Cuiribh fios gu:

Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis, c/o 5 Caolraid Mhìcheil, Inbhir Nis, IV2 3HQ
Fòn: 01463 234138. Facs: 01463 237470
Post-d: fios@inbhirnis.org

Contact:

Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis, c/o 5 Mitchell's Lane, Inverness, IV2 3HQ, Scotland
Tel: 01463 234138. Fax: 01463 237470
E-mail: fios@inbhirnis.org

Comataidh / Committee

Neach- cathrach / Chairperson : Dòmhnall Morris;
Iar Neach-cathrach / Deputy Chairperson: Ruairidh MacIlleathain
Rùnaire/ Secretary :
Ionmhasair/ Treasurer: Iain Caimbeul
Dougie Beck; Brian Ó hEadhra; DJ Mac an t-Saoir; Anna Walker; Alasdair Macleòid; Dolina Ghrannd; Dawn Morgan

Fòram Gàidhig Inbhir Nis - Adhartas

2008 - 2009

www.foramnagaidhlig.net

2007 - 2008

Clasaichean Gaeilge air an teagasg tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig - Gearran/ Màrt 2008

2006 - 2007

Taigh Cèilidh Inbhir Nis 10/06 - 01/07
http://www.myspace.com/taighceilidh  

25/09/07 -' A Full-Time Gaelic Child Care Centre for Inverness'

Tha ceangal chun aithisg a rinn Hecla Consulting agus Pedersen Consulting le na co-dhunaidhean a bh'aca gus Ionad Chùram Chloinne Làn Thide steidheachadh sa bhaile ri fhaighinn ma bhriogas sibh air na ceanglaichean gu h-ìosal:

Aithisg: 'Ionad Cùram Chloinne Làn Thìde airson Inbhir Nis'
a bharanataich Curam Chloinne Inbhir Nis agus air a h-ullachadh le Pedersen Consulting agus Hecla Consulting

Report: ' A Full-Time Gaelic Child Care Centre for Inverness'
commissioned by Cùram Chloinne Inbhir Nis and prepared by Pedersen Consulting and Hecla Consulting

Title & Contents
Plan Draft13 Sep 07 - Final Report
Draft Financial Projections -Jun 07

Òraid & Taisbeanadh le Sinéad Ní Choinn - ' Cultúrlann na Gaeilge - Béal Feirste'.
Lecuture with Sinéad Ní Choinn - 'Irish Gaelic Cultural Centre - Belfast'
Diluain 22 Dàmhair.
http://www.culturlann.ie/

Bha Sinéad Ní Choinn ag innse dhuinnn cho cudromach ’s a tha an t-Ionad Cultúrlann ann an leasachadh na Gaeilge agus na leasanan a dh’fhaodadh sinn ionnsachadh ann an Alba nam biodh a leithid de dh’ionad againne an seo.

2005 - 2006

Òraid aig Mary Galbraith - 'Gaelic Secondary Education in Inverness'. Diluain 20 Màrt 2006. Putaibh an seo / Click Here
PowerPoint presentation given by Mary Galbraith on 'Gaelic Secondary Education in Inverness'.
Monday 20 March 2006
Putaibh an seo / Click Here

Daibhidh Boag agus Brian O hEadhra le Mary Galbraith.

Plana Gnìomhachais airson Ionad Cùram Cloinne ann an Inbhir Nis
Business Plan for an Inverness Gaelic Childcare Centre:
Putaibh an seo / Click Here


Aithisg Hecla air Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig airson Inbhir Nis
Hecla Report on a Gaelic Secondary School for Inverness
Putaibh an seo / Click Here

Iain Caimbeul bho Hecla Consulting còmhla ri
Alasdair MacLeòid agus Cathraiche FGIN Brian O hEadhra
Fios-naidheachd / Press Release

English version below

Chan fhaodar seo a chleachdadh ro Dhiluain 16 Dàmhair 2006

Aithisg a' sealltainn iarrtas airson Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig

Tha Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis, a' bhuidheann-choimhearsnachd a tha stèidhichte ann an Inbhir Nis, air aithisg rannsachaidh fhoillseachadh an-diugh a tha a' sgrùdadh na fèille a bhiodh air Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig ann an Inbhir Nis. Thilleadh 114 ceisteachain uile gu lèir bho phàrantan chloinne a tha ann am foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig ann an Inbhir Nis, agus cuideachd bho phàrantan a tha a' fuireach air Taobh Sear Rois agus ann am Bàideanach agus Srath Spè. Bha an ceisteachan ri fhaotainn don mhòr-shluagh air an eadar-lìon agus chaidh a shanasachd sna meadhanan ionadail. Thilleadh a' mhòr-chuid de cheisteachain (51) bho theaghlaichean a' fuireach ann an sgìre Inbhir Nis.

Chaidh an aithisg a dheasachadh don Fhòram le Iain Caimbeul, Hecla Consulting, agus fhuaireadh taic-airgid bho Sgeama Gàidhlig sa Choimhearsnachd agus Bòrd na Gàidhlig.

Tha an aithisg a' sealltainn gu bheil 85% de na pàrantan a thill ceisteachan taiceil don iomairt. Am measg adhbharan a bh' aig daoine a bha na h-aghaidh bha duilgheadasan a thaobh ùine siubhail, meud na sgoile agus cunnartan a thaobh a bhith a' call seirbhisean san sgoil ionadail (e.g. ann an Inbhir Pheofharain) nan rachadh Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig a stèidheachadh ann an Inbhir Nis.

A dh'aindeoin na taice a nochdadh mu choinneamh na h-iomairt, nuair a chaidh fhaighneachd do phàrantan am biodh iad deònach an cuid chloinne a chur do leithid a sgoil, bha an àireamh seo a' dol sìos gu 58.8% (tha an àireamh sin a' riochdachadh 124 den 222 duine chloinne ris an robh an sgrùdadh a' dèiligeadh.

Thuirt Brian Ó hEadhra, neach-gairm Fhòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis, "Tha sinn a' faighinn misneachd mhòr às na freagairtean dòchasach a thàinig às an rannsachadh. Tha e follaiseach, ge-tà, gu bheil pàrantan dràghail mu ghrunn rudan, leithid a bhith a' cur an cuid chloinne gu sgoil Ghàidhlig agus gu bheil iad iomagaineach mu cho farsaing 's a bhiodh an clàr-chuspairean a bhiodh air a thabhann, cho gann 's a tha tidsearan Gàidhlig agus stuthan-taice. Tha e follaiseach gu bheil taic ri faotainn bhon choimhearsnachd, ach tha cnapan-starraidh ann fhathast."

Lean e air: "Tha Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis ag aithneachadh nan duilgheadasan gu lèir a th' aig Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd ann a bhith a' trusadh thidsearan àrd-sgoile aig a bheil Gàidhlig, agus tha sinn den bheachd nach fhaighear fuasgladh air an t-suidheachadh ach le modh-obrach ioma-bhuidhneach; Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Riaghaltas na h-Alba, General Teaching Council agus buidhnean-phàrantan agus coimhearsnachd nam measg."

Tha an aithisg a' foillseachadh gun gabhadh Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig fa leth airson Inbhir Nis a stèidheachadh, agus mus tachair e bu mhath leinn coinneachadh leis na buidhnean iomchaidh gus dèanamh cinnteach gum bi an àireamh de chuspairean a thathar a' tabhann tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig aig ìre àrd-sgoile ann an Inbhir Nis, agus anns na h-àrd-sgoiltean eile san sgìre, a' sìor-dhol am meud, le targaidean soillear air an cur sìos agus air an aontachadh leis na buidhnean uile. 'S e prìomh amas foghlam tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig a bhith a' dèanamh cinnteach gum fàg daoine òga an sgoil agus iad misneachail agus comasach a thaobh a bhith a' cleachdadh a' chànain. Tha fìor bhuannachdan ann do dhaoine aig a bheil na sgilean seo – tha còrr is 100 obair làn-ùine ann an sgìre Inbhir Nis a tha an urra ris a' Ghàidhlig. Feumaidh gum bi seo math do dh'eaconamaidh na sgìre.

Gheibhear leth-bhreacan den aithisg air làrach-lìn Fhòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis www.inbhirnis.org/foil/

Notaichean do luchd-deasachaidh

Faodar agallamhan a dhèanamh le buill comataidh Fhòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis agus le Iain Caimbeul, ùghdar na h-aithisg, ann an Gàidhlig no Beurla air Diluain 16 agus Dimàirt 17 Dàmhair.

Bu chòir do dhaoine fios a chur, sa chiad dol a-mach, gu Brian Ó hEadhra air 01463 241622 no air a' phost-dealain: fios@inbhirnis.org. Faodaidh sibh cuideachd fios a chur gu Dàibhidh Boag air 01463 225559 no gu Iain Caimbeul aig Hecla Consulting: 01463 712600 no hecla@heclaconsulting.co.uk

Press Release / Fios-naidheachd

Embargo until 12:01 am Monday 16th October 2006

Report indicates potential demand for Gaelic Secondary School

Inverness based community organisation, Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis (Inverness Gaelic Forum) has today published a research report looking into the demand for a Gaelic High School in Inverness. In total, 114 households responded to a questionnaire distributed to parents of children in Gaelic medium education in Inverness but also Easter Ross and Badenoch and Strathspey. The questionnaire was also made available to the general public via the internet and publicised in the local press. The vast majority of respondents to the questionnaire (51 households) were from the Inverness area.

The report was prepared for the Fòram by Iain Campbell of Hecla Consulting, with additional financial support from Sgeama Gàidhlig sa Choimhearsnachd and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.

The report indicates that 85% of parents responding to the survey were in favour of the initiative, with the majority of those against citing difficulties of travel time, availability and potential loss of local Gaelic medium provision (e.g. in Dingwall) if a Gaelic High School was established in Inverness.

Despite this headline support for the initiative, when parents were asked if they would commit their children to such a school, this number drops to 58.8%, representing 124 of the 222 children covered by the survey.

Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis spokesperson Brian Ó hEadhra said, “We are very encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response to this survey. However, the report has also highlighted some real areas of concern expressed by parents. The setting up of a Gaelic High School in Inverness is a viable long term option given the numbers of children in Gaelic primary schools in the area and the level of parental support indicated by the survey, but parents are worried about committing their children as they have concerns over the breadth of the curriculum, teacher availability and resourcing. It is quite clear that the potential is there, but there are significant barriers to be overcome.”

He went on to say, “Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis fully understand the difficulties that the Highland Council has in recruiting Gaelic speaking secondary teachers and we feel that only a multi-agency approach can solve this issue. That would include the Highland Council, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the Scottish Executive, General Teaching Council, parental and community groups.

The report highlights the potential for a stand alone Gaelic Secondary school for Inverness, and in the interim, we would like to sit down with the relevant authorities to ensure a gradual increase in the range of subjects on offer through Gaelic medium at secondary level in Inverness with clear targets set and agreed by all parties. We also need to ensure the development of Gaelic language education in other secondary schools in the area. The key aim of Gaelic medium education is to ensure that young people leaving school are confident, competent users of the language. Given that over 100 full time equivalent Gaelic related jobs are sustained in the Inverness area, there are real life advantages to be had in having these skills, which of course has a positive impact on the local economy.”

Copies of the report are available from the Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis website www.inbhirnis.org/foil/

Notes to editors

Members of the Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis committee and report author Iain Campbell will be available for interviews in Gaelic or English on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th October.

Contact should be made in the first instance with Brian Ó hEadhra on 01463 241622 or by email: fios@inbhirnis.org  .  You may also contact Iain Campbell at Hecla Consulting: 01463 712600 or hecla@heclaconsulting.co.uk

Òraid aig Dr Wilson MacLeòid - 'Achd na Gàidhlig agus adhartachadh na Gàidhlig'.
Dr Wilson MacLeod Lecture - 'The Gaelic Act and promoting Gaelic'
Diluain 24 Dàmhair.
Putaibh an seo / Click Here


2004 - 2005
Chaidh làrach-lìn Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis a chur air bhog.

Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis na riochdaire aig coinneamhan comataidh stiuiridh Phlana Canain & Cultair na sgìre.
A Gaelic Language and Culture Plan forInverness and Nairn - An Aithisg Dheireannach

Chaidh Brian Ó hEadhra fhastadh mar oifigear leasachaidh an Fhòram.

Bunreachd Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis mar fhaidhle PDF
Fòram Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis Constitution as a PDF file: Putaibh an seo / Click Here