Over 100 primary four pupils have experienced their first ever para-sports festival, hosted by High Life Highland and Alness Academy. The recent event was an opportunity to try out different disability sports and adaptive physical activity drills with their peers from across the Active Schools cluster, with everyone agreeing it was a really fun way… Read more »Read more
High Life Highland has come out tops for its environmental credentials in the first ever Seriously Social Awards! Organised by Community Leisure UK – a members’ association that specialises in charitable trusts delivering public leisure and culture services across the UK – the prestigious national awards ceremony took place in Manchester last night (13th November), with… Read more »Read more
Get those flares and platforms looked out because they’re stepping back in time at Dingwall Leisure Centre next weekend (22nd – 24th November) to celebrate its 50th birthday! Kicking things off on Friday is a 70’s style roller disco as well as a good old fashioned military bootcamp circuits session – with 70’s inspired “dressing… Read more »Read more
Next week is Book Week Scotland (18-24 November) and High Life Highland libraries have a bumper issue of activities for literary lovers across the generations! This annual celebration of books and reading takes place across the country and encourages people of all ages and walks of life to come together to share the joy of… Read more »Read more
Around 160 school pupils from Easter Ross and East Sutherland have been pounding the paths at Fairburn Activity Centre for the first in a series of cross country races this season. Organised by local Active Schools Co-ordinators, the event last week (5th November) was held at Fairburn Activity Centre for the first time, with the… Read more »Read more
Inspiring i-care awards evening for High Life Highland staff and volunteers The historic Strathpeffer Pavilion was the venue last night (Thursday 7th November) for the 2024 High Life Highland i-care awards with over 100 people attending to celebrate the many ways in which staff and volunteers Making Life Better for residents and visitors across the… Read more »Read more
Hot on the heels of her involvement in the last Inverness Botanic Gardens exhibition, Margaret Cowie now has a solo exhibition on display at the popular city attraction. Adorning the walls of Café Botanics during November and December is a beautiful, colourful display of her floral inspired works. Margaret Cowie is a stalwart of the… Read more »Read more
For over 100 years the Herring Girls were the backbone of the UK’s fishing industry. Now funding has been secured for a joint project to be run by High Life Highland’s Archive Service in partnership with Suffolk Archives, the Norfolk Record Office, and Tasglann nan Eilean (the Hebridean Archives) to capture their stories. The grant… Read more »Read more
High Life Highland is hosting an Open Day at Invergordon Leisure Centre next week where both highlife members and non-members have the opportunity to try out the wide range of equipment, facilities, and group fitness classes on offer. The Open Day on Saturday 9th November is completely free and offers something for everyone! There will… Read more »Read more
He’s known to visit Glasgow but now Angus Og is in the Highland capital for a special mini symposium at the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery next week. The event, which coincides with the Angus Og exhibition in the Small Gallery, takes place on Thursday 7th of November from 6pm – 9pm. The symposium will… Read more »Read more
