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Members of the Council’s Communities Committee will meet on Tuesday 5 November and will receive a report on the success of last month’s Keep Scotland Beautiful Awards that our Council hosted.
In conjunction with our sponsors, the event provided the platform for volunteers, community groups and businesses from across Scotland to come together, share practices and receive awards for keeping their area and communities beautiful. Over 200 people attended the event, and the report details that this generated an economic impact of nearly £13,000 for Dumfries and Galloway due to overnight stays in our hotels and bed and breakfasts as well as spend in our local shops and restaurants.
Local winners on the night included;
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Brighten Up Kirkconnel
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New Luce Gardening Group
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The People’s Project
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Veterans’ Garden
Awards were handed out by Communities Chair and Vice Chair Andy Ferguson and John Martin. Andy said ahead of the committee on 5 November;
“These awards allowed us to really put a marker down in terms of showcasing our region. We organised local walks and tours around the countryside of the region on the day of the awards. These allowed us to show visitors parts of the region they perhaps wouldn’t normally be drawn to. The economic benefits of putting the event on in our area are there for all to see and I’m glad this committee agreed to host the awards.”
As part of our commitment to collaborative working with our areas across Scotland, Councillors will be asked to agree to our council participating in a national Clean Up Scotland campaign. It will support local communities, businesses and organisations to encourage local, practical action to improve the standard of local environment quality across the region, and more widely, Scotland.
Another proposal that Councillors will be asked to endorse is the creation of a regional award for Clean DG. Currently there’s local area awards that are organised by our Council alongside partners, such as Nithsdale in Bloom. The proposal would see this expanded to the 4 areas of the region (Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry and Wigtownshire), with area finalists coming together for a regional event, held every year. Councillor John Martin explains the benefits of this proposal;
“We have seen ‘Nithsdale in Bloom’ continue to be supported by local communities and businesses, and we felt it was only appropriate to build on this success and strike while the iron was hot in terms of organising a regional event. It will bring like minded groups together from across the region to celebrate success stories and recognise local people for the work they carry out. I think it is a wonderful idea and would encourage my fellow Members to agree to the report recommendations.”
To view the report in full, visit https://dumfriesgalloway.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=148&MId=4504&Ver=4 – Item 16.
