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As part of Challenge Poverty Week 2025, Dumfries and Galloway Council is encouraging residents to support their local foodbanks by taking part in a region-wide food drive from Monday 6 to Sunday 12 October.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has officially launched its early engagement process to explore the potential introduction of a visitor levy scheme.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is recognising major achievements and the impact that these have had on communities at the halfway point of its Council Plan 2023–2028.

It’s Recycle Week, the perfect time to rethink what we throw away and rescue more items from the rubbish bin.

Dumfries and Galloway Council today (Friday 19 September) said that its recent contract award for the Whitesands Flood Protection Scheme is an “up to £38 million” agreement covering both design development and potential construction phases – not a confirmed £38 million spend at this stage.