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Last Updated: 22/11/2024 10:34:41
Tuesday, 14 January 2020 15:34
SOSEP have announced that enterprise projects in Dumfries and Galloway will be awarded more than £500,000 in the latest tranche of funding.
Dark Sky Spirits in Moffat, an artisan blender of Malt Whiskey, is to receive £320k to enable them to...
Friday, 10 January 2020 15:49
The Council’s Education and Learning committee [15 January 2020] will consider a report on Dumfries Learning Town [DLT].
In November 2019, the committee agreed that officers would progress actions towards a programme to deliver DLT phase 2.
The...
Thursday, 09 January 2020 14:07
Coming up this month there’s a new exhibition at Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries -
Expressive Editions is elected from the Gracefield Arts Centre Permanent Collection all the artworks use various techniques of printmaking; linocut, lithographs,...
Thursday, 09 January 2020 13:37
The Council’s Education and Learning committee [15 January 2020] will consider a report outlining the work of the Council’s Care Experienced Education Team.
The committee will be asked to:
• Note the development of the Care...
Thursday, 09 January 2020 13:37
The Council’s Education and Learning committee [15 January 2020] will receive an update on national and local developments to expand funded Early Learning and Childcare [ELC] to 1400 hours for 3 and 4-year-olds and eligible 2-year-olds by the year...
Thursday, 09 January 2020 13:33
The Council’s Education and Learning committee [15 January 2020] will consider a report on counselling in schools.
Committee members will be asked to note:
• The success and impact of the Youth Information Workers in Schools pilot project;...
Thursday, 09 January 2020 10:46
The idea of Utopia may be older than Thomas More’s famous book, but what could actually be gained from the concept, or possibly lost. A personal utopia would surely be as individual as each of us, and our own personal imagination. Is this the...
Monday, 06 January 2020 15:08
Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Patsy Gilroy, has appointed a new Deputy Lieutenant: Christopher Brian Walker.
Chris Walker lives in Gatehouse of Fleet and has worked in the region for more than 30 years.
Since...
Monday, 23 December 2019 11:43
Dumfries and Galloway Council have been working in partnership with volunteers from Lochside Community Centre to deliver our first.
The event saw 35 people from four ‘Active Communities’ groups coming together to celebrate the end of their...
Monday, 23 December 2019 11:24
The 31st of December will see the highest number of civil marriages conducted by Dumfries and Galloway Council staff to take place on Hogmanay. There are 59 weddings in total being held in venues across the Gretna and Gretna Green area which is the...
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