Dumfries and Galloway! What's Going On?

Cunninghame Housing Boosts Future Curlers with £1,000 Donation to Lockerbie Ice Rink Alan Somerville, Senior Development Officer of Cunninghame Housing Association recently presented a cheque for £1,000 to Marion Murdoch, Tom Smith & Ted Hills of Lockerbie Ice Rink Curling School. Lockerbie Ice Rink has been operating within Lockerbie since 1967 and has provided curling and skating facilities for the local community and surrounding area which includes South West Scotland and North West England. The facility is also available to the local communities and organisations to hold meetings and functions in the lounge area and large scale events in the ice hall in the Summer months. Junior curling sessions and skating sessions thrive within the facility.

New Chief Appointed To Lead Homeless Support Charity In Dumfries & Galloway SHAX, an established homeless support charity in Dumfries and Galloway, has recently appointed Colin Callander-Bone as the new chief. Colin, who has a strong retail and people management background, took over the role from Joyce Harkness, who after 10 years at the helm, retired from her role as the Social Enterprise Manager at SHAX on the 30 th September 2024.

A Remarkable Ten Years as Joyce Harkness Bids Farewell to SHAX An Impressive 10 Years At The Helm Of Shax After 25 years working in third sector roles in Dumfries and Galloway, Joyce Harkness retired from her role as Social Enterprise Manager at SHAX on the 30 th September 2024. https://buff.ly/4dOyGh4

Ukrainian Women To Launch New Dumfries High Street Enterprise Friends who have started a new life in Dumfries after being forced to flee war-torn Ukraine are unveiling a new High Street enterprise. Maryna Muzychenko and Albina Solovei have combined their creative talents to launch Craft Space UK.

DH9 Foundation Honors David Hill by Donating AEDs to 15 Secondary Schools in Dumfries and Galloway The DH9 Foundation has been established in memory of David Hill, a former St. Joseph’s College pupil, who died at the age of 30 from an undiagnosed heart condition, on a rugby field in Dublin in March 2022.

GSA UNESCO Biosphere & SRUC Complete Landmark Partnership Project Promoting Agricultural Resilience The Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Partnership (GSABP) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have completed a pioneering partnership project exploring whole-farm planning for business and environmental sustainability.

The Couple Who Gambled Everything To Become Wigtown Bookshop Owners Joyce Cochrane had just discovered she was pregnant when she and her partner Ian gave up their jobs and moved from Edinburgh to revive a former bookshop in Wigtown. With no stock, no shelves in the shop, no accommodation and having no retail experience they were gambling everything on a dream.

Multi Million Pound Tennis Centre To Go Ahead in Dumfries

Dumfries & Gifhorn Celebrate 30 Years Of Twinning

Chief Executive Kirsteen McGinn Highlights Yearly Achievements and Future Plans at Loreburn AGM Loreburn Housing held its Annual General Meeting on 3rd September, when recently appointed Convener, Alan Sandey, and senior officers provided shareholding members with an insight into the financial performance, operational achievements and future strategic plans.