COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUNDING: ENABLING ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES FOR ALL Stranraer Millennium Centre Community Trust (The Millennium Centre) is a social enterprise set up in 1998 to develop a community centre from a former supermarket premises in Stranraer. It has 25...
COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUNDING: HELPING LOCAL PEOPLE WITH PRACTICAL PROJECTS AND ACCESSING EMPLOYMENT Galloway Action Team is a Stranraer-based project set up by local people with support from local agencies including the Millennium Centre Stranraer, the Job Centre,...
Newton Stewart and District Music Club is a registered charity, formed in 1990 to encourage the practice and enjoyment of music. It organizes an annual programme of concerts and workshops, bringing high quality music and professional musicians to the relatively remote...
Aldouran Wetland Garden is a wetland habitat and bird hide on the edge of Leswalt village. Aldouran is a community garden, maintained by volunteers and free to visit. The Garden hosts around 8000 visits per year, of which a high proportion take place in the wetter...
W.O.M.A.N.S. (Women Of Minnigaff And Newton Stewart) was formed in 2017 by volunteers who wanted to contribute to civic pride in Newton Stewart by taking care of the town’s flower beds and planters, tackling overgrown areas and doing litter-picks. W.O.M.A.N.S. were...
Wigtown Bay Sailing Club needed a new engine for its safety boat, which is an essential requirement for running activities on the water with anyone who is not trained – this includes all the Club’s activity days with local children. The safety boat is also used...
