Fyrish Gymnastics Club

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00:00BT, who we have been renting from for the past six, seven years,

00:04have decided to put the building on the market.

00:06We have a lease that's for another three years,

00:08but beyond that, we're just not sure what's going to happen.

00:11We're looking to see if we can buy the building

00:14so that we can secure our future.

00:15We reach people so far, Brora, Gearloch, Inverness.

00:18This is a place where everyone gets to come,

00:21learn new skills, get to go places, get to go to competitions

00:23and basically just get to do stuff here.

00:27I was a gymnast here, got injured,

00:29so I started volunteering.

00:30Then I just started going through my qualifications,

00:32my work here, so I really enjoy it.

00:34I was also a gymnast.

00:36I started when I was about three after school

00:38and I was like, I don't know what to do.

00:40Well, I like gymnastics.

00:41Let's give it a go, coaching and that's it.

00:43How are we getting on?

00:44For the gymnasts, some of them are here probably five times a week.

00:48Like I think sometimes we see them more than they're paid to do

00:51and they do mean a lot to us.

00:52If they all say gymnastics is life.

00:54We are actually open seven days a week.

00:55We have actual scheduled training six days a week.

00:58We get hired out for like private events.

01:00I think it's a good thing to have in the community.

01:02There isn't a place like us, like other gymnastics clubs,

01:04they come here because obviously we have the full size floor.

01:08Like in the Highlands, we're the only dedicated facility to gymnastics.

01:11It's used for everything.

01:13It's used for birthday parties.

01:14It's used for the youth club up in Alnest.

01:16So the kids come down here to have like a safe place after school

01:20and in night time so they try and keep them off the streets.

01:22For all of us to have this, it's one of the best things in the Highland

01:26for people who want to come and train and that's why we have so many users.

01:30We've got a GoFundMe page going.

01:32They can't even give, even just sharing it so that somebody else might see it.

01:36The further we can get our appeal out there, the better that will be.