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Culture Radar is a research, support and consultancy practice for the arts, creative and heritage sectors in the UK, and has been commissioned to help establish a Cultural Partnership for Dumfries and Galloway. The Partnership’s role will be to help deliver the Dumfries and Galloway Cultural Strategy, which was approved by the Council’s Communities Committee

A brief update on things DPAG since our last members note at the end of March. Priority Actions Our engagement work with the team at ARUP is nearing its conclusion. The four themed workshops (Town Centre Management, Town Digital, Entertainment & Cultural Offer and Active Travel) have all taken place and were well supported by

Hello DPAG Members Since last in touch, we have seen some successes with partners delivering on a few of the projects outlined in the “Dynamically Different Dumfries” document. We have now had our first success in gaining external funding and were very recently awarded just over £11K from the Council-managed Community Led Vision Fund. This

It is heartening to know so many people are working hard today for the future of Dumfries. There is a staggering 97 organisations interested in the town centre now — we have only just begun mapping these projects and there are surely more to come — some of which are well underway, others are small

With membership now at 89 people/organisations, the DPAG SCIO launched last night, with an Inaugural General Meeting. Over 40 people attended and the previous Chair, Leah Halliday, presented an overview of the activities and achievements so far, with the unconstituted organisation. A vote was held for 10 trustee vacancies, with 10 nominations, and the following