A regional advice service has responded to a funding cut in the latest local authority approved budget by predicting £2million less will go back into the public’s pockets in Dumfries and Galloway in the next year. Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service will be hit by a 20 per cent reduction in its budget from… Read more »
An innovative new digital platform designed to transform collaboration across the third sector in Dumfries and Galloway is set to be developed through a strategic partnership between South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) and Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG). The initiative forms part of DGCollective, the sector-owned approach to collaboration for better outcomes across the… Read more »
Dumfries-founded charity Food Train has unveiled an ambitious expansion plan amid mounting concerns about malnutrition among older people. It hopes to grow the number of local authority areas across Scotland in which it has branches from nine to 18 – taking the total number of over-65s that it supports to tackle malnutrition and loneliness to… Read more »
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Regionwide Community Fund is looking for independent members to sit on the Fund’s management committee. The Fund is going into its seventh year and will be distributing over £120,000 annually to community benefit projects in the region. The committee is responsible for assessing applications to award funding as well as reviewing… Read more »
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway has welcomed the announcement made this week by the Scottish Government on development of a new third sector partnership, whilst sounding caution that design of a new agreement should not stop progress on Fair Funding, sector investment and a more strategic role in delivering reform and impact for our communities…. Read more »