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Feb
27
Thu
Dumfries Lunch Social Meet up @ Dumfries Baptist Church
Feb 27 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Join us for a social lunch meet up.
Have a chat, share experiences, make friends…
Thanks to the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, we’re able to offer lunch for free. Drinks/cakes will be also be available but will have to be paid for by the attendee.
A maximum of 2 places can be booked by one person.
Please be sure to cancel if you are unable to attend on the day. You can cancel on Eventbrite or by emailing: christine@dgmefm.org.uk

Mar
3
Mon
Fascinator Workshops (x2) in Newton Stewart @ Newton Stewart Initiative Centre
Mar 3 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Emma Mitchell will lead 2 x 2 hour workshops, teaching you how to create your very own fascinator. All resources will be provided each day.

As our members are likely to tire, we have set up 2 sessions, a week apart, rather than one 4 hour one.

Workshop 1 – Monday 3rd March @ 1.30pm – 3.30pm

Workshop 2 – Monday 10th March @ 1.30pm – 3.30pm

It is important that you can attend on both days to complete your fascinator. Please make sure you are able to attend BOTH workshops before booking.

Feel free to bring refreshments if you wish.

Book your place here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fascinator-workshops-newton-stewart-tickets-1217831900999?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please be sure to cancel as soon as possible if you are no longer able to attend so that someone else can take your place. You can cancel by emailing: christine@dgmefm.org.uk

There is a similar event taking place in Dumfries. Please make sure you book the correct event.

Mar
6
Thu
Monthly meet up @ Zoom
Mar 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a social meet up online.  Have a chat with other members – bring your own cuppa and snacks if you wish.

 

Hope to see lots of you there!

 

Zoom Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82063674933?pwd=VjJ3RjVDY3VnUGpkSGVUQWQzR1RGZz09

Meeting ID: 820 6367 4933
Passcode: 2025

Mar
10
Mon
Fascinator Workshops (x2) in Newton Stewart @ Newton Stewart Initiative Centre
Mar 10 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Emma Mitchell will lead 2 x 2 hour workshops, teaching you how to create your very own fascinator. All resources will be provided each day.

As our members are likely to tire, we have set up 2 sessions, a week apart, rather than one 4 hour one.

Workshop 1 – Monday 3rd March @ 1.30pm – 3.30pm

Workshop 2 – Monday 10th March @ 1.30pm – 3.30pm

It is important that you can attend on both days to complete your fascinator. Please make sure you are able to attend BOTH workshops before booking.

Feel free to bring refreshments if you wish.

Book your place here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fascinator-workshops-newton-stewart-tickets-1217831900999?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please be sure to cancel as soon as possible if you are no longer able to attend so that someone else can take your place. You can cancel by emailing: christine@dgmefm.org.uk

There is a similar event taking place in Dumfries. Please make sure you book the correct event.

Mar
20
Thu
Stranraer lunch meet up @ Stranraer Library (upstairs room)
Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join us for a social meet up.

Have a chat, share experiences, make friends…

Please note – this event is not funded.  Tea and coffee will be provided but please bring your own lunch.

At this meet up, local Massage therapist, Tigger MacGregor, will be joining us and offering short, gentle, clothed Chair Massage treatments after lunch (no charge). The treatments have been designed to soothe the nervous system and you remain in control of the treatment throughout. Tigger will be available to answer questions during lunch and there will be space to ask any more individual questions during the 1:1 treatment consultations which form part of the Massage.
Please note that we can’t ensure that there will be time to treat everyone who wants it so please state your interest when you arrive.

Please be sure to cancel if you are unable to attend on the day. You can cancel on Eventbrite, on the What’s app group or by emailing: christine@dgmefm.org.uk

 

Mar
24
Mon
Watercolour Workshop @ Annan Old Parish Hall
Mar 24 @ 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

Come along and learn how to use watercolour paints to create effective artwork. Tutor Laura Aitchison will teach you how to use your skills to create a greetings card to take away with you.

 

Book this event on Eventbrite using the link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watercolour-workshop-annan-tickets-1232809960779?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

Apr
3
Thu
Monthly meet up @ Zoom
Apr 3 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Join us for a social meet up online.  Have a chat with other members – bring your own cuppa and snacks if you wish.

Our speaker will be Zoe Graham from HEAT & Handyvan projects

Hope to see lots of you there!

 

Zoom Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82063674933?pwd=VjJ3RjVDY3VnUGpkSGVUQWQzR1RGZz09

Meeting ID: 820 6367 4933
Passcode: 2025

Apr
7
Mon
Castle Douglas Meet Up @ Gordon Memorial Hall
Apr 7 @ 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm

DGMEFM Network Lunch and Social at Gordon Memorial Hall, Castle Douglas.

Monday 7th April @ 1.15pm

Contact: paul@dgmefm.org.uk

Tea and coffee (including decaf), cow’s milk, sugar, and sweeteners will be available. You are of course welcome to bring anything else you might need.  As this meet up is not funded, please bring your own lunch.

Directions: Gordon Memorial Hall (St Ninian’s Church hall), 68 St Andrew St, Castle Douglas DG7 1EN.

From the lower end of Queen St at the King’s Arms crossroad, turn into St Andrew Street, signposted to Auchencairn. After about a hundred yards, the Hall is set back through a gateway on the righthand side, after Abbeyfield’s Bothwell House and before the church.

 

Iris folding workshop @ Gordon Memorial Hall
Apr 7 @ 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

DGMEFM Network Lunch and Social at Gordon Memorial Hall, Castle Douglas.

Monday 7th April @ 1.15pm

Contact: paul@dgmefm.org.uk

Learn a paper folding technique to create a beautiful card to take away with you. Paul Thompson will teach you the skills you need and all resources will be provided.
This workshop will take place after the social meet up.  You are most welcome to attend both.
Please be sure to cancel if you find that you will be unable to attend on the day. You can cancel on eventbrite or by emailing: admin@dgmefm.org.uk

Directions: Gordon Memorial Hall (St Ninian’s Church hall), 68 St Andrew St, Castle Douglas DG7 1EN.

From the lower end of Queen St at the King’s Arms crossroad, turn into St Andrew Street, signposted to Auchencairn. After about a hundred yards, the Hall is set back through a gateway on the righthand side, after Abbeyfield’s Bothwell House and before the church.

 

Apr
30
Wed
Creative Writing workshop @ Turning Point
Apr 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

This is the first of what we hope to be a series of creative writing workshops run by member Emma Davies.  This workshop will be Photo Prompt themed where participants will be asked to write either a short piece of prose or a poem inspired by a photo. You need to bring along some paper, a pen and a bit of imagination.

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