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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.