High Life Highland is delighted to announce the appointment of four new Board members, each of them bringing a wealth of experience to the charity. Joining the High Life Highland Charity Board is Alli Vass, PowerHouse Manager with Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport. Meanwhile joining the High Life Highland Trading Board are Andrew Button,… Read more »Read more
Following a triumphant, sell-out Highland Young Musicians Concerts Festival at Eden Court on Saturday (22 March), some of the young musicians involved went straight into a completely different musical environment the following day at the 2025 Highland Young Musician of the Year competition. Megan Campbell,15, from Portree High School, was awarded the coveted title of… Read more »Read more
Highlanders are keeping their fingers crossed for some podium finishes at next week’s National Schools Boccia Finals in Glasgow. Three Inverness pupils are making the journey to the Scotstoun Leisure Centre on Thursday (27 March) for the Scottish Disability Sport National Schools Boccia Finals following the Highland Schools qualifying event, which took place recently at… Read more »Read more
Hundreds of primary school children from Easter Ross and East Sutherland have spent the winter honing their cross country running skills with opportunities to race organised by High Life Highland Active Schools Co-ordinators. The Cross Country Winter Series – which kicked off back in November at Fairburn, followed by Alness, Invergordon, Dornoch, Inver and finally… Read more »Read more
High Life Highland’s Youth Pipe Band and folk band ‘Beira’ have just returned from this year’s Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships, proudly representing the region at the world’s largest schools piping event. Held at Kilmarnock’s William McIlvanney Campus at the weekend (Sunday 9 March), the Championships saw 94 bands compete across eight categories. The High… Read more »Read more
From pipes to pianos and from bass drums to brass, there are many opportunities in the High Life Highland music service for young people to develop their musical talents. Some will enjoy learning, playing and performing just for fun, while many others go on to pursue professional musical careers. For two former High Life Highland… Read more »Read more
Not a library user? High Life Highlands wants to know why! High Life Highland is keen to find out why people don’t use their local library – so members of the team will be popping up at various places and events in the next couple of weeks to ask people why? There is also the… Read more »Read more
A High Life Highland Young Leader from Smithton has become the third person to receive the programme’s top leadership hoodie Scott MacKay (17) was awarded his Diamond hoodie last week for achieving 1000 volunteering hours. The S6 pupil at Culloden Academy has been involved in the leadership programme since taking part in a Choose to… Read more »Read more
From craft fairs and books sales to coffee mornings and musical performances, High Life Highland libraries will be looking a little different next week (10th-16th March) as they host a series of fundraising events. The charity is keen to shine a light on its library service and boost donations to help support continued investment in… Read more »Read more
Bidh daoine mar as trice a’ smaoineachadh air ceòl nuair a smaoinicheas iad air Fèis, ach ann am Port Rìgh agus sa Phloc an t-seachdain sa, tha e air còrdadh glan ri còrr is 200 sgoilear a bhith aig Fèis Spòrs airson Seachdain na Gàidhlig a chomharrachadh! Chuir Co-òrdanaichean Sgoiltean Gnìomhach High Life na Gàidhealtachd… Read more »Read more
