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Castle Douglas Soap Box Team Thank Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities

Castle Douglas Soap Box Team Thank Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities

On Thursday evening (October the 10th, 2019) the team behind the highly succesful Castle Douglas Soap Box Derby gave a huge thank you to...
LOCAL CLUB DONATES £500 TO KIDS LAB TOURS AT DGRI

Local Club Donates £500 To Kids Lab Tours At DGRI

An Albert Club representative handed over a cheque to the sum of £500 to delighted laboratory staff at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in...
World Stammering Awareness Day' 

15 Year Old Moffat Lad Charlie Dow Talks About His Life With A Stammer

15 year Old Moffat Academy Pupil helps bring attention to 'World Stammering Awareness Day' Everybody stutters, everybody stumbles over their own words now and again,...

Bid to make Greater use of Galloway Community Hospital’s Resources

A WAY of making greater use of resources within Galloway Community Hospital is to be trialled over the next three to six months.   An expansion...

Call Out To Local Youth To Get Involved At The Devil’s Porridge Museum

The Devil’s Porridge Museum is run and led by its forty plus volunteers.  “We have an increasing number of younger volunteers” commented Judith Hewitt,...
DG College Awarded SCQF Ambassador Status

Dumfries and Galloway College Awarded SCQF Ambassador Status

Dumfries and Galloway College has been made a Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) ambassador college.   Nineteen members of staff from different departments took part...

Winners of D&G Summer Reading Challenge Announced

Children from Dumfries Customer Service Centres received their medals and certificates for the completion of the ‘Space Chase’ Summer Reading Challenge on Wednesday 25...
2019 Galloway Glens Goes Wild’ project

Celebrating the end of this year’s ‘Galloway Glens Goes Wild’ project

The Galloway Glens summer programme of outdoor learning and fun culminated in September with a day of celebration at the Galloway Activity Centre. 28...
SURF Award

Dumfries and Galloway Shortlisted for SURF Award

Dumfries and Galloway Councils’ Employability and Skills Service has been shortlisted for a 2019 SURF award. This award recognises best practice in supporting community...

Nithsdale One-Stop Service Launched To Meet People’s Health & Social Care Needs  

A PIONEERING scheme in the region is taking a ‘one-stop shop’ approach to meeting people’s health and social care needs. With current pressures on Health...