Over the past few days we have been experiencing intermittent IT service issues from our supplier. The outages have had an impact on the server where our booking systems are held, unfortunately this means that we need to ask members who made any bookings between Monday 26th July and Thursday 29th July (inclusive) to rebook… Read more »Read more
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New City events group agree attendee safety as top priority
At its meeting in May, the City of Inverness Area Committee agreed to invite High Life Highland, as the Council’s arms-length Charity, to assume responsibility for managing the City’s events programme on their behalf. This week, a newly created forum of events sector representatives met for the first time to look at ways in… Read more »Read more
New operator for Bellfield Park
High Life Highland confirmed today that as part of a rationalisation it will now operate Bellfield Park in Inverness. The Park will be a useful addition to the charity’s current park portfolio in Inverness which includes Bught Park and the Northern Meeting Park. Bellfield Park is a five-minute walk from Inverness city Centre hosting eight… Read more »Read more
Inverness Leisure opens Café
Returning customers of Inverness Leisure will notice quite a difference in the layout and offering now available at the leisure centre. COVID – 19 restrictions meant that gym equipment had to be moved around to accommodate social distancing and provided the added benefit of bringing forward plans to reconfigure the site for the longer term…. Read more »Read more
Music tuition fees to be waived in next school year
Over the next few weeks, High Life Highland will be contacting the families of Highland school pupils to advise them that their music tuition fees are being waived for the 2021-22 academic year. The move comes following a funding package being introduced as part of the Scottish Government’s ‘First Steps’ document which committed to… Read more »Read more
Summer of Fun at Highland Folk Museum
High Life Highland operators of Highland Folk Museum announced today that they have been successful in securing funding from Museums Galleries Scotland’s ‘Summer Programme Fund’. The Highland Folk Museum (HFM) has been awarded £27, 157 which will fully fund their ‘Summer of Fun’ programme at the museum, with the fund being used to offer… Read more »Read more
Hanging Baskets return to brighten up city centre
The Provost and Leader of Inverness and Area Cllr Helen Carmichael recently meet at Ness Bridge in Inverness with Mike Smith Inverness BID Manager and Gordon Brown of High Life Highland to celebrate the 2021 Inverness city centre floral displays. Provost Carmichael said: “Members of the City of Inverness Area Committee are pleased to… Read more »Read more
Museum Displays Freedom Artefacts
Inverness Museum & Art Gallery has opened a temporary display exploring the Freedom of the Royal Burgh of Inverness, a rare civic honour awarded in recognition of exceptional service to society and to the city itself. The display, which features artefacts relating to several recipients of the Freedom, will run until 28 August 2021…. Read more »Read more
Apples for All plants first tree
The first steps to a community orchard in Inverness were taken today when Ian Ross Chair of High Life Highland and Helen Carmichael planted the first apple tree at Inverness Botanic Gardens. The Community orchard will be planted around the perimeter and within Inverness Botanic Gardens including a mixture of Scottish heritage apple pear and… Read more »Read more
Inverness Castle transformation – tour guides wanted
Recruitment is now underway for people to lead tours around Castlehill in Inverness during the coming months. The guides will lead tours that will take a peek behind the hoardings around the Castle, providing an overview of the history of the site, as well as looking to its future as a visitor attraction. The tours… Read more »Read more