Residents, community groups, land managers, businesses and organisations are being invited to share their views on biodiversity as part of engagement on Dumfries and Galloway’s draft Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP).
Our council will provide a single payment of £87.50 per child to help cover the cost of meals while schools are closed from Thursday 2 July 2026 to Wednesday 19 August 2026. This is available to all eligible families registered for Free School Meals on financial grounds. The payment covers 35 weekdays across the school holidays at a rate of £2.50 per day.
Dumfries and Galloway is set to become a national leader in landscape‑scale nature recovery as two major regional projects – SCAMP Landscape Connections and the Galloway Fisheries Trust’s Flowing Forward – Restoring Galloway’s Rivers Project – have been jointly selected by the Scottish Government as one of only nine exemplar projects across Scotland.
A new £900,000 fund to support housing regeneration, improve property conditions and help deliver affordable homes across Dumfries and Galloway has been approved by councillors.
