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Volunteers Tree Planters Needed For Upper Barr Community Woodland

Volunteers Tree Planters Needed For Upper Barr Community Woodland

Saturday 15th June is a milestone for the Upper Barr Community Woodland Site, near Corsock, which will receive its first trees! They will be...

Dumfries & Galloway Covid Victims To Be Remembered

Over the past two years, DG Unlimited and Dumfries and Galloway Council have been working in collaboration with greenspace Scotland and Commissioned Artists T...

From Festival Fun to Community Giving: Youth Beatz Donation Project Returns

Youth Beatz 2024 will once again continue expanding their Donation Project. Festival Attendees are invited to donate foodstuffs, toiletries, school uniform or pet care or...

Strawberry Tea Raises Over £600 for Kippford RNLI

A new fundraising event for 2024 saw around 60 people enjoy a delicious strawberry tea in Kippford village hall in aid of the RNLI.   The...
Local Community Fund kicks off rural education research in the Glenkens

Local Community Fund kicks off rural education research in the Glenkens

Glenkens and District Trust has appointed the community research organisation, CoDeL, to research and report on developments in rural education. As local and national debate...
Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands

Next Generation of local Oaks sprouting thanks to Prison partnership efforts

A partnership project involving local schools, Dumfries Prison and Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands is making progress, with acorns collected in 2023 being planted and...
Charity paves the way for improved local active travel networks in Dumfries and Galloway

Charity Paves The Way For Improved Local Active Travel Networks In Dumfries & Galloway

COMMUNITIES in Dumfries and Galloway are being encouraged to apply to the newly reopened Ian Findlay Path Fund (IFPF) as it returns for a...

Dumfries & Galloway Residents Urged To ‘shut Out Scammers’ Amid Surge In Doorstep Fraud

Dumfries and Galloway residents have lost almost £35,000 to rogue traders in just six months, new figures from consumer watchdogs reveal. Trading Standards Scotland (TSS)...

Youth Beatz 2024 Fringe Festival Launched!

The 2024 Youth Beatz Fringe Festival will run for 9 days between Wednesday 19 th June and Thursday 27 th June, with an event...

Dumfries High School Pupils Secure £3000 Grant For Quarriers

Quarriers Dumfries and Galloway Family Support Service is in awe of the S2 pupils of Dumfries High School who have secured the service a...