At COP29, the UN climate summit taking place from 11th November to 22nd November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the main issue for discussion will be finance to allow poorer countries to not only cope with climate change but also to transition to cleaner energy and cut their carbon emissions.

Audiences in the Stewartry are in for a treat as SongWave Community Choir brings their Winter concert series, Wassail! Songs for the Turning of the Year to the region.

Children from all around the Glenkens joined the Carsphairn based children's group Bairn Banter for a haunting Halloween party in Lagwyne Hall on Saturday 2nd November.

The next Glenkens Story event will be on Saturday 30th November when we will be welcoming back David Bartholomew, a regular contributor to our programme over the years.

The Glenkens Community and Arts Trust is delighted to announce the nomination of the CatStrand for Venue of the Year at the prestigious Scots Trad Music Awards.

A groundbreaking Guide intended to improve the process of engagement with local people and communities in new woodland creation projects in Scotland has been launched.

Application Forms for Grants are now available from the Charity Shop in Dalry. 

There was a good turnout for Carsphairn SWI meeting held on Thursday 17th October in Lagwyne Hall, Carsphairn.

Corsock and Kirkpatrick Durham Community Council have received this year’s Blackcraig Windfarm Micro-grant funding and are now welcoming applications from within the Community Council area. 

The Galloway Glens Scheme is opening a scheme of small maintenance grants to ensure that legacy Galloway Glens-funded projects can continue to deliver great outcomes for the communities they serve.

Visible Fictions present UP at Catstrand as part of Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival 3rd October at 7.30pm. A big story about love, fate and luck told in a profoundly intimate way through Object Theatre. 

September 19th saw members of Carsphairn SWI get together for their first meeting after the summer break. There was lots to catch up on and discuss.

Hyper-local online community news collaborative The Scottish Beacon - of which the Glenkens Gazette is a member - believes in the power of community-driven solutions and aims to amplify these stories to show that a greener, fairer Scotland is possible – and already taking shape.

Carsphairn held their annual community market on Saturday 7th in Lagwyne Hall, as part of the Glenkens Food month, which runs throughout the month of September.

The Dalry Local Place Plan has been drawn up on behalf of Dalry Community Council, and aims to articulate the community's wishes for future development of the settlement and wider area, including the retention and improvement of existing facilities, housing and services, and views on land use. Closing date: 30th September.

Saturday 24th August was The Great Corsock Show, with exhibitors and visitors coming from far and wide to attend a vital feature in the Stewartry’s event calendar.

The Carsphairn children’s group, Bairn Banter have had a very productive and hands on learning experience focusing on producing their own food for free.

The Great Corsock Show is coming! On Saturday, 24th of August, this much-loved Stewartry tradition will allow the great and the good of home baking, crafting, scarecrow fashioning, vegetable growing and homemade drink brewing to cheerily pit their skills against each other.

There is only one apple that is considered ‘native’ to the UK, the Crab Apple (Malus Sylvestris). The Crab Apple’s tendency to hybridise with other, non-native varieties means native, ‘wild’ trees are rare. Previous work has identified that Galloway hosts a major proportion of the UK’s wild Crab Apple Trees.

In August Dumfries & Galloway Climate Hub will put on 2 free workshops called Letter Writing for Political Engagement, facilitated by author and environmental scientist Sandy Winterbottom who represents paperboats.org, a Scotland-based collective of writers focussed on nature and environment in a time of climate and ecological breakdown.