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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.
00:19This 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.
00:29I started volunteering.
00:30Then I just started going through my qualifications,
00:33my 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, do you know what to do?
00:40Well, I like gymnastics.
00:41Let's give it a little 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 us to.
00:51They 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 private events.
01:00I think it's a good thing to have in the community.
01:02There isn't a place like us.
01:04Other gymnastics clubs, they come here
01:06because obviously we have the full-sized floor.
01:08In 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 Alness.
01:16So the kids come down here to have a safe place after school and in night time
01:21so they try and keep them off the streets.
01:22For Alness to have this, it's one of the best things in the Highlands
01:27for people who want to come and train.
01:29And 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.