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The Badenoch & Strathspey Community Hospital is a new-build facility that opened in September 2021, combining patients from the Ian Charles Community Hospital in Grantown and St Vincents Hospital in Kingussie. In December 202, I was invited, along with other public health staff, to visit the new facility. I am local resident, and someone who…

In Highland the weather is very rarely in our favour. It can be wet, windy and bitterly cold and often switch between four seasons in just one day. Lack of appropriate clothing and equipment is often described as a barrier to people participating in green health activities and good quality clothing and equipment can make…

Most of us head into the new year with a plan to be a little bit healthier, especially after an indulgent festive period! But as we sign up to gym memberships we often forget about opportunities available to us in our outdoor environment. This year, let’s take our workouts outdoors and practice both good physical…

Children’s Books: Life Cycles: Egg to Bee by Camilla de la Bedoyere. Packed with fascinating facts about life cycles. Amazing photographs of every stage. Labelled diagrams to explain growth and development. Butterfly Kiss by Vicki Churchill Newly hatched, butterfly can’t find the right food – and his friends aren’t any help at all! A Seed…

Nature 4 Health, a well-established, locally based organisation, ran a full day programme of nature connection for the Nairn community. There were opportunities to try foraging, mindfulness movement, campfire cooking, coastal and riverside walks, paracording and to sit back and enjoy the storyteller’s engaging tales. Green Hive Nairn provided their welcoming orchard for everyone to…

The Lochcarron community put on yet another great programme of Green Health activities over the summer of 2021. The Lochcarron area has several outdoor sites suitable for events for local people of all ages. Kirkton Woods, the Smithy Centre (with the community wood next door) and the village itself which is ideal for shoreside walks.…

Who better to tell you a little about a Green Health outing run as part of a summer long programme of sessions in the Seaboard Communities?  Maureen Ross is the backbone of much of the community goings-on in this area, having been involved with the Seaboard Centre for over 20 years. The Green Health LEADER…

Portskerra Activ Club (PAC) was set up during the winter of 2020 to encourage group community activities to help their everyone’s physical and mental health. Its driving force is the desire to improve community health, foster better support networks and encourage communication within and throughout their scattered, rural community. The Beach Day, open to all,…

 Welcome To Tormore Community Forest During July, August and September Tormore Community Forest volunteers offered a full-to-bursting programme of nature and wellness activities – for the local community and visitors to “come out into nature”. Everyone had an opportunity to test their artistic talents weaving a fish, creating with charcoal, and making clay tiles incorporating…