Description of post: Fixed-term seasonal, 32 hours per weekSalary: £19,118 pro-rata Location: Thomas Carlyle Birthplace, Ecclefechan Closing date: Friday 14 June 2019 The National Trust for Scotland Description To provide operational coordination and supervision of admissions, retail, membership recruitment, visitor … read more
A Dumfries-based Patient Transport service, run by local volunteers from charity St John Scotland, is to celebrate its 21st anniversary at the end of this month. The service helps cancer patients from across Dumfries and Galloway access chemo and radiotherapy … read more
Aberlour – Scotland’s children’s charity has launched a new family support service delivered in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service and NHS Dumfries and Galloway Alcohol and Drugs Partnership to help family members returning from prison re-integrate back into family … read more
A large-scale programme to improve the journey for people affected by cancer in Dumfries and Galloway will report on its findings later this year. The Macmillan Cancer Pathways and Palliative Care Improvement Project has started to analyse everything that has … read more
SHAX has received a Volunteer Friendly Award. The quality standard is designed to support, recognise and reward groups who are good at involving volunteers. The award is based on the national standard Investing in Volunteers (IiV) but is designed for … read more
Citizens Advice Scotland is today launching a Scams Awareness campaign with new figures showing the scale of the problem in Scotland. Almost half of people in the country say they have been targeted by scams at least once in the … read more
A LEASE of up to 20 years could be agreed on Thursday to create an accessible and inclusive play park in Dumfries. Officials have recommended that charity Include Us be given the lease for Catherine Street Play Park to help … read more
Wigtown resident Anne Barclay was “overwhelmed” to hear that she was being awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The award is being made for services to charity and the arts and recognises her voluntary work to help raise … read more
Our second befriender profile today is of Bill Maloney, of Dumfries and Galloway Befriending Service. 1 Name: Bill Maloney 2 Organisation volunteering with and role: Dumfries and Galloway Befriending Project 3 Length of time you have volunteered in this role: … read more
We finish off our Volunteers’ Week celebrations with a profile of charity Dumfries and Galloway Befriending Project 1. Name: Dumfries and Galloway Befriending Project 2. How many volunteers do you have ? We have 75 Befrienders and 6 Trustees who … read more