South Skye Community Campus SCIO - created to develop, enhance and maintain new and existing sporting, leisure and recreational community facilities for Skye and Lochalsh.
Estimated Price
£2,000,000
What we want to do
South Skye Community Campus - creating, enhancing and maintaining sporting, leisure and recreational community facilities for the Skye and Lochalsh community. The short term aims of the Organisation and wider community are to develop and manage new facilities including:
Phase one
• Full-size all-weather pitch including flood lighting
South Skye Community Campus have secured £874,119.22 of funding to deliver phase one. Some additional funds will be required to complete the build due to planning department conditions which have increased costs and other rising costs. The majority of funding to date has come from public bodies and community fundraising.
Phase two
• Changing pavilion and multi-use space including gym
• Bike Pump Track
Phase three
• Upgraded community hall.
• Upgraded playpark.
• Upgraded car park.
It should be noted that these phases may be changed depending on the availability of funding.
SSCC will also take over the management of the community wing in the new Broadford Primary School and MUGA after school hours, weekends and during school holidays.
Why this project is important for our community
South Skye is an area that has had minimal investment in sporting and creative facilities over the years. At the same time there has been significant investment in housing, a new hospital and fish feed plant. Additional infrastructure is essential if we want people to live, work and visit here and this project will address depopulation and support local businesses. We know that sporting facilities are an important and attractive factor to people, especially young people, when deciding where to live.
Broadford is one of the fastest growing villages out with Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, and the creation and maintenance of additional and existing community facilities is essential. It must be noted that there are plans for a “workers camp” in the area, to support energy projects including the upgraded powerline, which will increase the population by at least 100% should proposals be approved. It is essential that if these “camps” go ahead there is suitable infrastructure to support health and wellbeing rather than “tick box” facilities that leave no lasting legacy.
This project is highlighted in the following plans:
· Broadford and Strath Local Place Plan
· Skye and Raasay Future Plan
· Westplan
Positive Impact
With SSCC developing and improving facilities in South Skye including our desperately needed sport facilities, precious village hall and cherished green and amenity spaces surrounding the campus we will clearly achieve a number of outcomes including:
• Improved facilities for smaller communities
• Address population decline
• Improve and promote health, social care and wellbeing
• Increased opportunities to get involved with sporting and creative activities
• Increased opportunities to partake in wet weather activities
• Reduction in travel distance for those in outlying villages
Key milestones
• 2019 – Broadford Community School and Hub working group created and supported by the Broadford and Strath Community Company
• January 2019 – Consultation held with Broadford Village Hall users
• May 2019 – Consultation with all users
• 28th November 2023 – South Skye Community Campus SCIO registered
• February 2023 – Consultation in tandem with Highland Council consultation for new Broadford Primary School
• May 2023 – Consultation with Sports Scotland and the Highland Council
• January 2024 – Consultation with sports groups
• April 2024 – Final consultation in tandem with Highland Council consultation for new Broadford Primary School
• May 2024 – SSCC consultation held at the local supermarket
• June 2024 – SSCC took part in the Broadford and Strath Local Place Plan “pop up” consultation days alongside Broadford and Strath Community Council and Broadford and Strath Community Company
• Summer 2024 – SSCC trustees met with south Skye Community Councils to review proposed plans
• 24th September 2024 – Planning application for all weather pitch submitted
• 6th December 2024 – Public vote held and agreed to transfer the Broadford Village Hall to South Skye Community Campus SCIO ownership
• 27th March 2025 – Funding confirmed from Sports Scotland - £150K
• 15th April 2025 – Bike Pump Track meeting held
• June 2025 - Energy effiency assement carried out for Broadford Village Hall
• 4th September 2025 – Community Regeneration Funding confirmed pending Scottish Government Island Programme awards - £200K
• 17th September 2025 – Planning approved for all weather pitch
• 3rd November 2025 – Scottish Government Island Programme awarded £327,323
• 9th February 2026 – Invitations to Tender issued
Next steps
• Review tenders and construct phase one – April 2026 – September 2026
• Condition report to be carried out for Broadford Village Hall - April 2026
• Feasability study to be carried out for Bike Pump Track - August 2026
•. Working group to be set up for Playpark upgrades
• Other phases are being worked on and we expect it will be a 5 – 10 year project to complete all phases depending on funding opportunities.
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