Episode 2 - Home Truths

While community is a powerful reason to stay, if young people do feel the need to leave, then what might encourage them to return?After exploring their deep connection to home, the students of Farr High School now confront the reasons they might have to leave.To understand their options, they get firsthand accounts from two people who made the journey back, learning what it takes to forge a career here.The students also tackle the tough issue of affordable housing in a frank conversation with a local council officer.This episode gets to the heart of what needs to change for the next generation to build a future in Mackay Country.Highlands Reimagined is an Anya Media production, commissioned by Strathnaver Museum and published in partnership with the Wild for Scotland podcast. Find out more at highlandsreimagined.com