This month sees the launch of a new podcast ‘Spirit: Discovering the Highlands and Islands’ exploring all aspects of life across the Highlands and Islands. In the four-part series people who live and work in the Highlands and Islands talk about the ‘spirit’ of the area from their own perspective. Interviews were carried out in… Read more »Read more

With summer fast approaching, the team at High Life Highland’s Inverness Botanic Gardens has been hard at work to grow and curate over 1000 hanging flower baskets for display all over the Highlands. Many of the hanging baskets are bespoke to match the requirements of local businesses, to keep consistent with their own branding. Ewan… Read more »Read more

This week, the digital team on the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project have launched a new feature on the website (discoverhighlandsandislands.scot) that allows people to build custom journeys, from already curated itineraries, or to create new ones from scratch, from over one hundred locations across the Highlands and Islands. Suggested itineraries are based… Read more »Read more

Wednesday, 31 May, will see the first deployment of a crane at Inverness Castle, which will be on-site to install structural steelwork and mechanical plant within the existing roof spaces of the former prison building, referred to as the North Tower. The crane will be on site for one full day and will allow for… Read more »Read more

According to the Scottish Government, one third of the population is estimated to experience mental health conditions, highlighting an urgent need for wellbeing support nationwide. High Life Highland is proud to have launched the Culloden Mind Hub, a weekly community café designed to reduce isolation and loneliness associated with poor mental health by offering a… Read more »Read more

High Life Highland’s ‘Highland Young Musicians’ will be performing a spectacular ‘Beating Retreat’ at Inverness Leisure on Sunday 4th June, with doors opening at 3pm sharp. ‘Beating Retreat’ is an iconic military parade dating back to the 1690s. The beating of the drum was originally used to order troops to break off fighting and withdraw,… Read more »Read more

Two Highland organisations have announced that they will be coming together to deliver a ‘free entry’ event for Highland residents in the centre of Inverness this summer. High Life Highland, one of the Highland’s largest third sector charities is partnering with Highland business, LCC Live, known for delivering major concerts and events to the Highlands… Read more »Read more

The winners of the time capsule project for Inverness Castle were announced today as North Kessock Primary School! The school submitted their top five items to be represented in the time capsule that will be suspended in the original well within Inverness Castle. The items were: A personal diary from home-schooling during the Covid-19 lockdown,… Read more »Read more

People living in the Black Isle and the surrounding area are invited to get to know the facilities on offer at the Black Isle Leisure Centre when it throws its doors open this Saturday 20th May 2023 between 9am and 3.30pm. High Life Highland’s Leisure Manager, Ian Goode explained, “As part of an ongoing programme… Read more »Read more