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Highland Third Sector Interface
The Highland Third Sector Interface(HTSI) is the regional Third Sector Interface(TSI) for the Highland Local Authority area in Scotland. It receives funding from the Scottish Government and works in partnership with a network of locally based organisations maintaining the overall responsibility for the TSI functions in the region. Their mission is to ensure that the Third Sector in the Highlands of Scotland is strong, developing and a valued community and regional asset. The HTSI office is in Dingwall, Highlands.

Purpose and Aims
The Highland Third Sector Interface was formed by collective agreement, from within an existing network of community voluntary services organisations in 2012 and was officially launched on the 4th of March 2013.

Their mission is to ensure that the Third Sector in the Highlands of Scotland is strong, developing and a valued community and regional asset. As a Third Sector Interface we work together with eight partners to deliver, amongst other services, four specific themes of work as agreed with the Scottish Government:

Volunteering development

Social Enterprise development

Supporting and developing a strong third sector

Building the third sector relationship with community planning

Governance and Membership
HTSI is a Scottish registered charity and company which is governed by a board of voluntary directors. The current Chair is John Wilson appointed in November 2014, Isobel Grigor also appointed in November 2014 is the current Vice Chair.

Membership to the organisation is open to third sector groups and individuals with a strong link to the third sector who deliver services or operate in the Highland region.

Notable Activities to Date
The HTSI was registered as a Scottish Charity on the 29th October 2012.

The HTSI signed a partnership agreement with the University of the Highlands and Islands on the 6th of May 2014.