LGBT Youth Scotland Digital Pride, coming up this Saturday from 1pm to 6pm. It will be a fantastic afternoon, with a mix of workshops, activities, discussions and an open mic space for young people to showcase their talents! The event … read more
Do you have clients who are potentially facing poverty due to the current pandemic? If so, Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service has advisers throughout the region who are available to help. Anti Poverty Advisers These advisers will provide diagnostic … read more
A Community Project Development Worker is being sought for the SPRING Social Prescribing Project at The Hub in Dumfries. Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £23,168.00 per year Overview of main duties: To develop, co-ordinate and deliver the SPRING Social Prescribing … read more
Charities providing counselling and peer and parental support are to share funding to help improve the life chances and wellbeing of pregnant women, new mums and their families. The Perinatal and Infant Mental Health fund will provide annual funding of … read more
The Scottish Government has put down legislation to enable delivery of the new Child Winter Heating Assistance. This is the first disability benefit to be introduced using new social security powers. Families with children in receipt of the highest rate … read more
COVID-19 has presented unique healthcare challenges – but represents a very real challenge to vulnerable groups such as those who have drug and alcohol problems. It is estimated that over half of the 60,000 or so people with drug problems … read more
A call for applications has been made for projects to deliver Holiday Food Fund Activities during the October school holidays. This runs from Monday October 12 to Friday October 23. Dumfries and Galloway Council are seeking local organisations to deliver … read more
There are a selection of volunteering opportunities to help with Food Share within Upper Nithsdale. Food sharing in Upper Nithsdale is based at the Miner’s Memorial Hall in Kirkconnel and covers Kirkconnel, Kelloholm and Sanquhar. Drivers What we do: Collect … read more
Major infrastructure work is now underway to make rural Scotland one of the best digitally connected places in Europe. Work has begun in the South of Scotland to build full-fibre broadband infrastructure – funded through the Scottish Government’s Reaching 100% … read more
The Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland is seeking applications to fill four vacancies on its committee. They are looking for people from a wide variety of backgrounds and life experience, who have a passion and commitment to furthering … read more