Abby Gray

Newton Stewart Initiative have been selected as a finalist in the Voluntary Group/Charity of the Year category in the 2024 Dumfries & Galloway Life Awards. The panel of independent judges chose their shortlists from over 400 nominations received from Dumfries & Galloway Life readers across 20 categories, in the sectors of Community, Food & Drink, Culture & Sports, […]

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Organisations supporting children, teenagers and young adults across Scotland are today (28th August 2024) receiving a share of £1,792,828. Young Start funding, delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund, awards money from dormant bank accounts to projects that help young people reach their full potential. You can find out more here  NSI have received two year

In May 2024 Newton Stewart Initiative, Machars Public Health Improvement Home Team (Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care). and Noone Dies Alone got together to launch our first Here to Help Fayre at Vibe 75 in Newton Stewart. It was attended by 15 stallholders who all provide a service to support residents health and

Newton Stewart Initiative has been awarded funding of £2,328.00 to go towards the costs of printing and designing an events flyer for Newton Stewart and Minnigaff. The intention is for this flyer to go to every household with a DG8 postcode. Funded by Kilgallioch Community Fund and administered by Foundation Scotland, we are extremely grateful

Newton Stewart Initiative applied and received funding from the Scottish Land Fund, Architectural Heritage Fund and Rural Housing Fund to do feasability studies and surveys on the Grapes Hotel, Newton Stewart. In May 2024 Community Enterprise conducted a feasability study on the Grapes Hotel, Newton Stewart. They ran public consultations, online surveys and drop ins.

Thank you to everyone who has been involved in the Local Place Plan. Thank you to Cree Valley Community Council and the Cree Valley Area Development Trust for being involved in the steering group which took us from surveys to completion of the plan. The plan has now been submitted to D&G Council and we

SME News Magazine has revealed the winners of this year’s UK Enterprise Awards and NSI are excited to announce that we have received an award for Most Empowering Town Regeneration Initiative 2024. In its eighth year, SME News’ mighty UK Enterprise Awards programme has landed again to remind us of the outstanding excellence sweeping across

On Saturday 20 July 2024 five local groups came together to deliver an amazing day of cycling within the grounds of the Douglas Ewart High School in Newton Stewart.  Sustrans, Wigtownshire Stuff, Galloway Hillbillies Bike Club, Kirkcowan Cycles and Newton Stewart Initiative all recognise the physical, social, and economic benefits that can be delivered to

Youth Work Newsletter  Newton Stewart Initiative continues its partnership with D&G Youthworks to develop Youth Work in the area. We have had a number of successful funding applications recently which has secured the future of youth work for the next two years. The Holywood Trust has granted us £50,000 over a two year period to