The Hub in Aviemore was the venue recently for an awards ceremony to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the area’s youth. The Dynamic Youth Awards – hosted by High Life Highland and IRL Education – recognised the efforts made across a wide range of activities from producing radio shows on Speysound to designing promotional materials… Read more »Read more
Develop better digital skills with High Life Highland’s Learning for Life team Helping adults improve their computer literacy skills is the focus of High Life Highland’s Learning for Life team in Ross-shire. Digital skills courses are running in Dingwall Library and Alness Library offering participants a social and supportive space where they can learn more… Read more »Read more
High Life Highland’s Countryside Rangers are asking for the public’s help counting the region’s pollinators. The Big Pollinator Count takes place from the 7th – 13th August and simply involves spending time in nature, counting these fascinating winged wonders! Eager counters can busy themselves at one of the area’s Wildflower Mosaic Meadows or any wildflower… Read more »Read more
Work by one of Scotland’s most successful artists of the 20th century can be enjoyed at the Inverness Museum & Art Gallery from this weekend. The work of Anne Redpath, and some of her friends and contemporaries from the Fleming Collection, will be on display in the High Life Highland venue for the next eight… Read more »Read more
The Northern Meeting Park, in Inverness, is at the centre of an exciting new interpretation project, thanks to financial support from the National Heritage Lottery Fund. High Life Highland, in collaboration with The Highland Council, is leading this initiative, which aims to create both on-site and online interpretive experiences for visitors Built in 1864, the… Read more »Read more
Inverness’s Bellfield Park is open and ready to welcome visitors this summer with a new operator taking over the running of the kiosk and paddling pool. ‘Bloom at Bellfield’ is set to look after this oasis in the Ness Bank Island area of the city which also has a play area, band stand, tennis courts… Read more »Read more
No more waiting for weightlifters with the Northern Districts Weightlifting Championships taking place this weekend (Saturday 20th July) at Inverness Leisure! Organised by the Highland Weightlifting Club in association with Weightlifting Scotland, this is the third year in a row that Inverness Leisure has hosted this prestigious competition, which has attracted a record number of… Read more »Read more
The Castle Street sustainable energy centre is at an exciting stage in its development with bespoke bronze cladding being applied to its facades. The new building skin has been designed by LDN Architects as a subtly symbolic saltire and diamond pattern that reflects the heritage, colours and patterns of its surroundings. This includes the bastion… Read more »Read more
A woodsman’s caravan – cut in half during Storm Arwen by falling mature pine trees – has been restored to its former glory at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore. The tiny home had only been open to visitors at the site for a matter of months, having been relocated from Carrbridge, when tragedy struck in… Read more »Read more
The iconic ‘Rose Window’, originally crafted in 1867 and a once prominent feature on Academy Street in Inverness, has been lovingly restored and is now being meticulously reassembled, within a custom-designed steel framework, where it will become a focal feature within the Inverness Castle Experience when it opens to the public next year. The delicate… Read more »Read more
