by admin | Jun 9, 2015 | News
Dumfries and Galloway Sands Family Picnic and Balloon Release June is Sands Awareness Month. Join us at Dock Park on Sunday 14th June at 1pm. Bring along a picnic and enjoy some time in the park before our balloon release at 2pm. There will also be face painting and...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015 | News
Antenatal Clinic Counselling Room Refurbishment After the success of the Rainbow Room we were approached by Nicola Harper, Midwife and Outpatient Services Manager who asked if we would consider funding and carrying out the refurbishment of the Counselling Room in the...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015 | fundraising-and-donations, News
Cumberland Society of Chartered Accountants Raise £650 For DG Sands A big thank you goes to Lisa Murchie, Chair of the Cumberland Society of Chartered Accountants, for choosing our charity to benefit from the raffle at their recent annual dinner. The event at the...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015 | News
Dumfries and Galloway Sands AGM Wednesday 18th March 2015 7.30pm 107 Irish Street Dumfries Welcome Alison welcomed everyone. Ali and Kenny, Grant, Susan, David, Alison and Dee Apologies Valerie Wilson, Shona Dalton, Lisa Seaton Minutes of last meeting – David agreed...
by admin | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
An Amazing Year Of Charity Events Organised By Grant & Lisa Seaton And Their Friends Raises £5,512 We were the lucky recipients of a cheque for £5,512 from Grant and Lisa Seaton, following a year of fundraising by them in memory of their son Oliver who sadly died...
by admin | Feb 4, 2015 | News
Border Life On Monday 19th January 2015 the documentary Border Life featured a piece on Dumfries and Galloway Sands. The crew from Border TV spent a day with Alison, Susan and Dee highlighting what the charity does locally. The programme shows what our group...
by admin | Feb 4, 2015 | News
New Year’s Honour Congratulations to our Chairperson, Alison Hall on being awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year’s Honours for her work with Sands. A huge honour for Alison. We are so proud of her. Alison is the driving force behind the group...
by admin | Jan 27, 2015 | News
WE HAVE MOVED!As of the 26th January 2015 our new address is:-107 Irish StreetDumfriesDG1 2NPPlease note that the SANDS team are available by prior appointment and the office is not staffed routinely. We can be contacted through the website or on our helpline no....
by admin | Jan 13, 2015 | News
D&G Sands Christmas ServiceWe held our annual service this year at the Crichton church on the 18th December. We held two services again, the first one being for families with small children and the second one for all families. We were very fortunate to have...
by admin | Nov 4, 2014 | News
Dumfries and Galloway Sands Christmas Service Our Christmas Service will be on Thursday 18th December in the beautiful Crichton Royal Church, Dumfries.Once again, there will be two services. The first will be a family service starting at 6.15pm – 6.45pm....
