www.dghp.org.uk FREEPHONE 0800 011 3447 LO-CALL 0845 606 3447 FREEPHONE 0800 011 3447 LO-CALL 0845 606 3447 DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER ANNANDALE & ESKDALE DMC NEWSLETTER ANNANDALE & ESKDALE SEPTEMBER 2011 WHO'S WHO ON YOUR DMC When Annandale and Eskdale DMC member Sam Dalgleish retired, he expected years of pottering around in his garden and catching up on his reading. Instead, he joined the steering group which helped form DGHP in 2003. His work with the DMC keeps him busy: “I have been involved since the beginning. “I am really proud of the progress DGHP has made in the time I’ve been on the DMC. Being involved with something you can be proud of really makes a difference and I really enjoy my work with the organisation too.” Sam was born in Lanarkshire but spent his early years in Wamphray. He returned to Lanarkshire to continue his family traditions of supporting Motherwell Football Club and working in the coal mines. “I left school on the Friday and on the Monday I started in the coal mines, where I worked for 15 years.” Sam then returned to the region to work with the Forestry Commission, where he stayed for 30 years. He says: “I loved that job. I just loved being outside working. It’s like a whole different world from being in the coal mines. I really enjoyed the feeling of being outdoors. “It was a different work environment. You came across so many weird and wonderful bits of weather and it was just great.” Sam has been married to his wife Elizabeth for 50 years and they have two sons. The couple celebrate their golden wedding anniversary this year. Sam enjoys gardening in his spare time and is particularly pleased with his flowers this year: “I like looking after my garden and just pottering away out the back.” He spends any other spare time he has with his three grandchildren. He admits the state of local council houses was one of the main reasons he first got involved with the steering group, and later with DGHP. “The houses were in an awful condition. DGHP, or what would become DGHP, promised that they would do all the houses up and make them better places to live. “I got involved because I was interested in making sure these houses were improved. The DMC was an opportunity for me to keep this going.” He says meeting people and making new friends with members from the other DMCs is a bonus to being involved with the committee. “The DMCs do a lot and we’re doing really well just now. I’d like to encourage more young people to get involved with DGHP. As soon as you become involved, you really find out all about what they do. Then you really do become part of DGHP.” ANNANDALE & ESKDALE DMC AWARDS COMMUNITY PRIDE FUNDING In the Annandale & Eskdale area, the following groups and organisations have received Community Pride Funding: Gretna TARA – This community involvement project has received £1,385 to assist with two of their projects. The first is at the Empire Court Allotments, where some of the money will be used to purchase tools, seeds and a tools store. The second project will use the funding to pave a part of Loanwath Road. Royal Burgh of Annan Juvenile Pipe Band – The band has been awarded £5,000 to go towards paying for tuition, uniforms and equipment. It is hoped that the funding will increase the number of local youngsters having the opportunities to learn a traditional Scottish instrument irrespective of financial demands. Upper Annandale Youth Support Group – The group has been given £1,600 to install a new energy efficient gas boiler in the drop in centre based in Moffat. The £1,600 Community Pride funding will contribute to the total cost of the installation. Lockerbie RBLS Pipe Band – The band has received £1,000 of funding to upgrade and renew uniforms and instruments especially with regard to junior members. Hoddom and Ecclefechan Community Council – The community council has been awarded £4,515 of funding to purchase the area of land known as The Haggs at the north of Ecclefechan to install some swings as part of the Haggs Improvement Project. The Annandale & Eskdale DMC are in the final stages of distributing their Community Pride funding. The money has been awarded to a number of worthy local causes including local bands, who have received £6,000 between them. The rest of the fund has been split between 3 community groups across the area to fund improvements for local people. Langholm Playcare, one of last year’s groups who received Community Pride Fund money from Annandale and Eskdale Community Pride Fund
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Who's Who on your DMc
When annandale and eskdale DMc member Sam Dalgleish retired, he expected years of pottering around in his garden and catching up on his reading. Instead, he joined the steering group which helped form DGhp in 2003.
his work with the DMc keeps him busy: “I have been involved since the beginning.“I am really proud of the progress DGhp
has made in the time I’ve been on the DMc. Being involved with something you can be proud of really makes a difference and I really enjoy my work with the organisation too.”Sam was born in Lanarkshire but spent his early years in Wamphray. he returned to Lanarkshire to continue his family traditions of supporting Motherwell football club and working in the coal mines.
“I left school on the friday and on the Monday I started in the coal mines, where I worked for 15 years.”
Sam then returned to the region to work with the forestry commission, where he stayed for 30 years. he says: “I loved that job. I just loved being outside working. It’s like a whole different world from being in the coal mines. I really enjoyed the feeling of being outdoors.“It was a different work environment. You came across so many weird and wonderful bits of weather and it was just great.”
Sam has been married to his wife elizabeth for 50 years and they have two sons. The couple celebrate their golden wedding anniversary this year.
Sam enjoys gardening in his spare time and is particularly pleased with his flowers this year: “I like looking after my garden and just
pottering away out the back.”
he spends any other spare time he has with his three grandchildren.
he admits the state of local council houses was one of the main reasons he first got involved with the steering group, and later with DGhp. “The houses were in an awful condition. DGhp, or what would become DGhp, promised that they would do all the houses up and make them better places to live.
“I got involved because I was interested in making sure these houses were improved. The DMc was an opportunity for me to keep this going.”
he says meeting people and making new friends with members from the other DMcs is a bonus to being involved with the committee.
“The DMcs do a lot and we’re doing really well just now. I’d like to encourage more young people to get involved with DGhp. as soon as you become involved, you really find out all about what they do. Then you really do become part of DGhp.”
annanDaLe & eskDaLe DMc aWarDs coMMunity PriDe FunDingIn the annandale & eskdale area, the following groups and organisations have received community pride funding:
Gretna Tara – This community involvement project has received £1,385 to assist with two of their projects. The first is at the empire court allotments, where some of the money will be used to purchase tools, seeds and a tools store. The second project will use the funding to pave a part of Loanwath road.
royal Burgh of annan Juvenile pipe Band – The band has been awarded £5,000 to go towards paying for tuition, uniforms and equipment. It is hoped that the funding will increase the number of local youngsters having the opportunities to learn a traditional
Scottish instrument irrespective of financial demands.Upper annandale Youth Support Group – The group has been given £1,600 to install a new energy efficient gas boiler in the drop in centre based in Moffat. The £1,600 community pride funding will contribute to the total cost of the installation.
Lockerbie rBLS pipe Band – The band has received £1,000 of funding to upgrade and renew uniforms and instruments especially with regard to junior members.
hoddom and ecclefechan community council – The community council has been awarded £4,515 of funding to purchase the area of land known as The haggs at the north of ecclefechan to install some swings as part of the haggs Improvement project.
The annandale & eskdale DMc are in the final stages of distributing their community pride
funding. The money has been awarded to a number of worthy local causes including local bands, who have received £6,000 between them. The rest of the fund has been split between 3 community groups across the area to fund improvements for local people.
Langholm Playcare, one of last year’s groups who received Community Pride Fund money from
Annandale and Eskdale Community Pride Fund
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all four DMc’s met on May 18 in the easterbrook hall in Dumfries.The committees took part in consultations and discussions on the DGhp repairs service, the tenancy agreement review, estate-management review, housing support policy review and the complaints policy review.
Members found this day to be a very informative and productive day.
If you enjoy taking part in groups and activities and making decisions which can shape the future, then we have just the opportunity for you.
If you are a tenant of Dumfries and Galloway housing partnership and would like to know more about the organisation and where it is going in the future, then you could be just what we are looking for.
We are currently looking for new members to join our District Management committees.With ever expanding opportunities across the organisation and the real chance to make a difference within DGhp, there has never been a better time to become a member.
Letters will be going out to all tenant members in September 2011 inviting you to apply for a place on your local committee.If more applications are received than there are places, elections will be carried out independently by the electoral reform Services in october 2011.
Successful candidates will be informed by the end of october and will attend their first meeting in December.
The District Management committees are sub committees of DGhp’s Board of Management, which is made up of 11 tenant members and 3 Independent members.
The committees meet every 2 months to discuss business and they usually last around two hours. full training for members will be provided and help with traveling and child care will be given if required.
DGhp’s DMc members will also be on hand this year at our annual Tenant conference on Thursday September 29th to speak to anyone looking to find out more.
If you are interested in becoming a DMc member and would like further information please contact Margaret Mckeand, District Management committee co-ordinator through the customer Service centre on 0800 011 3447.
Annandale and Eskdale DMC members looking round properties at Summerville Crescent in Dumfries
WouLD you Like to Be a DMc MeMBer? annanDaLe & eskDaLe DMc out on tour
This summer the annandale and eskdale DMc visited DGhp’s new eco flats at Municipal Terrace in Dumfries where they were given a guided tour and presentation by helen Mackay, DGhp, property officer-factoring and Danny Queen, DGhp, Mechanical and electrical engineer.They then went on to view the new development at charnwood in Dumfries and then visited Summerville crescent and Lochside extension site where they were able to view one of the empty properties.
Irene callander, DGhp’s Development officer, was on hand to tell members all about the properties during their tour.annandale and eskdale DMc chair, Lynda Spence, said: “contact 01576 203533.
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