High Life Highland

🤩 FINALISTS! We have just found out that we have been shortlisted in the Environment category of the UK wide #SeriouslySocial awards taking place next month! Across several of our services we have been working hard to embed the environment and nature into the heart of our work, as a charity organisation, right across the Highlands.  A huge shout out to our staff and volunteers for the incredible work that they do! 💙 #MakingLifeBetter

🦋🔍 A rare Comma butterfly spotted in Caithness! Our Countryside Ranger Kirsty saw the butterfly outside of Crossroads Primary School. Kirsty explained that the butterfly is not a nationally rare species but it is extremely rare to see them so far in the North! 🦋

Hope Gordon visits inspire North East school pupils 🛶 Fresh from her stunning performance in Paris, Paralympic canoeist, Hope Gordon has been paying a visit to local schools in her home county to show off her silver medal! 🥈 📰:

✨ Happy Monday, everyone! New week and new activities coming up across High Life Highland! 🎶 Upbeat Beatles at Strathpeffer Pavilion 📅 10th October, 7:30-10pm Powerhouse vocals, precision harmonies and tight musicianship. 🎟️ Get tickets: https://hlh.scot/3BhqGrf 🌱 Parent and Toddler bulb planting 📅 10th October, 10:30am-11:30am We're celebrating #GreenLibrariesWeek decorating and planting bulbs for next spring in Bettyhill. 📩 Email: donald.mitchell@highlifehighland.com for more information. 🎵 We 3 Kings at  Strahpeffer Pavilion 📅 12th October, 7:30-11pm Three West End Artists celebrating the music of Three Kings of Rock n Roll! 🎟️ Get tickets: https://hlh.scot/3Y08VWA 🌳 Where are all the fruit trees? Pocket Orchard Village Walk, Ullapool 📅 12th October, 10-12:30 During lockdown ‘Get Ullapool Growing’ planted out fruit trees in Ullapool village for the community. Let's find out where they are! ✅ More: https://hlh.scot/3Ydn6rd

Staff Sporting Achievements 💪  Last week some of our incredible team members took part in the Loch Ness Marathon! Helen York completed the 5k in an impressive 34 minutes and raised £500 for Cystic Fibrosis Trust! 🤩 Steve Jones from "cruised round" the Loch Ness Marathon in 4h38m. This year he has completed the Inverness Half Marathon, Etape Loch Ness and the full Loch Ness Marathon too! 🤯 Steven Mackay completed the race coming in at an amazing time of 4h46min 👏 Meg Davidson finished the marathon with an absolutely incredible time of 3h44mins. "Not my fastest and not my slowest, so happy with that!" 😅💅

We’re celebrating Women and Girls in Sport Week! 🎉 Emily is one of our amazing athletes supported by the Athlete Travel Awards Scheme. As the youngest member of GB’s Snowsport A Team, she’s recently been selected to represent GB at upcoming World Cup events this winter! 🎿 Emily’s journey is a powerful example of how sport empowers women and girls to reach new heights! 💪 #SheCanSheWill

📚 On National Poetry Day, we cheer, For books and words we hold so dear! Across the Highlands, far and wide, High Life Highland’s libraries are our pride.   🔮 From Aviemore to Wester Ross shores, Open books unlock new doors. Stories, facts, and tales untold, For young and old, there’s joy to hold!   🪄 Need to study, learn, or play? Find a library near today! With endless shelves and friendly smiles, Come explore for miles and miles.   📖 So on this day of rhyme and reason, Celebrate in reading season! High Life Highland’s here to share, A world of wonder, if you dare.

Celebrating Women and Girls in Sport Week! 🎉 Meet Lucy, one of our incredible athletes from Highland Budokan Judo Club, supported by the Athlete Travel Awards Scheme. Lucy is a member of Judo Scotland’s Talent Pathway Squad and recently placed 7th in Europe! 🥋 Her dedication and achievements are an inspiration to young athletes everywhere! 💪 #SheCanSheWill

Nairn’s young golfers show they are on par! ⛳ The annual Nairn Active Schools Group golf tournament took place last week with the young golfers from Millbank Primary School taking home the silverware! 🏆 Read more:

We’re celebrating Women and Girls in Sport Week! 🎉 Meet Grace, one of our amazing athletes supported by the Athlete Travel Awards Scheme. She proudly represents Scotland at U14 and U16 basketball 🏀. Grace is an inspiration to young athletes, showing the power of sport in empowering women and girls! 💪 #SheCanSheWill sportscotland