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@DerekHextall
Supporting communities as Ward Officer at Dumfries and Galloway Council. All views are my own (๐ณ). Retweets/Likes are not necessarily endorsements(๐ค)
A huge congratulations to Cllr Archie Dryburgh OBE, who has received the Van Coulter Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to local government #apse25
ฤest Vaลกรญ pamรกtce, npor. let. Frantiลกku Hekle, nikdy nezapomeneme! Dlouhรก lรฉta existoval pamรกtnรญk Frantiลกka Hekla jen v literatuลe. V romรกnu House by the Loch skotskรก autorka Kirsty Wark popsala, jak jej mรญstnรญ rodina postavila, aby se vyrovnala s bolestnou vzpomรญnkou na pรกd jeho letadla do jezera Loch Doon. Ve skuteฤnosti tu vลกak ลพรกdnรฝ pamรกtnรญk nikdy nestรกl. Aลพ dnes. Po vรญce neลพ osmi desetiletรญch jsme na bลehu Loch Doon odhalili skuteฤnรฝ pomnรญk ฤeskoslovenskรฉmu pilotovi RAF za รบฤasti jeho rodiny, pลedsedkynฤ Poslaneckรฉ snฤmovny Markรฉty Pekarovรฉ Adamovรฉ, senรกtorky Vladimรญry Ludkovรฉ, skotskรฝch institucรญ i mรญstnรญ komunity. Slavnostnรญ okamลพik v podmรญnkรกch pravรฉho skotskรฉho poฤasรญ podtrhl hudebnรญ doprovod ฤeskรฉho Blue Squadron Pipe Band a poลพehnรกnรญ hlavnรญho kaplana @ArmadaCR. Od tรฉto chvรญle navลพdy mรก zde Frantiลกek Hekl svลฏj symbolickรฝ vรกleฤnรฝ hrob. A kaลพdรฝ, kdo k Loch Doon zavรญtรก, se mลฏลพe zastavit a pลipomenout si pลรญbฤh mladรฉho muลพe, kterรฝ se uลพ domลฏ nikdy nevrรกtil a jehoลพ tฤlo pohltily vody jezera. Velkรฉ podฤkovรกnรญ patลรญ vลกem, kteลรญ se na vzniku tohoto pamรกtnรญku podรญleli. Bez jejich odhodlรกnรญ, รบsilรญ a spoluprรกce by tento pamรกtnรญk nevznikl.
๐National Recognition for Innovation in Housing The innovative approach @dgcouncil to tackling the housing emergency in the region has been recognised as national best practice, winning the Innovation in Housing category @TheMJAwards 2025 by the Municipal Journal in London. Selected as one of just six finalists in these national awards, officers from across the Council presented the โOne Council + Communities + Partners x Creativity = Better Housingโ, with a panel of independent judges recognising our Councilโs approach as โuniqueโ. Whilst @dgcouncil has no housing stock, housing is a key issue in the Council Plan, with work already underway before declaring a Housing Emergency in 2024. Since the Housing Emergency declaration, all Council Directorates have increased efforts to develop ideas, solutions and build on positive approaches to housing, across all tenures โ private, social and community. Judges recognised our Councilโs efforts in relation to Community Regeneration Masterplanning particularly in Lochside Dumfries; Community Asset Transfer with four properties transferred into community ownership resulting in community led affordable housing; and our approach to Ukrainian Resettlement seeing empty properties brought up to standard to make new homes for these New Scots. They commented: "we were impressed by the breadth of solutions to housing issues offered across a large and diverse geographical region. Dumfries and Galloway effectively demonstrated that the best solutions involved adapting responses to local areas and empowering communities to own these solutions." WELL DONE TO ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES INVOLVED IN THIS ๐ For full information - dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk/news/2025/counโฆ
Storm Eowyn is still affecting power to some of our communities. Our council leisure facilities can offer free hot showers during normal opening hours for anyone still without electricity. You can find your nearest council leisure facility here orlo.uk/PB5kp
Yesterday, Cllr Lynne Davis, Vice Chair of @dgcouncilโs Education, Skills, and Community Wellbeing Committee, warmly welcomed the Swiss Curling Association team to Dumfries and Galloway as part of their decennial Scotland tour - whoch has been taking place since 1970! ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ A small civic reception, hosted by the Dumfries Province of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, was held at Lockerbie Ice Rink @LockerbieIceRin to mark their visit. We are thrilled to support this special connection and celebrate the spirit of curling together. Welcome to Scotland (again!) ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ @scottishcurling
๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ โฝ Congratulations to Tom Hextall of Gretna U15 Colts who scored this week's goal of the week with an incredible dipping free-kick into the top corner in a 6-4 win over Greystone. ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ โถ๏ธ yfsmedia.net/goals
โฒ๏ธDumfries Fountain Funds Feed Families! During a recent maintenance clean of the Fountain, which happens several times during the year, ยฃ873.82 in โwell wishesโ was collected and donated to local food providers for emergency food provision ๐ Funds were awarded to: ๐Summerhill Community Centre ๐Lochside Community Association ๐Apex Foodbank ๐Oasis Foodbank ๐River of Life Foodbank ๐DG Multicultural Association ๐First Base Agency
