Month: March 2025

Potential of community transport highlighted in Cabinet Secretary visit

Caption: Left to right: Simon Bradbury, Lead Officer of SWestrans; Alan Webb, Chief Executive Officer, Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway; Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport; Helen Keron, Executive Manager of Glenkens Community and Arts Trust and Galloway Community Transport; Juliana Amaral, Chief Executive Officer, Borders Community Action; and Grant Coltart, Team Leader of Transport Planning and Operations at Dumfries and Galloway Council.

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 »

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 »