Council and Sport Scotland meet Skye Community Reps

Back L to R – Rory Flyn, South Skye Community Campus; Forbes Dunlop, CEO Sport Scotland; Graham Lyndsay, Sport Scotland; Norma Morrison, South Skye Community Campus; Derek Brown, CEX of The Highland Council. Front L to R – Shirley Grant, South Skye Community Campus, Steve Walsh CEX of HLH; Cllr John Finlayson

Councillor John Finlayson was delighted to welcome Forbes Dunlop, the CEO of Sport Scotland to Skye this week to meet with community groups in Broadford and Dunvegan who are looking to develop sports pitches close to the sites of the new schools that are planned within their communities. Graham Lyndsay from Sport Scotland, Steve Walsh CEX of HLH and Derek Brown the CEX of The Highland Council also accompanied Forbes on his trip.

Cllr Finlayson said he was delighted to welcome all the visitors to meet with key stakeholders in both communities and he felt it was important for Forbes and others to hear about the aspirations they have and the good work that has already taken place. He also added that Forbes was keen to see where the recent award from Sport Scotland of £150k to the South Skye Community Campus group was going to be spent in Broadford and hear from Dunvegan Community Trust about their ambitions for a sports pitch close to the new school that the Highland Council is building as part of the Highland Investment Plan.

He thanked school staff and community members for meeting with the visitors and for the partnership work they continue to develop with the council and other agencies to provide facilities in rural areas like Skye which support health and wellbeing for people of all ages.

L to R – Highland Council CEX Derek Brown; Mali Maclennan Dunvegan Community Trust; Forbes Dunlop, CEO Sport Scotland; Calum Campbell; Graham Lyndsay, Sport Scotland; Cllr John Finlayson; John Laing, Dunvegan Community Council