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High Life Highland
The Company HQ buildings are located in Inverness and Dingwall. We operate leisure centres, libraries, museums and a host of other services on behalf of The Highland Council.
High Life Highland is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland No. SC407011 and is a registered Scottish charity No. SC042593
Thurso Youth Development
Skills Academy:
The Developing the Young Workforce North Highland (tag us if you can) team are offering support for young people over the Summer. School leavers are invited to register for the DYW skills Academy before 12th July using this link: https://www.dyw.scot/skills-academy.html The programme will help you get industry ready and prepare for your next steps since leaving school.
Skills Academy post:
#DYW20SkillsAcad #Getindustryready
The Developing the Young Workforce North Highland (tag us if you can) team are offering support for young people over the Summer. School leavers are invited to register for the DYW skills Academy before 12th July using this link: https://www.dyw.scot/skills-academy.html The programme will help you get industry ready and prepare for your next steps since leaving school.
Skills Academy post:
#DYW20SkillsAcad #Getindustryready
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives
Last year marked 100 years since the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, known as the Addison Act. This was an ambitious programme of government subsidies to finance the building of 500,000 houses within three years. Conceived as a way of providing "Homes fit for heroes" in the aftermath of the First World War, the programme was badly affected by the economic problems of the 1920s, and ultimately only 213,000 homes were built. However, subsequent Housing Acts in 1924 and 1930 encouraged further housing schemes by local authorities, and ultimately the inter-war Housing Acts led to the construction of 1.1 million homes. Inverurie was an early adopter of the Housing legislation – it resolved in December 1918 to draw up plans for housing schemes at 2 sites in the town.
For #ArchiveZ's letter 'I' we're highlighting the Inverurie scheme. From the period of its inception the Inverurie scheme had to reduce in a number of areas - the number of sites from 2 to 1 – sticking with North Street, and then moving to Falconer Place on 16 June 1919. Construction began on 10 houses at the Falconer Place site in April 1920.
By August 1921 the project had expanded to 3 housing schemes, but this eventually had to be abandoned as the Scottish Board of Health resolved in September 1921 not to take anymore contracts under the State assisted scheme from Local Authorities. Nevertheless, tenancies were provided for 27 properties throughout the period at an initial rent of £18 a year for a 3 roomed property, and £22 per year for 4 rooms until May 1927 (but warning that an inflationary increase may be required).
Inverurie’s selection criteria seemed to stick to the “Homes Fit For Heroes” line and resolved to give preference to former service-men (the same was true in Stonehaven with the housing constructed on Fetteresso Terrace). As with Fraserburgh, the tenants selected in Inverurie indicate a lower middle class bias – they included a nurse, teacher, butcher, even an organist - professional individuals with regular incomes to pay their rent.
More information can be found on our blog: https://aberdeenarchives.blogspot.com/2020/05/council-housing-in-north-east.html
For #ArchiveZ's letter 'I' we're highlighting the Inverurie scheme. From the period of its inception the Inverurie scheme had to reduce in a number of areas - the number of sites from 2 to 1 – sticking with North Street, and then moving to Falconer Place on 16 June 1919. Construction began on 10 houses at the Falconer Place site in April 1920.
By August 1921 the project had expanded to 3 housing schemes, but this eventually had to be abandoned as the Scottish Board of Health resolved in September 1921 not to take anymore contracts under the State assisted scheme from Local Authorities. Nevertheless, tenancies were provided for 27 properties throughout the period at an initial rent of £18 a year for a 3 roomed property, and £22 per year for 4 rooms until May 1927 (but warning that an inflationary increase may be required).
Inverurie’s selection criteria seemed to stick to the “Homes Fit For Heroes” line and resolved to give preference to former service-men (the same was true in Stonehaven with the housing constructed on Fetteresso Terrace). As with Fraserburgh, the tenants selected in Inverurie indicate a lower middle class bias – they included a nurse, teacher, butcher, even an organist - professional individuals with regular incomes to pay their rent.
More information can be found on our blog: https://aberdeenarchives.blogspot.com/2020/05/council-housing-in-north-east.html
Highland Young Musicians
Polly is a p7 leaver at Park Pr., Invergordon & her HLH Instructor Lynsey Bolton suggested she used this as part of a thank you to her class teacher. Thanks also to Dad.
https://youtu.be/YTlxUG3T5Zw