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Meet Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (Annandale and Eskdale)

Meet Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway

Come along and discover the free support and services we offer at Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway. Enjoy a brief introduction to what we do, then take the opportunity to chat with our team members about areas such as organisational support, funding, social enterprise, volunteering, employability, impact, and communications. Refreshments will be provided – we… Read more »


Meet Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (Stewartry)

Meet Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway

Come along and discover the free support and services we offer at Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway. Enjoy a brief introduction to what we do, then take the opportunity to chat with our team members about areas such as organisational support, funding, social enterprise, volunteering, employability, impact, and communications. Refreshments will be provided – we… Read more »


Two new members of staff join Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway

Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway logo

We are delighted to welcome new leads for both Communities and Sector Support and Children, Young People and Families. Joanna Jones has started as our Lead for Communities and Sector Support and heads our team of development and support officers whose roles include building sector capacity, collaboration, leadership, good governance, sustainability, planning and volunteering. Before… Read more »



Message from Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway’s new CEO

Hello. I’m delighted to have joined Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway at such an important time for our sector and for our region. Much has changed over the past few years as we face the post-pandemic challenges that we haven’t yet addressed, on top of already difficult pressures for our children, families, and communities. I’m… Read more »






Welcome to Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway

We are a charitable organisation that exists to promote, support, and develop a strong third sector, social enterprise, volunteering, and connect into community planning. Our sector includes organisations that exist to improve the lives of the people and communities of Dumfries and Galloway.


Dumfries and Galloway Third Sector Annual Conference – Community

Conference save the date

SAVE THE DATE We are delighted to announce that the Annual Conference for the Third Sector in Dumfries and Galloway is back in 2025. This year’s theme is Community, and the event will once again feature inspiring speakers, interactive workshops, valuable networking opportunities, and a vibrant marketplace. We’ll be joined by strategic partners and supporting… Read more »




Support growing for new collaborative model for region’s third sector

Momentum is building behind DGCollective—a bold, sector-led concept being developed by Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway to establish a collective and collaborative approach to third sector leadership across the region. The core ambition of DGCollective is to unite the sector in addressing shared challenges, seizing emerging opportunities, and harnessing its collective strength for greater impact…. Read more »


Community Health and Wellbeing Forum

Every year, the season shifts — and with it, so does the shape of our work. Icy roads. Empty cupboards. Cold houses. Quiet phones that suddenly won’t stop ringing. This isn’t about “winter pressures.” It’s about noticing the patterns before they peak. It’s about the small signs, the quiet fixes, the way communities brace, bend,… Read more »


New mental health forum aims to strengthen collaboration and support

A new initiative aimed at building stronger, more collaborative support for mental health across the region has held its launch meeting. Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway played host to the inaugural Mental Health Forum with 40 people attending to represent 27 organisations. The forum in Dumfries featured thought-provoking contributions from national and regional speakers, including… Read more »



Over £440,000 goes to 41 community projects across Dumfries and Galloway

Forty-one community projects across Dumfries and Galloway are sharing £440,157 to help tackle mental health and wellbeing. The successful applicants to the fourth round of the Scottish Government’s Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund were selected through an independent scoring panel. The fund had received 110 applications asking for over £1.9million of support. Its ambition… Read more »


Round four in Dumfries and Galloway

Successful applicants in the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund round four: A Listening Ear: Expanding ALE Befriending Services to Reduce Loneliness and Isolation – £8,900This funding supports A Listening Ear (ALE) to deliver its befriending service by adding in-person initiatives to reduce loneliness and improve well-being in Dumfries and Galloway. New offerings include one-to-ones,… Read more »


Setting outcomes and indicators

Setting Outcomes and indicators june (2)

Evaluation is all about measuring your impact; setting meaningful and proportionate outcomes and indicators plays an important part in the evaluation journey. This session will take you through the process of understanding what outcomes and indicators are and how they can help you to explain the difference your work makes to your beneficiaries.


The CatStrand goes carbon neutral

Catstrand

The CatStrand Arts Centre, a hub for creativity and community in New Galloway, has reached a major sustainability milestone, transitioning its heating system entirely to renewable energy sources This transformation was made possible through funding from Local Energy Scotland’s CARES fund and the Scottish Government’s Community Led Local Development (CLLD) program, administered by the D&G… Read more »





Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Leadership Board

The Leadership Board has been established to oversee the delivery of Scotland’s national strategy on Mental Health and Wellbeing. The Board, jointly chaired by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport and the COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, will support and oversee the delivery of the ten priorities in the Mental… Read more »



£347,015 fund opens to communities across Dumfries and Galloway

Community Led Local Development Fund Round Three

A funding programme worth a total of £347,015 is now open across Dumfries and Galloway. Charities, constituted community groups, co-operatives, public sector organisations, small and medium-sized enterprises, community interest companies, and community benefit societies based within the region can all apply to round three of the region’s Community Led Local Development Fund. A Local Action… Read more »


Sadness at the passing of our friend and colleague

Everyone at Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway is deeply saddened at the passing of our friend and colleague Sharee Donoghue. Sharee was our Lead for Employability, Skills and Learning and joined the organisation in November 2021. Since then, she built and strengthened relationships with partners and other third sector organisations using her experience of over… Read more »







Pop-up enterprise hub launched on Dumfries High Street

• The launch of Midsteeple Quarter’s Enterprise Pop-up Hub at The Smithy, Dumfries High Street. Midsteeple Quarter Community Engagement Activator Kathryn Hill and board member Robert Richmond are pictured, front, with, left to right, Kenny Bowie (Dumfries & Galloway Chamber of Commerce), Kirstie Scrimgeour (South of Scotland Enterprise), Selina McMorran (Third Sector Dumfries & Galloway), Gary Calderwood (Business Gateway), Jamie Shovelin (Dumfries & Galloway Chamber of Commerce) and Sarah-Jane Burns (CodeBase)

Fledgling enterprises in Dumfries are being offered the chance to trade for free on the High Street. The opportunity to make use of The Smithy from Fridays until Mondays is part of a package of support being made available for start-ups through a Pop-up Enterprise Hub initiative aimed at providing a springboard to success. Led… Read more »







Round Two awards in Dumfries and Galloway

This second year of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund was launched in 2022. (Awards listed alphabetically) All Roads Lead to Whithorn – Warm Machars Space – £16,780 With the funds, a series of classes and social groups will be created in a warm, welcoming and supportive space with a weekly drop in, and… Read more »


Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

The fourth round of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund has now closed. The total funding available for groups in Dumfries and Galloway in 2024/25 was £440,157.76. The overarching aim of the fund is to support community-based initiatives that promote and develop good mental health and wellbeing and/or mitigate and protect against the impact… Read more »