During the month of October High Life Highland is offering individuals resident in Highland the opportunity to use all of its Highland leisure facilities for £1-a-day over ten consecutive days. High Life Development Manager, Emma Thomson said: “Over the month of October, High Life Highland is giving people who live in Highland the option to… Read more »Read more
28th September 2022 Caitlyn Munro from Tain has taken up the role of Highland Youth Convener from 29 August 2022. This full-time role is a bursary position that will run for 12 months. Twenty one year old Caitlyn previously worked as an assistant youth worker in Tain with High Life Highland for three years, participated… Read more »Read more
The Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project is delighted to announce a partnership with Stagecoach that will see the national company sponsor Virtual Reality (VR) headsets as part of a schools engagement initiative reaching rural areas across the Highlands and Islands. The VR headsets, along with the immersive portal, has fast become one of… Read more »Read more
Chair of High Life Highland’s Board, Mark Tate said, “Following the announcement made by Buckingham Palace that the funeral of Her Majesty The Queen will take place on Monday 19th September, the Board and Management believe it would be appropriate to close all High Life Highland buildings and activities as a mark of respect to… Read more »Read more
Following last night’s announcement from Buckingham Palace, High Life Highland Chair Mark Tate has expressed the charity’s thoughts and condolences at this sad time. Mark Tate, Chair of High Life Highland Board said, “We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen. On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of High… Read more »Read more
The three projects in Castle Street, Bught Park and Northern Meeting Park in Inverness supported by £19.8m from the UK Government’s the Levelling Up Fund continue to make positive progress, with each having now reached the planning stage. The newly submitted planning applications for the three projects will collectively deliver the Inverness Zero Carbon Cultural… Read more »Read more
The Summer Reading Challenge is a national event in which all High Life Highland Libraries take part. Speaking about the event, Julie Corcoran, HLH’s Head of Libraries said, “It is an immensely popular and successful reading initiative which is now in its twenty-third successful year. “The Summer Reading Challenge created and operated nationally by The… Read more »Read more
The team running High Life Highland’s library service have retained their Customer Service Excellence award, achieving a 100% full compliance with the prestigious award’s criteria. Talking about the award, Julie Corcoran, HLH’s Head of Libraries said, “The Customer Service Excellence Award has been developed by the Cabinet Office to acknowledge excellence in public services. “Services,… Read more »Read more
Coming together for the first face-to-face meetings in over two years today, High Life Highland Chair Mark Tate was delighted to announce the appointment of a number of new Board members to its main charity Board and Trading Board. Marianne Hutchison and Sarah Rawlings were appointed to the Board of High Life Highland as The… Read more »Read more
The Averon Centre in Alness has become the location of the first stitch to be sewn into the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands. The project, spanning communities from across the Highlands and Islands, has over 500 stitchers of various ages ranging from aged 16 to 89. Norma Bain, lead stitcher of the nine ‘Spirited… Read more »Read more
