BrightMinds

BrightMinds Events, Groups and Activities in Lochaber for under 25's!

BrightMinds is a Youth Engagement and Development project ran by Lochaber Hope and funded by the National Lottery Fund✨

🌞 Youth Club may be finishing for the summer tonight, but we're not done!This July, join Visions of Fort William, a crea...
23/06/2026

🌞 Youth Club may be finishing for the summer tonight, but we're not done!

This July, join Visions of Fort William, a creative summer project exploring what it's like to be a young person in a changing town.
📸 Take photographs
✍️ Share stories and experiences
🎨 Get involved in creative and fun activities
🏛️ Work alongside Lochaber Archives and discover how everyday moments can become part of local history

What places matter to you? What stories should future generations know about Fort William?

📅 Starting 15th July, for three weeks
🕙 Wednesdays, 10:30am–1pm
📍 Lochaber Hope Community Hub

⚠️Open to young people aged 8 to 13. We ask for a small contribution of £10/child. First come, first served.

To sign up or if you have any questions, please email Sara [email protected]

Youth club last night was spent in the kitchen… we travelled all the way to Italy! Well, not quite—but the kitchen certa...
17/06/2026

Youth club last night was spent in the kitchen… we travelled all the way to Italy! Well, not quite—but the kitchen certainly smelled amazing! 🇮🇹

Our wonderful Sara taught us how to make focaccia bread. It was very, very tasty and went down a treat with our young people. 😋

Afterwards, we enjoyed a relaxed evening making homemade pom-poms 🧶 and a very competitive game of chess ♟️. Lots of fun was had by all.

See you next week for our last session before the holidays!

Two weeks ago, we took our young people to West Highland Museum. We can’t thank the wonderful staff and volunteers enoug...
17/06/2026

Two weeks ago, we took our young people to West Highland Museum. We can’t thank the wonderful staff and volunteers enough for their service. We really appreciated the time you gave us—Julie, you’re fantastic! 💛

We had a brilliant time learning about the history of our hometown, and there are definitely some budding historians in our group! What a brilliant experience and all right ok our doorstep! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏔️

Yesterday’s Youth Club session was a really lovely one. ☀️We spent the afternoon outside enjoying the warm weather, play...
27/05/2026

Yesterday’s Youth Club session was a really lovely one. ☀️

We spent the afternoon outside enjoying the warm weather, playing boules and sharing a picnic together on the grass. There was plenty of laughter and the young people also taught us a game of squat tag, which quickly became very serious business! 😂

Sessions like these are a gentle reminder of how important safe, welcoming spaces can be — somewhere to relax, connect, and have fun without pressure.

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday 💚

Tonight at Youth Club, we had a brilliant session focused on physical games — keeping active, moving around, and using t...
26/05/2026

Tonight at Youth Club, we had a brilliant session focused on physical games — keeping active, moving around, and using teamwork and quick thinking to solve challenges! The young people absolutely loved it, and there was so much energy and laughter throughout the evening.

A huge thank you to Jason and Janice for leading such a fun and engaging session!

We also finally treated everyone to some long-requested comfort food favourites: homemade sausage rolls, chicken nuggets, and frittata — which went down very well with the group!

We’re definitely looking forward to the good weather and more great sessions ahead ☀️

Tonight at youth club, we finally made it back outdoors! Living in Fort William, we have to make the most of every dry d...
05/05/2026

Tonight at youth club, we finally made it back outdoors! Living in Fort William, we have to make the most of every dry day. ☀️ ☁️

We grabbed our sketch pads and charcoal and headed down to the pier, taking some time to draw what we could see. Some of our young people focused on the bigger picture, while others zoomed in on the finer details of the boats — and don’t they look fantastic? ⭐️

Just a quick reminder that there will be no youth club next week (12th May). We’ll be back the following week!

Tonight our youth club headed outdoors to make the most of the sunshine with a community litter pick. 🌞We made our way f...
28/04/2026

Tonight our youth club headed outdoors to make the most of the sunshine with a community litter pick. 🌞

We made our way from The Hub down to the shorefront by the yacht club, collecting an incredible 7 bags of litter along the way. Thanks to the hard work of our young people, the area is now looking lovely and tidy again!

Many of our group were genuinely surprised by how many beer cans and bottles we found — a powerful reminder of why caring for our local environment matters so much.

A big thank you to Nevis Landscape Partnership for kindly lending us gloves and litter pickers — we really appreciate your support and collaboration.

Well done to everyone involved! 💚

Youth Club is back—and what a fantastic night it was! 🎉We were thrilled to introduce some brand new board games, and the...
21/04/2026

Youth Club is back—and what a fantastic night it was! 🎉

We were thrilled to introduce some brand new board games, and they were an instant hit with everyone. A big thank you to YoungStart Funding and Lochaber Hope for making this possible—we really appreciate your support!

We also had a great time in the kitchen making pizza pitta breads, with the wonderful Sara showing us how to create a delicious pizza base sauce. 🍕

We hope everyone had as much fun as we did! See you all next week for our community litter pick—fingers crossed this sunny weather continues! ☀️

Happy Easter Holidays to all of our young people! 🐣 We hope you all had a lovely Sunday eating lots of chocolate. 🍫 This...
06/04/2026

Happy Easter Holidays to all of our young people! 🐣 We hope you all had a lovely Sunday eating lots of chocolate. 🍫

This is just a small reminder there will be no Youth Club over the Easter holidays. We will return when the schools go back.

Enjoy your break!

31/03/2026

To round off Term 3 at youth club, we stepped out into our community to spread a little kindness. 💛

Our young people created 12 beautiful Easter cards, each with a thoughtful message inside. We then went out and gifted them—along with small bouquets of flowers—to members of the public. The children absolutely loved carrying out these random acts of kindness, and the warm, heartfelt responses we received made it even more special.

Afterwards, we headed to the parade for an Easter egg hunt… and it’s safe to say, their competitive sides came out! Every egg was found before we made our way back to the Hub.

A huge thanks to our lovely volunteers, Janice and Jason, who we couldn’t do this without. 🧡

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter when it comes—enjoy your holidays, and we’ll see you in 2 weeks! 🐣🌸

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Waverely House, High Street
Fort William
PH336XX

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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