Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) has today made its submission to the Dumfries and Galloway Council budget consultation process. A key aspect of the submission is the need for collective leadership and collaboration whilst ensuring there isn’t a withdrawal or extraction from communities to maintain systems and existing ways of working. Alan Webb, Chief… Read more »
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Almost £500,000 awarded to organisations across region
THIRTY-FIVE community projects across Dumfries and Galloway are sharing almost £500,000 in the latest round of a Scottish Government funding programme. The organisations successfully applied to Round Four of the Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Fund. A total investment of £414,409 in capital and £83,537 in revenue was provided by the fund. Newstart Recycle in… Read more »
Build your Governance knowledge
Welcome to Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway’s new knowledge building tool to help improve your understanding of organisational governance. Delivered by our Communities and Sector Support team, a series of videos and resources focus on key aspects of running a third sector organisation including understanding your role as an office bearer recruiting trustees, holding effective… Read more »
We must be part of the change update
From Alan Webb, CEO of Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway Further to my update in April 2025 on the pressures facing our public sector partners, we have continued to work closely with colleagues on the transformation that’s needed in public service delivery, and the importance of recognising the value and impact of our third sector… Read more »
Consultation on its way to consider next year’s local authority budget
Dumfries and Galloway Council will launch its Budget Consultation 2026/27 in mid-October, inviting residents, staff and partners to share their views on how the council should respond nationwide financial challenges. Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway is inviting the sector to highlight key themes or asks now to be shared in a sector response when the… Read more »
Social Enterprise Grant Programme
Currently closed The Realising Market Potential fund is designed to help social enterprises in the region grow their businesses and strengthen the local social economy. With a total fund of £50,000 available, social enterprises were able to apply for grants of up to £5,000 to support innovative projects that explore new markets, launch pilot initiatives,… Read more »
Welcoming a new vision for Population Health – now it’s time for action
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway welcomes the publication of Scotland’s Population Health Framework 2025-2035 and, in particular, a recognition of the vital role played by the community and voluntary sector in creating the conditions for good health and wellbeing. This framework must mark a turning point, at a time when poverty and inequalities – including… Read more »
Mental Health Forum announced during Awareness Week
A new Third Sector Mental Health Forum is launching this month in Dumfries and Galloway. It will bring together third sector organisations, statutory partners, and independent sector providers to take a collaborative and collective approach to overcoming challenges in delivering mental health support across the region. The first forum – officially announced during Mental Health… Read more »
We must be part of the change
Message from Alan Webb, Chief Executive Officer, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway Colleagues You will not have missed the many months of conversations nationally and regionally about economic and real-term financial challenges facing the public sector. For our sector, this has felt like decades-long conversations where many have always been in a financially insecure space…. Read more »
Potential of community transport highlighted in Cabinet Secretary visit
Community transport and its importance to the south of Scotland has been highlighted to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport on a visit to Dumfries and Galloway this week. Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) hosted Fiona Hyslop for a focussed discussion on the topic and its significant potential across the area. Joining them were colleagues… Read more »
£407,015 awarded to community organisations across region
Thirty-four projects across Dumfries and Galloway are sharing £407,015 of funding to help support communities and tackle the cost of living. Round three of the Community Led Local Development Fund saw a total of 103 applications asking for just under £2.2million. A Local Action Group (LAG) made up of representatives from the third, public, and… Read more »
£440,157 fund opens to community projects across region
The fourth round of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund is now open in Dumfries and Galloway, with £440,157 available to community groups and organisations. The ambition of the Scottish Government fund is to support initiatives that promote mental health and wellbeing at a small scale, grass roots, community level to those aged 16… Read more »
Government restrictions on uncommitted spending, CEO responds
Update from Alan Webb, CEO for Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway “Colleagues, you will likely have seen recent coverage about the Scottish Government applying further restrictions on ‘avoidable spend’ to mean pausing all spending other than legally committed, emergency or important economic investment. “We are already seeing cuts to multi-year commitments, those already promised –… Read more »
Build Innovate Sustain conference postponed until later in the year
With the General Election due to take place on July 4, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway has made the difficult decision to postpone our development conference ‘Build Innovate Sustain’ until later in the year. The election announcement has brought with it insurmountable logistical hurdles that require us to reschedule, to ensure the event can fully… Read more »
Celebrate your volunteers to mark 40th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week
The 40th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week is fast approaching, taking place from June 3-9. Once again, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway would love to help you showcase your volunteers throughout the week. We will be featuring the region’s amazing volunteers (including some of our own staff) across all our channels and hope you will want… Read more »
Over £440,000 goes to 30 community projects across D&G
The successful applicants were selected through an independent scoring panel.
Over £620,000 awarded to support community groups across region
A Local Action Group made up of representatives from the third, public, and private sectors decided what applications were successful.
Consultant sought to map employability services in region
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) is looking for a consultant to identify third sector organisations within the region that are providing employability-related services to deliver activities linking to the Employability Pipeline. TSDG is one of 32 third sector interfaces in Scotland. There is one in each local authority area. TSDG has four purposes: To… Read more »
DGLocator
Introducing the free to download and use mobile app DGLocator, mapping useful services across the region – available now for both Apple and Android devices. DGLocator is maintained and updated by us. Already over 1100 services are featured from more than 700 organisations and each entry includes, if available, the service and organisation names, a… Read more »
SHAX celebrates award for volunteer excellence
The recognition marks the efforts of the organisation’s volunteers and the impact they have had on the community.
New £450,000 service for people affected by cancer comes to region
The Macmillan Improving the Cancer Journey service is a tried and tested model which provides one to one, tailored support for people affected by cancer.
New chair for region’s Social Enterprise Network
The purpose of SEDG is to create opportunities for the Dumfries and Galloway social enterprise community to develop and thrive.
Community Led Local Development
This Scottish Government funding programme is open to 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. The priorities for the Dumfries and Galloway CLLD grant funding for 2025-2026 were: A Local Action Group (LAG) made up of representatives from the… Read more »
Charities showcase services to Lockerbie Academy pupils
The first ever Lockerbie Academy Charity Fair has taken place. The day, organised in partnership between the school and Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG), gave charities the chance to present their services and opportunities to pupils. Children in S3 also had access to local charities to help with their task of selecting an organisation… Read more »
Event factsheets
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway want to share findings and fact gathering from our events held across Dumfries and Galloway. This includes our roadshows, online conversations and wider engagement events. You can download these below:
Employability
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) is committed to help increase employability for people in the region. The aim is to improve the capacity, scope, and influence of third sector employability provision in line with TSDG’s mission and objectives Poverty is alleviated by having sustainable well-paid employment. Helping people to becoming employable, to avoid under-employment,… Read more »
Membership open to employability forum
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway hosts and helps to run thematic forums as part of its engagement work – including its regular one on Employability. The forum is open to any third sector organisation or community group that self-identifies as having a role to play, or interest, in that subject area. The forums: Provide a… Read more »
Council gives update on Shared Prosperity Fund status in region
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund succeeds the old EU structural funds and will invest in three local priorities; communities and place, support for local businesses and people and skills.
Motion lodged in Parliament recognising digital exclusion research
The report is the first known primary research report looking at the issue of digital exclusion specific to Dumfries and Galloway.
Lifeline services at risk as organisations call for funding assurances
Spring 2022 saw the cost of operating increase for most organisations, impacting their ability to deliver core services.
Digital exclusion research project for region attracting national interest
Charities and community groups helped feed in almost 900 responses from individuals to the project.
Hardship Fund helps reduce digital isolation of region’s vulnerable
The fund ran during the Covid-19 restrictions and prevented recipients from becoming digitally excluded and reduced isolation.
Summer of Roadshows
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) are heading out across the region to a venue near you. Come along to our roadshows and tell us how you have been? What you have been up to? How can TSDG help? You will also have the chance to join us for conversations on the challenges facing the… Read more »
Employability
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) is committed to help increase employability for people in the region. The aim is to improve the capacity, scope, and influence of third sector employability provision in line with TSDG’s mission and objectives Poverty is alleviated by having sustainable well-paid employment. Helping people to becoming employable, to avoid under-employment,… Read more »
£15 million for second year of community mental health fund
Ninety-one community organisations across the length and breadth of south of Scotland have already shared almost £2.5million.
Community organisations celebrate almost £2.5m in grant awards
Over £1.3million was awarded to successful applicants in Dumfries and Galloway and more than £1.1million in the Scottish Borders.
Fund prepares to launch to help tackle mental health inequalities
Grassroots community groups, social enterprises, and third sector organisations will be able to benefit from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.
Tackling Poverty Coordination Group
The Tackling Poverty Coordination Group forms part of the formal Community Planning Structure in Dumfries andGalloway. The Group meets quarterly. Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway sits on the group representing the interestsof the third sector.
Sue joins team at Shambellie House
Sue Hughes has many years’ experience managing museum and heritage sites, along with developing and delivering art, craft and local history workshops.
See your organisation benefit from a fully funded part-time employee
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway (TSDG) is acting as an approved Kickstart Gateway to help organisations in Dumfries and Galloway to access funding through the Kickstart Scheme. The scheme encourages employers to create job placements for 16 to 24-year-olds on Universal Credit. Funding covers wage and NI contributions for 25 hours per week for six… Read more »
Region says thank to work of volunteers during COVID
A special electronic certificate was created by the local resilience partnership to be presented to Covid volunteers.
Links
As well as talking to us at Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway, below are a wide list of resources that you may find helpful and useful. Some of these are national organisations and others provide local support. This is not a complete list, but should help to get you going with your thinking.
Volunteering Strategy
The volunteering strategy documents how Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway will develop and support volunteering.
Volunteering Strategy – Easy Read
Easy read version of Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway’s volunteering strategy.
Organisations
Volunteer involving organisations – we can help Are you an organisation in need of volunteers? If so, Volunteer Dumfries and Galloway can help. To advertise your vacancy on our website, please complete the opportunity form Here. Once approved, your opportunity will be featured on our Dumfries and Galloway search and replicated on Volunteer Scotland’s page… Read more »
Members List
Hundreds of organisations across the region are members of Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway and their details can be found below. To join, click here for our online form, or call 0300 303 8558 for more information. If you are a current member and would like to add, remove, or change the information we have on… Read more »
Equalities Partnership
Bringing equality to Dumfries and Galloway The Partnership was established in 2017 by four local organisations: DG Voice, Dumfries and Galloway Multicultural Association, Dumfries and Galloway LGBT Plus and LGBT Youth Scotland. Since its inception, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway has worked with the Partnership on a joint commission on representation and engagement, working together… Read more »
Where do I get support?
Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway has a team ready to support you. Whether you are toying with an idea that has been in the back of your mind for a while, whether you want to do something meaningful but you just don’t quite know what it is yet, or whether you already have an idea… Read more »
What is Social Enterprise?
Social Enterprises are businesses with a social purpose at their heart. In Dumfries and Galloway, there are about 200 businesses operating as social enterprises. In Scotland alone, social enterprises support more than 88,000 jobs. In Dumfries and Galloway, we have our Social Enterprise Network, which is Dumfries and Galloway Social Enterprise (SEDG). The vision of… Read more »
Submit Volunteering Opportunity
Volunteer Dumfries and Galloway can help advertise your opportunity through our online search. To submit an opportunity for consideration, please complete the form below. Once approved, your opportunity will be featured on our Dumfries and Galloway search and replicated on Volunteer Scotland’s page nationally. (Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway is not responsible for the national… Read more »