About Us- Fairburn Activity and Conference Centre

About Us

Situated in 80 acres of peaceful woodland Fairburn Lodge, Activity and Conference Centre is now into its 5th year under the ownership of Allen Perrin. The past couple of years have been spent re-decorating and upgrading facilities throughout, to meet the requirements of today's corporate and leisure markets. In December 2008 all the hard work proved worthwhile when the Centre attained the "Hospitality Assured" award. All staff at the centre were involved in the project and are very proud to have achieved this internationally recognised qualification for high standard of service and business excellence.

The Centre invites customers to "Explore Experience Enjoy" - our aim being to provide a range of opportunities tailored to suit individual requirements, be it activities, conference facilities, accommodation, catering or a combination of all four.

With comfortable accommodation, good home-cooking and a wide range of activities on offer, the friendly team of staff at Fairburn Lodge are waiting to welcome you.

Director Profiles

Allen has a creative background, originating at St Martins School of Art in London. He has extensive experience in the world of graphic design having worked across a range of major companies including Thames Television, through to the running of his own very successful design agency in 1992. A member of the Scout movement for over 40 years, Allen has always been involved with training, both inside and outside the work environment, over the years working with and training people of different ages and backgrounds. A good communicator, his personality and sense of humour builds easy rapport with people at all levels. As a Director of the business, Allen oversees everything involved with the running of the Centre but is solely responsible for the accountancy and information technology systems. He continues to explore today's modern technology and ways to show the world what we have to offer here in the Highlands of Scotland. January 2009 saw the launch of the new Centre website which has been completely renewed and updated, the process of which was Allen's main project for a number months.

Housekeeper

Gloria has been Housekeeper at Fairburn Activity Centre since it started in 1994. She takes great pride in her work and continues to maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the building. Although her main role is as Housekeeper, Gloria also regularly assists the Cook with food preparation and serving meals in the dining room.

Senior Activities Instructor

Chris started working at the Centre as a casual Activities Instructor 2000, becoming a full time member of staff in 2004 and has since become Senior Activities Instructor responsible for all programming, activity staffing and in-house training of freelance staff. He is also responsible for general safety of all activity sessions. Chris holds certificates for Level III Kayak Coach, Trail Cycle Leader and Archery Leader. He is also a member of the Scottish Canoe Association, Scottish Cycling Union and Inverness Canoe Club. He is an enthusiastic kayak and canoeist, mountain biker and hill walker/climber and has been an active leader in the Scout Association for the past twenty plus years. In 2008 Chris undertook a course to become a Leader for the John Muir Award Scheme and ran his first John Muir Award session at the Centre with a residential primary school in May 2008.

Activities Staff

During the busy summer months Fairburn Activity Centre employs additional activity staff who are all skills checked and cleared to work with young people.