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Top Honour For Fundraising Glenluce Pensioner ‘Granny Mave’

AN AMAZING charity fundraiser from Dumfries and Galloway has been honoured by outgoing UK Prime Minister Theresa May. She awarded plucky 81-year-old Mavis Paterson of...
Thalidomider Andrew Paddison Charity Cycle

Hell on a hand bike? Thalidomider hits the road for charity.

Today, Friday, the 19th July 2019, cyclist Andrew Paddison will cycling through part of Dumfries and Galloway whilst on a gruelling 13 day 980...
HOOTS group raise funds

HOOTS group raise funds for hospital units

A LOCAL GROUP of supported adults with learning disabilities have generated funds for two good causes through a fund-raising bingo night. The Happy Night...

Community Groups Invited to Come Together to Celebrate Dumfries

A group of young emerging artists are putting a call out to local community organisations to take part in banner and flag making workshops...
NHS VOLUNTEERS CELEBRATE

Dumfries And Galloway NHS Volunteers Celebrate Volunteer Week

Some of NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s volunteers gathered on national Volunteer Week to unveil the plaque for the volunteers’ tree that was planted in...
Glentrool Park Lochside

£384 Thousand Lottery Funding Given to Redevelop Park in Lochside Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway Council has been awarded a massive £384k from the National Lottery Community Fund to redevelop Glentrool Park in Lochside in Dumfries. The...
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Needs You This August.

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) are inviting residents in Langholm, Moffat, Dumfries and  Annan and the surrounding areas to donate blood in...

Family’s tribute to support stroke rehabilitation

A TRIBUTE has been paid to a well-known figure within NHS Dumfries and Galloway – with a donation in her memory now set to...

Singing the Galloway Glens Project Launched

This week saw the launch of the Singing the Galloway Glens project which will see (or hear!) the CatStrand Singers celebrate the cultural and...
Glenkens Mens’ Shed

Metalworking projects now underway at the Glenkens Mens’ Shed

The arrival of a Mens’ Shed has been a Glenkens success story of recent years. The Mens’ Shed group, found behind the Old Smiddy...