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Last Updated: 22/11/2024 10:34:41
Wednesday, 02 September 2020 15:49
£60,000 funding is up for grabs for youth led projects in Dumfries and Galloway.
The 10,000 Voices in Action fund launched this week and is now open for youth groups, schools and organisations working with young people to apply for a share of the...
Monday, 31 August 2020 15:45
Dumfries and Galloway Council is launching a Property Improvement Grant Scheme for proprietors and occupants of commercial properties in Annan town centre and other neighbourhood centres in the DG12 post code area.
During 2019 a number of community...
Monday, 31 August 2020 09:00
Dumfries and Galloway Council and Annan Regeneration Steering Group, through the Annan Solutions Team, are delighted to announce the launch of a Small Business Grant Scheme for Annan and DG12 businesses.
The £75,000 scheme is being funded through...
Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:45
Over the past week, and into the next week, Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Museums, Galleries and Customer Service Facilities have started to reopen and will continue to reopen, following their enforced closure due to Covid-19.
Last week,...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 12:26
Kirkcudbright Summer Activities will be presented with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service [QAVS], the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK, by Lord Lieutenant Patsy Gilroy on Thursday [20 August],
at 1830 [6.30pm], following...
Thursday, 13 August 2020 12:34
As a result of guidance from the Scottish Government and Legion Scotland, there won’t be a public event in Dumfries and Galloway to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VJ Day [Saturday 15 August 2020].
There will, however, be a virtual Service of...
Tuesday, 11 August 2020 11:52
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the latest Covid-19 guidance and restrictions, theservice commemorating the 75th anniversary of VJ Day planned for Castle Douglas War Memorial on Saturday 15 August 2020, WON'T TAKE PLACE
Saturday 15 August 2020 is the 75th...
Monday, 10 August 2020 17:55
Saturday 15 August 2020 is the 75th anniversary of VJ Day.
In May 1945, when the war ended in Europe with victory over Nazi Germany, VE Day was rightly celebrated. However, tens of thousands of Allied Forces were still engaged in bitter fighting in the...
Thursday, 06 August 2020 09:26
Joint Statement
The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced yesterday that restrictions were being reintroduced in Aberdeen due to a coronavirus outbreak in the city. The First Minister advised that pubs and restaurants in Aberdeen needed to close...
Tuesday, 04 August 2020 09:35
The waiting is over for 3,416 young people in Dumfries and Galloway as they receive their SQA results for Nationals, Highers, Advanced Highers, and other awards in a wide range of subjects.
The cancellation of the 2020 exam diet means that this...
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