Public Engagement Session: 2-4pm on 5th July Balmaclellan’s ‘Old Mortality’ statue is a landmark for the Glenkens and surrounding area. Robert Paterson was a stonemason who spent the last 40 years of his life searching for unmarked Covenanter Graves and carving their tombstones for posterity. His work was immortalised in Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Old Mortality’…. Read more »
One of the aims of the Galloway Glens Scheme is to encourage young people to plan their working future in the region. A programme of Intern positions has been supported with a whole range of employers, giving work experience and challenging the perception that young people must leave the area to obtain work. This programme… Read more »
The ‘Go Wild’ experiences are five-day outdoor summer camps, giving P7 children the chance to learn about the great Galloway outdoors, with activities vary from den building to wildlife identification. The Go Wild adventures teach young people that the great outdoors is accessible to them, often free and lots of fun. Pitched at P7 pupils,… Read more »
The South of Scotland Tree Planting project has just announced a new round of funding, with £120,000 available over the next 12 months to enable community groups, farmers and landowners to plant around 15,000 landscape trees across the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. Individual grants of up to £1,000 are available through the initiative,… Read more »
Are you looking for something do in water, on horseback, on foot or in a seated position this summer? The Galloway Glens Scheme has this week published the final summer programme of events – drawing upon the whole range of work undertaken and partners supported. The Galloway Glens comes to an end in September and… Read more »
In 2021, the first phase of a salmon smolt tracking project took place, with young salmon tagged and monitored as they travelled down the Ken/Dee River system in Galloway. This gave a lot of information about how Salmon navigate down the river, with 58% of the tagged salmon smolts making it to the Inner Estuary…. Read more »
From the 26th to 29th of May, more than 100 drawings by pupils from Kells, Dalry, Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright Primary Schools were on display in the Castle Douglas Art Gallery. This was part of the Fantastic Forest Festival held earlier in the year that sought to connect and inspire people of all ages about… Read more »
Scotland’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland, is inspiring change through the 100-year Threave Landscape Restoration Project. Located in the heart of Dumfries and Galloway, the project has seen 81 hectares of land transformed from a disused dairy farm to one which features wildflower meadows, rich wetlands, and growing native woodlands that are… Read more »
For the first time ever in the beautiful harbour town of Kirkcudbright in sunny Dumfries and Galloway, Steampunk in all its finery, comes to Scotland for a whole weekend. Kirkcudbright Steampunk Agency Ltd proudly presents Captain Max Snoot and Lady Susannah de Borgue who are delighted to organise the Inaugural Kirkcudbright Steampunk Weekend on 17… Read more »
Event: 31st May, 7.30pm in Kirkcudbright Parish Church Hall Since 2019, Dr John Burns has been investigating the changing language, voices and words of Galloway. From ‘blether’ to ‘wabbit’, and everything in between! At a public event on 31st May, John will give an overview of the project, talk about the initial findings and what… Read more »
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