Sport and Leisure Service

The Sport and Leisure Service provides and promotes a diverse range of opportunities, services and facilities for sport, physical recreation and play for people of all ages and abilities throughout Shetland.

The main service areas of the Service are as follows:

Active Schools - a team of five co-ordinators deliver projects linked to schools to encourage healthy lifestyles and physical activity for young people.
Leisure Facilities - the maintenance and management of outdoor and indoor leisure facilities, including play areas, pitches and games halls. For Games Hall Booking forms, click here.
Grant Aid - the Grants Unit provide financial support to a wide range of community groups
Outdoor Education - a programme of adventure activities for adults and children in the great Shetland outdoors.
Islesburgh Community Centre - one of Lerwick's most popular buildings for community events and meetings
Islesburgh Hostel - offering quality accommodation in central Lerwick for the budget traveller.
Sports Development - organises programmes of ongoing coach education courses and development planning to local clubs.

A Games Legacy For Scotland

A Games Legacy for Scotland web portal which has now been launched, the portal will be crucial in giving the most up to date and comprehensive picture of what is happening as a result of the Games across Scotland.
To get regular updates please click here

Latest News

The Latest News page includes information on forthcoming sports events, coaching courses and other relevant sports news. The latest new page also has a direct link to our archive pages.

Active Schools and Curriculum for Excellence

A guide to Active Schools programmes and their links to Curriculum for Excellence. Click here to access the document and accompanying notes.

Dance Mats

In 2009, the Sport & Leisure Service was successful in winning 'Peoples' Millions' Lottery Funding bid to buy a state-of-the-art electronic dance mat system. These mats are available for loan to community groups across Shetland. For more information, please click on our Dance Mats page.

NatWest Island Games

Sports people from all over Shetland participate in the Natwest Island Games every two years.
For more information on the Games visit www.islandgames.net
Staff from Sport and Leisure Service provide support to the voluntary committee of Shetland Island Games Association (SIGA). For more information please visit www.siga.org.uk

Summer Activities Programme

Active Schools, Sports Development and Outdoor Education together with Shetland Museum and Archives, SNH and Leisure Centres provide an exciting summer holiday activities programme for all school children living in or visiting Shetland. To see what was on during the summer of 2011 click here.