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Pinkston Watersports is home to Scotland’s only artificial white-water course; a community paddlesports centre with a clean water basin. As a charity, Pinkston works with a variety of people within the community as well as being open to the public for both paddlesports and dry land activities. These versatile roles require skills across a wide…

Customer service and admin role at Pinkston Watersports Pinkston is recruiting for a customer focused administrator (22.5 hours pw (.6FTE) / 6 month contract initially, with an option for an additional 1 year maternity cover) The focus of this role is to promote a positive customer experience for those enquiring, booking and visiting Pinkston Watersports,…

Join us at Pinkston Watersports on Sunday the 21st November and help us raise as much money as possible for the Beatson Cancer Charity!   As many of you already know, our beloved Lead Instructor, Errin, has recently been diagnosed with a incredibly rare and very aggressive form of cancer called Grey Zone Lymphoma. It’s…

Pinkston Watersports are looking for a new Financial Analyst – could it be you?    Our lovely Helen, who has worked for us for a number of years now, has been given a very exciting opportunity that she just can’t pass up – and we don’t blame her! She will be greatly missed and we…

Pinkston Watersports is home to Scotland’s ONLY Artificial White Water course. We are so proud of this and want as many people to be able to use the course as possible. Since opening, our long course has seen whitewater kayakers, slalom competitions, film crews, fire and rescue services, white water rafters, and many many (unintentional)…

PINKSTON REOPENING PLANS Following recent announcements we are excited now to be working towards a firm reopening date of 1st April for all activities, subject to ongoing travel restrictions. This means that any bookings that are in the calendar after this date we will assume are going ahead. Where possible we will contact any groups…

We are celebrating how our community is using the 5 ways to wellbeing to get through lockdown (connect – be active – take notice – give – keep learning) And we absolutely love this latest story from Jacqui of Monklands Canoe Club. We are pretty sure this ticks all 5 ways to wellbeing and is…

We are celebrating how our community is using the 5 ways to wellbeing to get through lockdown (connect- be active- take notice – give – keep learning) Next up is our Lead Instructor Grant who has been using lockdown to work on his project to bring the paddlesports community together. Here is his story: “I’ve…

We are celebrating how our community is using the 5 ways to well-being to get through lockdown (connect – be active – take notice – give – keep learning) To share your story please drop us a message! Next up is Fiona, regular swimmer at Pinkston.  Here is her story: “When Lockdown 1.0 hit I…

Ahead of next weeks user meeting we are keen to get an overview of opinion in our community. Tickets are still available for the online meeting on Wednesday the 24th at 6.30pm  If you would like to provide us with some feedback to help structure this meeting (even if you are planning on joining us)…

We are celebrating how our community is using the 5 ways to well-being to get through lockdown (connect – be active – take notice – give – keep learning) To share your story please drop us a message! Next up is Andy, regular paddler with Glasgow Kayak Club and coach and business owner of Kayak Caledonia Here is…

We are celebrating how our community is using the 5 ways to well-being to get through lockdown (connect – be active – take notice – give – keep learning) To share your story please drop us a message! Here is Jamie’s story: “None of the lockdowns have been particularly enjoyable but I tried to make…