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Last Updated: 22/11/2024 10:34:41
Monday, 16 December 2019 11:40
Dumfries and Galloway Council, along with our third sector partners, is delivering a wide range of free festive activities and events throughout our Christmas Holidays this year.
From Monday 23 December to Tuesday 7 January (at all locations) young...
Monday, 16 December 2019 11:26
Dumfries and Galloway Council have launched our next Tackling Poverty through Participatory Budgeting Fund. This fund follows the successful delivery of two previous rounds of Participatory Budgeting Funding which have resulted in 46 organisations...
Friday, 13 December 2019 04:44
Election Results 2019
The results of the UK Parliamentary Election to elect a Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway County Constituency and Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County Constituency are as follows:
Dumfries and Galloway...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:17
The winners of the 2019 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration have been announced.
The awards are delivered each year by SURF, a regeneration forum with more than 300 cross-sector member organisations across Scotland, in partnership...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 11:09
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) levels data is published nationally today .
In Dumfries and Galloway schools, the percentage of pupils achieving the expected CfE level has increased slightly across reading, writing , listening and...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 10:44
Education Scotland inspectors visited Dumfries High School in September 2019.
The inspection team worked closely with pupils, parents and staff to find out how well young people are learning and achieving.
Inspectors evaluated leadership of change,...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 08:56
The Council’s Communities committee [10 December 2019] will consider a report on its Infrastructure Capital Programme 2019/20.
The Council agreed its capital budget for 2019/20 to 2021/22 in February 2019, with an indicative 10-year Capital...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 08:55
The Council’s Communities Committee [10 December 2019] will consider a report on its Capital Investment Strategy – Land Asset Class Capital Programme 2019/20 to 2021/22.
Committee members will be asked to:
Note the financial and...
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 08:55
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Communities Committee will meet on Tuesday 10 December and will be asked to approve a report to establish a fund to benefit coastal communities.
As well as approving the fund’s creation, Members will also...
Friday, 29 November 2019 09:14
Hundreds of young people and youth organisations from Dumfries and Galloway gathered in Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries last Thursday to take part in the region’s annual youth awards ceremony.
The venue was adorned with crystal lights, a white carpet...
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