Sutherland Adventure Company

07/07/2026

Happy Lairg Gala Week! 🥳🕺

Launching onto the water at Little Loch Shin - TONIGHT, Tuesday 7 July!

Two sessions:

🏄 FULLY BOOKED: Boys on Boards (Primary age, 8+) 6:30-7:45pm

🏄‍♂️ FULLY BOOKED: Teens Club - Mixed Gender (Aged 11+, including those transitioning to secondary school after the holidays): 8-9pm

These are brand new sessions for Lairg, and we really hope you’ll be as excited as we are! We only have four spaces available per session.

‼️ BOOKING ESSENTIAL . Any thoughts or queries - just pop us a wee message.

Thank you Lairg & District Community Initiative for the support!

08/05/2026

We’re hanging out in Lairg on Little Loch Shin this year! 🏄‍♀️🩵

We’re now on official “keeping an eye on the weather” season and will post our sessions on socials and via our mailing list. Keep an eye out.

We have some funding available to collaborate with other organisations for transport and session delivery too. Don’t forget Loch Shin Sailing Club are hanging out on loch on Saturday mornings too!

Sign up to our mailing list here: https://mailchi.mp/ccc3922dcffd/mailing-list-sign-up

See you on the water!

31/01/2026

We’re looking for a volunteer Treasurer to add to our strong board of trustees!

In addition to the standard legal responsibilities of a Trustee, we are looking for candidates with experience in charity finance, fund accounting and Quickbooks.

New to being a Trustee but have experience in charity finance? It would still be great to hear from you!

We’re interested in the right person with the right skills - you don’t necessarily need to be based in the Highlands. Our meetings are four times a year, online or hybrid.

Keen? Email [email protected] by Sunday 22 February 2026 covering a bit about you, your experience and interests.

If you have any questions or want to find a wee bit more out - do reach out by email.

18/11/2025

Tapping out the end of the 2025 season with our final female Teen surf sessions with the totally brilliant North Coast Watersports! 💙

Huge shoutout to those that made the effort to wake up extra early and travel for these sessions at Dunnet.

Kudos to Brora Community Enterprises for the minibus hire, and to Lara, Denise, Jenna and Rachel for driving and accompanying the gals at the sessions.

14/11/2025

EDIT: Spaces now filled! This is the last surfing session for 2025.

We have SPACES for tomorrow, Saturday 15 November.

Message us by 7pm today (Friday 14 November) if you would like to come for a surf!

Guaranteed to be totally amazers - full winter surfing kit provided!

Launching the last surf session of 2025 with fantastic North Coast Watersports!

TEENS (Female) surfing for those high school aged (in Sutherland) this Saturday, 15 November at Dunnet Beach 🌊

No experience necessary, first timers very welcomed - all kit provided for the colder waters!

🩵 BOOKING ESSENTIAL- please message this page or email [email protected]. There are limited spaces.

🏄‍♀️ Fully funded - thanks to our generous funders.

☀️ Transport provided with pick up/drop off points at Evelix, Golspie, Brora and Helmsdale.

🩵 A full day, Sunday 15 November - bring a packed lunch and some snacks. Leaving Evelix early, and dropping back at Evelix mid afternoon (approx). Full transport details shared on booking.

Any details, questions or worries - just give us a wee message. We are always there to support!

13/11/2025

Do you know anyone that could maybe help us with a raffle prize as part of our festive fundraising mission? 🩵

To celebrate our first year and season of merging of Sutherland Adventure Company and Sutherland Girls on Boards, as a newly developed social enterprise and charity - Sutherland Adventure Company SCIO, we are celebrating with a festive raffle! We’d love you to join the adventure - and if you can, contribute a raffle prize to our luxury raffle.

We have Royal Marine Hotel, Brora as our headline prize, a night stay Bed & Breakfast - legends! Followed by a wonderful dinner for two at Links House, Dornoch.

Sutherland Adventure Company provides fully and partially funded outdoor opportunities for people in Sutherland, ensuring locals utilise the natural assets of the area. The social enterprise and charity undertakes all of the administration, marketing, funding, networking, social media and public relations on a voluntary basis, relying on funding to deliver community initiatives.

The board gathered for a strategy evening in September, identifying gaps within our overall operation. One of the areas that was identified is the lack of funding for day-to-day operations (that funders don’t typically fund) - hence this raffle. We are looking to fundraise to keep the van on the road, upgrade and maintain our website, contribute towards our insurance and licence costs. We are lucky that our overheads are relatively low - but these costs are unfortunately unavoidable in delivering paddle power across Sutherland.

We would be really so grateful for a raffle prize donation if you are able. Do let us know by the end of the month by messaging this page or emailing us on [email protected]. In return, under your guidance - we will very gladly publish your support via our Facebook and Instagram pages. The raffle will be drawn on Sunday 14 December 2025.

Keep en eye out for raffle tickets for sale!

11/11/2025

The last surfing opportunities with Sutherland Girls on Boards this Saturday, 15 November 🥳

All details below, booking is essential.

Launching the last surf session of 2025 with fantastic North Coast Watersports!

TEENS (Female) surfing for those high school aged (in Sutherland) this Saturday, 15 November at Dunnet Beach 🌊

No experience necessary, first timers very welcomed - all kit provided for the colder waters!

🩵 BOOKING ESSENTIAL- please message this page or email [email protected]. There are limited spaces.

🏄‍♀️ Fully funded - thanks to our generous funders.

☀️ Transport provided with pick up/drop off points at Evelix, Golspie, Brora and Helmsdale.

🩵 A full day, Sunday 15 November - bring a packed lunch and some snacks. Leaving Evelix early, and dropping back at Evelix mid afternoon (approx). Full transport details shared on booking.

Any details, questions or worries - just give us a wee message. We are always there to support!

16/10/2025

16/10/2025

14/09/2025

We are delighted to receive £500 towards our Sutherland Girls on Boards project from the Edinburgh Sutherland Association. Thank you for your donation!

Pleased to announce that this year we have agreed to donate over £4,200 to good causes in Sutherland after our recent call for applications.
The charity is donating to the following good causes:

• Fèis air an Oir, £300, towards transport costs for their Ceilidh Trail Project,
• Historylinks Young Curators Club, £250, towards costs for their Young Curators Club storage space,
• Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £439.50, for their Perennial Plant Project,
• Sutherland Adventure Company SCIO, £500, towards their Sutherland Girls on Paddle boards Project,
• Culrain & District Community Hall, £379, for the purchase of a new cooker for the Culrain & District Community Hall,
• East Sutherland Canoe Club (ESCC), £450, towards ESCC Winter Pool Sessions,
• Golspie Primary School Parent Council, £720, to purchase a tin whistle for each child attending Golspie Primary School,
• Peter Wardhaugh, £500, towards the purchase of an accordion for a looked after child,
• Go Golspie Development Trust, £225, towards winter restock of the Community Food Larder and Food Pantry,
• Bettyhill Mod Committee, £500, to cover the cost of five weekly Mod workshops for the Junior Gaelic Choir.

More details about the Association and what we do here:

www.thesutherlandassociation.co.uk