Active Scotland

29/08/2024

28/08/2024

28/08/2024

🏸🏀FREE RESOURCES🤸🚣

Did you know that we offer two completely FREE eLearning modules?

'Introduction to Inclusive Practice' for anyone delivering (or keen to deliver) inclusive sport and physical activity

AND

'Inclusive Club Resource' for clubs, committee members, development officers and programme managers looking to make their club more welcoming to participants with disabilities

Find out more & get access on our website - https://bit.ly/3M93vSm

Sportscotland Active Scotland

19/08/2024

🌟 Just ONE MONTH left to register for the Grampian Parasport Festival 🌟

This will take place on Friday 27th September 2024 at the Aberdeen Sports Village. The Parasport Festival is aimed at children with a physical disability, vision impairment or hearing loss who attend mainstream school. Entries are open to pupils in P4-S6 across Grampian.

Registration close on 19th September. Register here ➡ https://bit.ly/3X9mQZJ

📼 Helpful video to guide you through the registration process here: https://bit.ly/3yKmwHy and if you would like more information, please contact: [email protected]

Grampian Disability Sport Ability Shetland Active Scotland Sportscotland

09/08/2024

Stirling Highland Games [Track entries]

Only a few days left until the entries close for the track events at Stirling.

Online entry - https://buff.ly/3A7amc4

Handicapper SHANE FENTON

[email protected]

Entries close Sunday 11th

09/08/2024

SPEAKER CONFIRMATION

Claire Shiel: Volunteer Manager, Glasgow 850 Glasgow City Council

Presentation title: Recruiting and engaging with volunteers

Find out more about Claire`s workshop. https://scottishclubsport.co.uk/news/speaker-confirmation-claire-shiel-glasgow-city-council/

Register: www.scottishclubsport.co.uk/events

Harper Macleod LLP Sportscotland ClubSport Glasgow ClubSport Lewis & Harris Perth & Kinross Sports Council Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council Clydesdale Sports Council Stewartry Sports Council ClubSport West Lothian Lochaber Sports Association Sporting Memories Scotland Sport Inverclyde North East Youth Sports Panel NEYSP Clubsport Tweeddale Badenoch & Strathspey Sports Council Scottish Athletics Clubsport Roxburgh Clubsport Berwickshire Aberdeenshire Clubsport SCIO East Kilbride Sports Council ClubSport Aberdeen Kirkcaldy & Central Fife Sports Council ClubSport Stirling Club Sport Ettrick & Lauderdale Clackmannanshire ClubSport Active Scotland East Fife Sports Council LEAP Sports Scotland Scottish Women in Sport Scottish Squash

06/08/2024

SPEAKER CONFIRMATION

Craig Burn, Director of Sport Sportscotland

Title: National Context – Our Challenges and Opportunities.

Register: scottishclubsport.co.uk/events/
Saturday 7th September at Perth Racecourse.

Harper Macleod LLP Decathlon UK Perth & Kinross Sports Council Scottish Women in Sport ClubSport West Lothian Clubsport Berwickshire East Fife Sports Council Stewartry Sports Council Badenoch & Strathspey Sports Council RYA Scotland Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council Sport Inverclyde North East Youth Sports Panel NEYSP Lochaber Sports Association Sporting Equals Sporting Memories Scotland Clubsport Roxburgh East Kilbride Sports Council Kirkcaldy & Central Fife Sports Council Aberdeenshire Clubsport SCIO ClubSport Stirling Clydesdale Sports Council Active Scotland ClubSport Glasgow ClubSport Lewis & Harris Clackmannanshire ClubSport Glasgow City Council

26/07/2024

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 STIRLING HIGHLAND GAMES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The perfect day out and great value for money!
From 10am to 5pm.

✅Ice Cream
✅Street food
✅Craft beers, gin and hot drinks
✅Fabulous craft stalls

Join us this year:
📅 Saturday 17th August
📍 Stirling Sports Village, Games field
🕣 10:00 to 17:00
🎟️ Buy a ticket online for faster entry - https://buff.ly/4cRtFUV
Tickets - available at the gates on the day

Find out more: https://buff.ly/3zvc6f9

18/07/2024

Have you always wanted to compete in the Stirling Highland Games? Here is your chance! Get more information on competing here!

16/07/2024

Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? 🌟

What is Disability Pride Month?
➡️ Disability Pride Month is a celebration of the creativity, resilience and achievements of people with a disability.

➡️ It's a time for embracing individuality and identity; rejecting and challenging society's negative misconceptions and attitudes towards those with a disability.

➡️ Disability Pride Month allows an opportunity to further raise awareness and promote positive conversations about disability.

What do the colours represent?
❤ RED: physical disabilities
💙 BLUE: mental illness/psychiatric disabilities
💛 YELLOW: neurodiversity, cognitive and intellectual disabilities
🤍 WHITE: invisible and undiagnosed disabilities
💚 GREEN: sensory perception disabilities
🖤 BLACK: represents the disabled people who have experienced ableist violence and abuse, as well as those who have lost their lives due not only to their illness, but also to negligence, su***de and eugenics.

Share your stories with us and how you're celebrating !

Disability Sport - Highland Disability Sport Fife Perth & Kinross Disability Sport Grampian Disability Sport Ability Shetland Disability Sport Glasgow South Lanarkshire Disability Sport Forth Valley Disability Sport Sportscotland Women in Sport Scottish Women in Sport ParalympicsGB Active Scotland Get Out Get Active Tayside
Paralympic Games

12/07/2024

10/07/2024

NINE SCOTS PICKED FOR 2024 OLYMPICS !!

STRONG REPRESENTATION ON GB AND NI TEAM FOR PARIS 🇫🇷 🇫🇷🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

EILISH McCOLGAN LANDS RECORD FOURTH SELECTION FOR GAMES

Wow! What a day for NINE top Scottish athletes as they are picked for the Olympic games.
We send our warm congratulations to EILISH McCOLGAN, LAURA MUIR, JEMMA REEKIE, MEGAN KEITH, NICOLE YEARGIN, JOSH KERR, JAKE WIGHTMAN, NEIL GOURLEY and NICK PERCY and their families, coaches and clubs.
*Thanks to Bobby Gavin for creating this montage from his own photos

10/07/2024

04/07/2024

17/06/2024

11/06/2024

Come and experience the Stirling Highland Games this summer on Saturday 17th August.

Enjoyed by up to 8000 visitors annually, come and visit, explore and experience what Scotland's ancient capital can offer you over games weekend.

We have packed a lot into the day so whether it's for the sport, the culture, or the heritage, we have you covered.

What - Stirling Highland Games
When - Saturday 17th August
Where - Stirling Sports Village
Timings - 10:00 to 17:00
Discounted tickets online only - buff.ly/4bOu1eZ
Full Price tickets - available at the gates on the day

Our traditional highland games competitions include Highland Dancing, Running, Light Field, Adaptive Heavyweights and Heavyweights plus we also host piping performances and The Stirling Stones.

Our Traders Village will offer a selection of artisan street food, a craft beer bar, a craft gin bar, food producers, drinks producers, and arts and crafts market traders.

Our Creative Arts offering includes performances from the Stirling Gaelic Choir, on-site heritage tours throughout the day, the Discover Stirling 900 marquee and an exclusive old Stirling photo exhibit.

09/06/2024

Come and experience the Stirling Highland Games this summer on Saturday 17th August.

Enjoyed by up to 8000 visitors annually, come and visit, explore and experience what Scotland's ancient capital can offer you over games weekend.

We have packed a lot into the day so whether it's for the sport, the culture, or the heritage, we have you covered.

What - Stirling Highland Games
When - Saturday 17th August
Where - Stirling Sports Village
Timings - 10:00 to 17:00
Discounted tickets online only - buff.ly/3RiPB2O
Full Price tickets - available at the gates on the day

Our traditional highland games competitions include Highland Dancing, Running, Light Field, Adaptive Heavyweights and Heavyweights plus we also host piping performances and The Stirling Stones.

Our Traders Village will offer a selection of artisan street food, a craft beer bar, a craft gin bar, food producers, drinks producers, and arts and crafts market traders.

Our Creative Arts offering includes performances from the Stirling Gaelic Choir, on-site heritage tours throughout the day, the Discover Stirling 900 marquee and an exclusive old Stirling photo exhibit.

09/06/2024

With the Euros in Germany just around the corner, a football competition closer to home provided the perfect warm-up for a summer of sport. Heriot Watt University’s Oriam Sports Performance...

05/06/2024

This week we have been delighted to take part in the inaugural CHSS Tartan Teapot Trophy which was held in Oriam National Performance Centre. The event supported by The Scottish Government, welcomed SNP MSP Maree Todd (Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport) and Scottish Green MSP Gil

24/05/2024

Stirling Highland Games is looking forward to welcoming up to 8000 visitors to our Gathering on Saturday 17th August this year and we have packed a lot into the day for you all to enjoy.

Stirling Highland Games' exclusive strength and endurance competition The Stirling Stones, is for only the strongest athletes. How far could you walk with 164.5kg of Scottish boulder to win the Bruce Challenge quaich?

What - Stirling Highland Games
When - Saturday 17th August
Where - Stirling Sports Village
Timings - 10:00 to 17:00
Discounted tickets online only - https://buff.ly/3wM32Bn
Full Price tickets - available at the gates

Our traditional highland games competitions include Highland Dancing, Running, Light Field, Adaptive Heavyweights and Heavyweights plus we also host piping performances and The Stirling Stones.

Our Traders Village will offer a selection of artisan street food, a craft beer bar, a craft gin bar, food producers, drinks producers, and arts and crafts market traders.

Our Creative Arts offering includes performances from the Stirling Gaelic Choir, on-site heritage tours throughout the day, the Discover Stirling 900 marquee and an exclusive old Stirling photo exhibit.

14/05/2024

This alongside
Active Scotland, get moving for your mental health by finding moments for movement every day like when you’re waiting for the kettle to boil 🫖

👉Get more tips: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week/boost-your-mental-health-moving-more

01/05/2024

Stirling Highland Games is looking forward to welcoming up to 8000 visitors to our Gathering on Saturday 17th August this year and we have packed a lot into the day for you all to enjoy.

Our Heavyweights competition starts at 13:00 and is Supported by Specsavers Stirling.

What - Stirling Highland Games
When - Saturday 17th August
Where - Stirling Sports Village
Timings - 10:00 to 17:00
Discounted tickets online only - https://buff.ly/4bizzNZ
Full Price tickets - available at the gates

Our traditional highland games competitions include Highland Dancing, Running, Light Field, Adaptive Heavyweights and Heavyweights plus we also host piping performances and The Stirling Stones.
Our Traders Village will offer a selection of artisan street food, a craft beer bar, a craft gin bar, food producers, drinks producers, and arts and crafts market traders.
Our Creative Arts offering includes performances from the Stirling Gaelic Choir, on-site heritage tours throughout the day, the Discover Stirling 900 marquee and an exclusive old Stirling photo exhibit.

26/04/2024

10/04/2024

The Stirling Highland Games Committee is thrilled to announce that former Scotland International ho**er Kevin McKenzie has been appointed as the Honorary Chieftain for the highly anticipated 2024 Stirling Highland Games. McKenzie, renowned for his appetite to play for his Country at the highest leve...

04/04/2024

Stirling Highland Games is a Gathering for all the family so please take advantage of our discounted tickets in advance on our website.

It's a day out in Stirling enjoyed by thousands and packed with competitions to watch, food and drink to taste and creative arts to appreciate. We look forward to welcoming you all on Saturday 17th August this year.

Where - Stirling Sports Village
Times - 10:00 to 17:00
Who - we can welcome up to 8000 visitors
Parking - plenty of parking options nearby
Transport - just a 1-mile walk/bus/taxi from the city centre

Discounted entry tickets online here https://buff.ly/4aC6z3t or pay full price at the gates on the day.