Helpers wanted for Community Fun Day

Helpers Wanted Please

 This is a plea from the heart.

Please come along on Saturday 21st August to The King George V playing field at Duncow and support this community event. 12.00 - 16.00

Plenty of parking available and a free mini bus shuttle to and from Kirkton and Dalswinton all day. Other areas of Kirkmahoe on request.

Plenty of activities for everyone in the family - even if you just want a cuppa and a catch up with old pals.

Community events can only succeed if the Community supports them. The committee has put in loads of work to get funding, book entertainment and catering, organise stalls etc.

Many thanks to all who have volunteered so far but we really need more people to help. Everything from helping to put up gazebos, move furniture, decorate field, help with games, give out vouchers for food etc etc.

Please reply to this email if you would be willing to help - even for just a short period of time on the day.

Thanks in advance.

Hope to see you all there - now all I need to do is book the weather.

Irene

Fireworks

 

Good morning,

 

We have been asked to share the information below with you regarding the ongoing consultation by the Scottish Government on the launch of the fireworks consultation and planned series of events to allow Community Councils to provide feedback on the proposed changes to how fireworks can be accessed and used in Scotland and to provide you with an update on the implementation of the measures that came into force on 30 June 2021.

 

Kind regards,

 

Hazel

 

Following the Minister for Community Safety’s response to the Firework Review Group recommendations in December 2020, where she set out her intention to explore how the recommendations could be implemented in practice, a programme of legislative change is being progressed. 

 

Please find below information on how to respond to a public consultation seeking views on proposed changes to how fireworks can be accessed and used in Scotland, as well as an update on implementation of measures that came into force on 30 June 2021.

 

Fireworks Consultation Launch - A public consultation seeking views from the public and stakeholders on the introduction of four specific requirements in relation to the sale and use of fireworks in Scotland, as well as a new offence in relation to carrying a pyrotechnic device in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority. 

 

Specifically, the consultation seeking views on:

 

• Requiring the general public and community groups to meet a number of mandatory conditions before they are able to purchase fireworks.
• Restricting the days fireworks can be sold too and set off by the general public. 
• Introducing no-fireworks areas where it is not permitted for the general public to set fireworks off.
• Introducing a proxy purchasing offence to criminalise the supply of fireworks to people under the age of 18.

 

The consultation also considers the use of pyrotechnic devices and specifically whether it should be an offence to carry a pyrotechnic device in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority, and whether police powers should be extended to allow a stop and search provision for anyone reasonably suspected of committing the offence.

 

The consultation can be found on the following link: https://consult.gov.scot/justice/use-and-sale-of-fireworks-in-scotland.  We would be very grateful if you could circulate this to anyone that may have an interest and would like to respond.

 

The consultation will run for 8 weeks and will close on Sunday 15 August 2021.

 

We will be running a series of online engagement events while the consultation is live – these are available now to sign up at the bottom the linked paged, and further events will be added over the course of the next few weeks.

 

The Fireworks (Scotland) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2021

 

In February 2021, the Minister for Community Safety laid The Fireworks (Scotland) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2021 in the Scottish Parliament.  The regulations include three new measures in relation to the way the general public can use and access fireworks and come into force on 30 June. The regulations:

 

• Restrict the times of day fireworks can be used by the general public to between 6pm and 11pm (subject to exempt dates),
• Restrict the times of day fireworks can be supplied to the general public to during the daytime hours of 7am and 6pm, alongside existing requirements on retailers around sale and storage licences;
• Limit the quantity of fireworks that can be supplied to the general public to 5kg.

 

The regulations include a number of exemptions for organisers of public organised firework displays, including community groups arranging a public firework display in their local area.  Easy to read guidance on the impact the measures have how the fireworks can be supplied to and used by the general public is available below.

 

The Fireworks (Scotland) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2021: information for retailers - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

 

The Fireworks (Scotland) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2021: information on the use of fireworks - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

 

If you would like any further information or have any questions, please get in touch with fireworks@gov.scot. 

 

 

Hazel Kerr

Community and Democratic Services Officer

Communities Directorate

Municipal Chambers, Buccleuch Street,

Dumfries DG1 2AD

Internal:      ext 60497

External:     030 33 33 3000 ext 60497

Mobile: 07917 078 862

Drop Point: 300 

Email:         Hazel.Kerr@dumgal.gov.uk

Twitter:       @DGCEmpowerment

 

Covid Vaccination Drop in info

 Drop in for your COVID Vaccination

To encourage as many people as possible to have access to vaccination, NHS Dumfries and Galloway is changing the criteria for our drop-in clinics.

Drop in clinics, during the week beginning Sunday 4th July will be open to anyone over the age of 18 who has not yet received a first dose of vaccination and for anyone who has waited more than 8 weeks for their second dose.

If you attend a drop-in, please be prepared that you may have to wait and prepare for the weather (rain or shine). If you are unable to wait in a queue, there are still appointments available online for both first and second doses.

Thursday 8th July

Mountain Hall Treatment Centre, Bankend Rd, Dumfries DG1 4AP

9.00 - 16.00

Visit the COVID-19 Information Centre for vaccine resources.

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