Events, Promotion & News

Pre-planning Update: May 2023

The Moray Council were generally happy with the pre-planning application, making any concerns or queries known, and also addressing the access points etc. We as a committee are now ready to submit the full planning application to Moray Council.  This may take some time, but we will update as soon as we can. This is a very exciting step on our journey toward a surf style skatepark for Lossiemouth! In the meantime, we will be organising fundraising events and opportunities, holding public meetings to try and engage even more interest in supporting the project through fundraising and promotion, and working towards building a strong link with local schools to inspire further engagement with young people.

Committee Meeting/AGM: May 2023

Due to a backlog from Covid 19, the pre-planning application took longer than expected to gain a decision, and at 12 weeks, we as a committee met on 5th May 2023 to discuss following up with the Moray Council. We also had a discussion regarding fundraising opportunities, scheduling public meetings, Seafest 2023, and working to continue to build connections with the local community, engaging both school children and adults.  We have had fantastic support and input so far, and we are keen to get as many members of the local community involved with fundraising and supporting the next stages of the project as possible. 

Pre-Planning Application placed to Moray Council: February 2023

With a finalised design for the surf style skatepark, we put forward a pre-planning application to Moray Council. This application included our skatepark design, surrounding landscaping, and specifics for the skatepark build, such as access points etc. The pre-planning consultation at Moray Council is expected to be completed within a 6 week time frame. In the meantime, we as a committee are looking at ways that we can continue to engage the local community, especially school pupils, to start holding fundraising events, to inspire more inclusion of the younger local community, and to move forward with the project as quickly as possible.

General LSI background work: August 2022 - February 2023

During this period, we as a committee worked to build relationships with the local community and other community groups, taking on board comments from the local community, discussing any queries and concerns, and ensuring an open line of communication.  We also engaged with the Moray Council to determine what specific needs were to be met on their part for pre-planning, as well as discussing as a committee about setting up fundraising activities from Summer 2023. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, we had been set back in our efforts to bring Lossie a surf style skatepark, and so we had been working double time as a committee to progress the project as much as possible.

Seafest 2022: August 2022

Seafest 2022 was the perfect opportunity to showcase the initial design that won Bendcrete the tender to build the Lossiemouth Surf style skatepark.  Alongside this initial design was associated documents, costing expectations, fundraising activities, and information about our next steps. The local community were invited to attend a design discussion meeting, both via our community outreach through Seafest, and online platforms.

Outcome of Public Contract Scotland Applications: April 2022

After much thought and discussion, the LSI Committee have chosen 'Bendcrete' as the official skatepark builder for the Lossiemouth Surf style Skatepark. All members of the committee made a unanimous decision to move forward with this company, based on their initial design, associated documents and their professional manner. Our next step is to meet with the wider community to involve them in design concepts, including offering information and welcoming suggestions at our Seafest stall, and further public meetings.

Project Listed on Public Contracts Scotland: December 2021

Here's some Happy New Year News!!
Our Skatepark Project is officially listed on Public Contract Scotland! This means that Skatepark Building companies can now apply to win the contract to build Lossie's Surf style Skatepark

Seafest Lossiemouth Fundraising Stall: August 2021

Wow! This is amazing! Massive thank you to Seafest Lossiemouth for inviting us to have a stall 

Community Asset Transfer Approved (Land): February 2021

​WE DID IT!! WE HAVE SECURED THE LAND FOR THE SKATEPARK!!
We are so happy with this successful outcome - a massive thank you to the following for the guidance and support through this challenging stage:
Moray Council, Moray Council Community Support Officers, LCDT, Local Councillors, all other Lossie groups, Alan Jones Associates, all funders to date and all our loyal LSI supporters! Thank you all so much!

CAT Application for Skatepark site: February 2020

We are so excited to let you know that we have officially entered our Community Asset Transfer application (to acquire land to build the skatepark on) to Moray Council. 

Please click the link to show your support and comment on your thoughts for a skatepark in Lossie.  The link will close on 27th March, so please crack on!! If you are a business or group who would like to formally send in your support via written letter, the address for this is also in the link provided.

Local Community Co Op Fundraising: November 2019

Thanks to the Co Op and our local community, we have managed to raise £5,175 towards a skatepark in Lossie.

​We are moving closer to our goal.  Thank you everyone!

£6000 raised for Impact Assessments: August 2019

Thanks to kind donations from the public, local businesses and our own fundraising efforts, we have managed to raise the £6000 to complete the Noise, Light and Drainage Impact Assessments, as requested by the Moray Council!! Now that these are fully done and dusted, we are gearing up to make our final application to Moray Council for a CAT (Community Asset Transfer) of the proposed land for the skatepark. We have a few hoops to jump through yet, but the ball is once again rolling towards a skatepark for Lossie! 

Fundraising Ceilidh Night: March 2019

We held a Ceilidh night on Saturday 23rd March in Lossie Town Hall, to raise some much needed funds for the Skatepark project.  Doors opened at 7:30pm and the band played from 8pm until late.   This event aimed to  help raise funds to cover the £6000 fee to have three impact assessments done on the proposed skatepark site.  Many thanks to Deli-Cious and Forty Four for selling tickets for us!

Fundraising Beach Clean:  February 2019

On Saturday 9th February 2019 at 10am, we held a Sponsored Beach Clean at  Lossiemouth West Beach.  Lots of families and community members came along to join us in our efforts.  We'd like to thank everyone involved, and will add all sponsor money to the pot on Friday 15th February.

 Launch of Crowdfunder (Impact Assessment Costs):  January 2019 

We have been working closely with Moray Council to secure a lease for a section of land in the Coulardbank Playing Fields. At the moment, our application is on hold as we need to secure funding to cover the cost of a Noise Impact Assessment, a Light Impact Assessment and a Drainage Impact Assessment. These assessments are vital to the progression of the skatepark project, and they must be carried out by professionals in the industry. We have an estimated figure of £6000 to cover the cost of all three of these assessments combined. We are seeking support from the local community, local businesses and anyone who feels they can help with this. As a group we are planning several fundraising activities that will commence in early February 2019 to help raise funds for this aspect of the project.  If you'd like to donate to the cause, please click "support us now" in the Crowdfunder link here ->

Lossiemouth Co-Op Chosen Causes: November 2018

We are so happy to be  one of the Co-Op's chosen causes!  To help us raise vital funds, we’ll be relying on Co-op shoppers. Every time they buy Co-op own-brand products they get a 5% reward for themselves, and a further 1% goes to local causes like ours.  We really hope that people will visit the website and choose to support us.  You can access the link directly by clicking the 'Choose Us' button.

Raft Race Fundraising and Awareness Stall:  July 2018

We held a stall at the Lossie Raft Race, which is an annual event organised by RAF Lossiemouth personnel.  We received lots of encouraging comments from everyone that attended our stall, and we also managed to raise a significant amount of funds for our project.  Our 'Guess the Square' was extremely popular with the public, with the grand prize being the giant trailer of wood as seen in the photo.  Congratulations to Barbara Mitchell who won the whole lot!

 Seafest Fundraising and Awareness Stall:  July 2018

We held a stall at the Seafest 2018 in Lossiemouth on 7th July.  Our tombola paired with the Lossie High School pupils 'Soak a Teacher' managed to raise over £100 for the Skatepark!  We also managed to spread the word about recent survey monkey and online petition, and received lots of support from everyone visiting the Seafest event.

Logo Competition Winner: June 2018

We are delighted to announce that our Logo Competition Winner, is Jamie Edment!  Jamie's entry was chosen to be professionally mastered by a local Artist and is now our official logo for Lossiemouth Skatepark Initiative.  We think it is awesome, don't you?  Many thanks to everyone who sent in designs, we loved them all but there could only be one winner.

Survey Monkey: June 2018

We have launched a very important survey online, which we really need you to help us with!  It takes less than 5 minutes to fill out, and is as easy as click, click, click!  Please could you fill one out yourself, and then share with everyone you know via facebook, whatsapp, messenger and email?  We can't get a skatepark without at least 100 of these being completed.  Thanks everyone!

Logo Design Competition:  March 2018

Our next promotional event will be a Logo design competition, which will be open to all people living in Moray.  The Moray College Visual Communication Students will also be invited to prepare logo ideas, as well as take the winning logo entry and use professional programs to create a professional looking logo.  Please see the Logo Competition page for more info.  This can be found in the drop down box under Events & Promotions.

Seafest: July 2017

Seafest was great fun! Well done to everyone who gave skateboarding a go for the very first time! We saw some great skills on display on the day from more seasoned skaters too. Thanks go out to Windswept Brewery, MacLeans bakery, and all the generous people who donated to the tombola. Thanks also to RAF Lossiemouth for providing the means to create our info photo boards. And more thanks to the Seafest committee for allowing us to offer the skateramp, and for organising such a great day for the community. Oh, and thanks to all who shared posts to help promote our prescence! Please check out the link 'In the Press' to read a newspaper report.

Learning Visits: June 2017

LSI organised a bus trip to several skateparks throughout Moray and the Highlands.  The event saw in excess of 40 people coming along to learn more about different designs and qualities of skateparks.  We also met with James King (Creative Skate Store and Highland Skate Park Association) who spoke at length about the process of designing, funding, building and maintaining skateparks.  The day was a huge success, with the LSI acquiring an abundance of knowledge to take us forward to the next steps of our project.  All youngsters who attended the event, gave plenty of feedback and suggestions, and rated the day as extremely useful and enjoyable.
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Photo: Press & Journal 2017

Pop Up Ramp Day: April 2017

What a great day! Thanks to the Co Op, Bam Nuttall, Lossie Community Centre, Forres Skatepark Initiative, Lossiemouth Community Development Trust, and all the members of the public who made it an amazing and successful day! Thanks also to all the teens/young adults who came to skate, and were so patient and encouraging with the wee kids trying a ramp for the first time - you guys are a credit to Moray! Big thanks to anyone we've forgotten to mention - we're all exhausted and brains are fried! We have some great pics of people who skated and scooted today! If you missed today's event, you have another chance to give it a go at Seafest in July!

Skatepark Design Competition: June 2015

We invited entries from local Primary and Secondary Schools, to design their own skatepark.  Here are some photos of the entries that came in - there were some excellent designs!  
We also had an ideas wall for people to share ideas, and let us know what they were looking for in a skatepark for Lossiemouth.