Education

Our overall aim is to promote interest in STEM and awareness of its potential applications for communities, businesses, careers and personal development through an annual dynamic programme, enabling new connections and exchange of ideas among diverse groups. Our vision celebrates the spirit of exploration and adventure in advancing into the unknown, linked to creativity and vitality, and through that to enrich the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds, to encourage young people in careers in STEM, and support local economic.

Orkney Zerowaste is a local Scottish registered charity working in the community to raise waste awareness and offer practical recycling advice in Orkney.

Aim: To build awareness, engagement and support for mammal monitoring and conservation across North West Scotland, in order to increase quantity and quality of biological records for the area, and strengthen UK-wide science-led conservation.

We are a local music group who have rehearsed and performed throughout Caithness and beyond for over 20 years.

Waterlines is a visitor centre and coffee shop at Lybster Harbour supported by Lybster Heritage Trust. It was created in 2000 from old buildings left over from the herring fishing boom. It shut during lockdowns and has recently got funding to employ a manager/curator with the aim to develop the space into a community hub, rotating exhibition space and event space as well as its permanent exhibition.

The Boleskine House Foundation SCIO is a Scottish Registered charity whose mission is to restore and preserve the historical legacy and heritage of the Boleskine House estate for the greater benefit of the public. In addition to our conservation-led approach to sympathetically restore Boleskine House, we aim to educate the public on the heritage of the house and lands, to welcome the enjoyment of its structure and surrounding gardens, and to facilitate learning, growth and well-being.

The Acharacle Community Company was formed to benefit the community of Acharacle and surrounding area.

Highland One World is an educational charity based in Inverness which exists to promote active Global Citizenship, locally, nationally and internationally.

We are the Grantown Community Centre. We provide Community Services such as a food shed, uniform exchange, Soft Play , Youth clubs and a Community Cafe. We run the community cinema. And we host the SpeyShed. We provide affordable facilities to local groups such as the Guides, yoga, indoor tennis and party options. Where we can, we provide affordable start-up opportunities to local entrepreneurs.

The Kinlochleven Community Trust is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status and a membership body in the village of Kinlochleven in South Lochaber. Through land and facilities management, community development, education, and environmental projects the Trust aims to improve living conditions and opportunities for all in the village and ultimately, tackle inequalities that our village is experiencing (as shown on the SIMD).

  Lochaber Environmental Group works to preserve, conserve, and restore the environment of Lochaber for the benefit of the local communities as we transition to a low carbon economy. We help to advance the knowledge of Lochaber residents in the study of the environment and sustainability, facilitating training, and sharing advice & information. Our Objectives To help and encourage everyone in Lochaber to reduce their impact on the environment Promoting the preservation, conservation and restoration of the natural environment of Lochaber for the benefit of the community Providing information and training about the environment and about ways to live in a more sustainable manner Help and encourage everyone in Lochaber to live more sustainably. 

We use nature and our natural environment for therapeutic purposes to support people with learning disabilities, autism or experiencing mental health problems. We are keen to promote nature-connection and its benefits to physical, psychological and emotional health, but also that increased connection with nature can also be beneficial to the wider natural environment, as it can lead to more pro-environmental attitudes and subsequent positive behaviours. We are based in West Lochaber but have provided online nature-connection activities targeted across the NHS Highland area, but that were participated in by people from the wider Scotland area and the whole of the UK.

Set within traditional 19th-century heather-thatched cottages, Glencoe Folk Museum holds an eclectic array of objects celebrating local heritage and telling stories of local history. We are a community hub which supports local people, while welcoming visitors from all over the world.

Our main focus is now digital inclusion services across the Highlands. We aim to improve digital Inclusion, overall wellbeing and reduced isolation for vulnerable individuals including older adults, those on benefits, recently released from prison, suffering from substance misuse, refugees and those experiencing homelessness.

Velocity Café & Bicycle Workshop is a social enterprise based in Inverness. Velocity combines three worlds; a vegetarian café, bicycle workshop and range of projects to promote health, wellbeing and sustainability.

Strathspey Works – Grantown Remakery provides Employment Skills Development, volunteering opportunities and support for Young People who may be having difficulty in Transition from School to Further Education and Employment, Adults with a Disability or with Mental Ill-Health, and Adults with poor ‘Wellbeing’ and lack of ‘Work Readiness’, supporting all in their journey to recovery and towards fulfilment of their personal goals.

The Grantown Society's (TGS) charitable purposes are the advancement of: education; community development; heritage and culture; environment protection and improvement. Our core geographic community is defined as PH26. TGS is a partnership organisation and the influence of climate on our community has for long been an area of interest. Now we are about to open a resource hub, the opportunity to build stronger links with environmental organisations is enhanced and we wish to make full use of this opportunity.

The Feminist Bird Club was founded in NYC by Molly Adams in 2016 as a way to leverage both their passion for birds and their passion for social justice into a cohesive whole. Since then, the Feminist Bird Club has expanded to chapters across North America and Europe- including the Inverness Chapter in 2022.

We as a school see climate action as a core responsibility in our community, not just in the Cairngorms but more widely in the Highlands and Scotland. We have started an eco-committee and gardening club; include climate awareness lessons in a range of subjects; and we are also a partner with the Cairngorm Connect

We continue to take positive local action to address global environmental challenges We believe we can strengthen and build our community with our values by being: Inclusive, Collaborative, Engaging, Solution focused and Sustainable. We are proudly based and serve the Nairn community.

We utilise therapeutic gardening to help people with mental health illnesses and disorders. We are creating VGC as a stepping stone for invertebrates, to aid ranging and migration under a changing climate. We produce food for donation during the cost of living crisis. Finally, we provide education for students requiring supported learning.

The objects of the group are to:

To preserve, conserve and share our heritage for now and future generations. We explore 8,000 years of human occupation in north west Sutherland. Over the years we have explored natural heritage and the impact of the choices we make most notably with our periodic Alan Joyce Young Environmentalist Competion. We are keen to expand this work through interdisciplinary projects with partners working to preserve natural heritage and climate action. We are also keen to continue to reduce our climate impact and play our part in achieving net zero.

Launched in 2003, Caithness International Science Festival has grown to be one of the largest and most-loved events in the county.