Arts, culture and heritage

The Highland Council operates Screen Highland and has been central to the growth of the screen industry in Highland, promoting locations and services and supporting productions throughout the process.

Three tourism projects in Argyll and Bute’s island communities have received funding from the Scottish Government’s Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund (RTIF).

The projects were selected from 11 proposals under the Argyll and Bute Strategic Tourism Infrastructure Development (STID) Plan, initially developed by local groups and charities across nine islands.

Campsie High Kirk, which is at the heart of Lennoxtown’s community, is to be transformed into a community arts hub after the Friends of Campsie High Kirk successfully applied to acquire the building from the King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR) for the nominal sum of £1 plus the costs of transfer.

This week sees the launch of the 2025 Village Halls Week!

The week is all about celebrating the incredible contributions of village halls and their amazing volunteers who keep our rural and island communities thriving.

Gaelic language broadcasting is to receive an additional £1.8 million to help build on the success of BBC Alba’s crime thriller An t-Eilean.

The increase is contained in the Scottish Government’s 2025/26 Budget and raises total funding for MG ALBA (the Gaelic Media Service) to £14.8 million in the upcoming financial year.

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig is to be a Gaelic hub in the new Centre for Teaching Excellence, Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has announced during a visit to the college.

The Cabinet Secretary met with staff at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture, during a visit to discuss the aims of the new Centre in providing opportunities for Gaelic teachers across the country.

The longlist for the Highland Book Prize 2024 has been announced by the Highland Society of London and Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre.

This year’s longlist includes poetry from the late Aonghas MacNeacail, new fiction from Inverness-born Ali Smith, and Saltire Award winner Jen Stout’s experiences as a journalist in war-torn Ukraine.  

Engage Scotland and the Culture Heritage and Arts Assembly, Argyll and Isles (CHARTS) are pleased to be working in partnership to gather information from visual artists working in a participatory Gaelic language and/or culture context in Scotland. 

The red carpet will be rolled out across Scotland next week for one of the UK’s wildest living landscapes and all its fantastically boggy inhabitants.

In only six months time Orkney will host the 20th International Island Games, an event that promises to be a celebration of sport, culture, and community.

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