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Last Updated: 22/11/2024 10:34:41
Thursday, 18 August 2022 16:55
A new domestic abuse advocacy service is to be launched in Dumfries and Galloway and will be recruiting workers across a number of key posts.
The ASSIST service, based within Glasgow City Council, currently operates in several local authority areas in...
Tuesday, 16 August 2022 15:59
Dumfries and Galloway Council has reaffirmed its commitment to end period poverty. This week, Scotland became the first country in the world to make period products free, but our council has been ahead of the curve, making products free from 2018.
The...
Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:49
Dumfries & Galloway Council have delivered four Free Back to School Uniform Events throughout our region during August. We’ve supported 475 family members with over 2,500 items of new and pre-loved uniform items redistributed. Free Haircuts...
Tuesday, 09 August 2022 09:36
For the first time since 2019, young people from across Dumfries and Galloway were able to sit SQA exams in April and May in conditions that were more similar to pre-pandemic approaches than in 2020 and 2021.
In the 2022 exam diet, young people sat...
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:29
SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS D&G
Young people in Dumfries & Galloway will have the chance to take part in a wide range of free activities over the Summer Holidays taking place in local communities across our region.
Activities are...
Friday, 08 July 2022 11:41
The Electoral Registration Officer is required by law to carry out a household canvass each year to find out who is eligible to vote at every address in Dumfries and Galloway. This year the canvass starts the week of 11 July 2022, when the Electoral...
Friday, 08 July 2022 11:13
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Youth Work Service has announced the return of the Amazing Summer Camps for 2022!
Last year, scores of teenagers from across Dumfries and Galloway took part in the action-packed camps held near Beattock. With...
Friday, 08 July 2022 10:56
Two new linked exhibitions open in July at Gracefield in Dumfries, in Gallery 1 it’s the Dumfries & Galloway Fine Arts Society Annual Exhibition. Originally set up in 1922, Dumfries & Galloway’s largest practising art group presents a...
Monday, 04 July 2022 17:09
Speaking about the possible cessation of the 101/102 service from Dumfries to Edinburgh, Co-Leaders of Dumfries and Galloway Council, Cllr Stephen Thomson and Cllr Linda Dorward issued the following statement:
“We understand that there are...
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 17:07
As the school year draws to a close, the new Chair and Vice Chair of the Education and Learning committee, sent the following message in relation to our schools:
Chair of the committee, Richard Brodie, said “As the school holiday approaches, I...
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