September 2026 Newsletter

NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2026

THIS ISSUE: NEWS | WHAT’S ON SEPTEMBER

Photo credit: Chris Naylor.

Photo credit: Chris Naylor. Taken at Polmaddy as part of the View Points project.

GLENKENS VIEW POINTS

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NEWS

Glenkens Skills & Jobs Fair returns

Following the success of the first Glenkens Skills and Jobs Fair in September 2025, we are delighted to announce that the event is to be held again on Thursday 24 September at Dalry Secondary School.

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Planning the future of Parton Kirk

A fund raising campaign to be launched following the August meeting.

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Plans for a 21st century railway for South West Scotland

Find our more about the proposal and take part in the survey which closes on the 26th October.

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WHAT’S ON SEPTEMBER

Balmaclellan Afternoon Tea

CatStrand Events: Deiseil - Dancing in Time

Carsphairn Coffee Morning

Glenlair Steading Doors Open Day

Crossmichael Sunset Bat Walk and Talk

Woodland Tree ID

Dalry Film Club: Cinema Paradiso (PG)

Community Marketplace

CatStrand Events: The Song Cannot be Silenced

Loch Ken Wild Swim Weekend

The Beltie Triathlon2026

Glenkens Craft Group Stash Busting Sale

Share What You Grow, Share What You Know

CatStrand Events: We Will Hear The Angels

CatStrand Events - NT Live - Les Liaisons Dangereouses

Community Safety Team

CatStrand Events: Naad-Hara

CatStrand Events: Ali Watson Quartet

Cultural Glenkens: Turning of the Year - Autumn Equinox

Sew Special Saturday

Bake Sale Fundraiser

Galloway Conversations: The unsung fiddle tradition of the Glenkens and Galloway

CatStrand Events: Tao Live

Cultural Glenkens: Trad Folk Music Sessions with Claire Mann and special guest Jo Miller

CatStrand Events: High Notes From In The Sky

Cultural Glenkens: Autumn Equinox Folk Session

CatStrand Events: Nimbus Sextet

Dalry Film Club: Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert (12a)

Glenkens Skills & Jobs Fair

Farm Tour and BBQ

CatStrand Events: Absolute Classics - an afternoon of Brahms & Rachmaninov

Carsphairn Community Woodland Nature Activities

Cultural Glenkens: Witch! Restoring Elspeth & The Women They Tried to Erase: Beginning the Journey

Dalmacallan Wind Farm Exhibition

‘Why not Scotland?’ Film Screening and Citizen Science Reporting

The Glenkens Hub Newsletter rounds up news and events in the Glenkens every two months. If you’ve any comments or suggestions, please get in touch, email: glenkenshub@hotmail.com.

Next edition of the Glenkens Gazette - October / November

(submissions to Sarah by Saturday 5th September: glenkensgazette@hotmail.co.uk)

Next Glenkens Hub newsletter - November