The Galloway Glens Scheme was an initiative of Dumfries & Galloway Council’s Environment Team, seeking to ‘connect people to the heritage’ of the Ken/Dee river valley, while boosting the local economy and supporting sustainable communities. Running between 2018 and 2023, and primarily funded by a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, it oversaw more than £6million in activity. This report gives a mere taste of the work undertaken...
A 160 page report on what makes the local landscape special and how Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership aimed to work to celebrate this, connecting people and sustainable communities to their heritage.
The Online John Muir Award programme was initiated as a response to the Covid 19 restrictions during summer 2020. The aims of the project were to actively engage with the public during Covid 19 restrictions, and provide an alternative to facilitated outdoor projects that could not be undertaken; and encourage and support people, especially families, to engage meaningfully and actively with their local environment during Covid 19 restrictions and beyond.
