leisure hosting its first ever Hyrox Simulation (Sim) event at the weekend…. Read more »Read more

Confidence, connections and community thanks to volunteering

😀 High Life Highland Wellness Month Blog   By Laura Hamlet, Active Schools Volunteer Volunteering with Active Schools has been such a positive boost for my wellbeing. Thanks to support from High Life Highland’s Active Schools and funding from Coigach Community Development Company (CCDC), I recently took part in a four-day Gymnastics Activity Instructor course… Read more »Read more

A trip down sporting memory lane promotes social wellbeing

😀 High Life Highland Wellness Month Blog   By Jamie Gaukroger, Highland Archive Service In a previous Wellness Month blog we heard about how music can evoke memories and bring joy to the listener. It’s the same with old photos – they bring back memories and spark up conversations, helping to promote social wellbeing. And… Read more »Read more

Leanaig Centre marks Wellness Month with Open Evening

Get ready to enjoy the highlife at a special open evening at High Life Highland’s Leanaig Centre, with a host of free activities designed to help you find your feelgood! The Leanaig Centre at Ben Wyvis Primary School, Conon Bridge is preparing to welcome both highlife members and non-members to the event on Monday 22 September from… Read more »Read more

Movement, music and memories

By Midge Mathieson, fitness instructor I simply have the best job in the world – I take rehab and older adult fitness classes and the visible progress and enjoyment of participants makes me smile every day. Wellbeing is essential at any age but I think more so as we get older and our bodies aren’t… Read more »Read more

New mobile libraries are coming – albeit later than planned

Two new mobile libraries, to serve customers in more rural parts of the Highlands have been delayed due to supply chain issues, High Life Highland and The Highland Council have confirmed today. It was announced earlier this year that The Highland Council was committing £332,000 to secure the new vehicles, which were due to be… Read more »Read more