TENANTS’ FORUM MEETINGS: Our next Tenants’ Forum will take place on Wednesday 25 May at 11am on Teams. The meeting will be hosted by Sarah-Jane Burns, Business Community Development Manager at The Crichton Trust. ABOUT THESE MEETINGS: Tenants’ Forums are about making connections and are a great way to get to know fellow tenants. They…
HIGHLIGHTS FROM TENANTS’ FORUM MEETING ON 27 APRIL: Our last Tenants’ Forum took place on Wednesday 27th April on Teams and was hosted by Sarah-Jane Burns, Business Community Development Manager at The Crichton Trust. Thanks to those who joined us and for for those who couldn’t make it this month, you can find the highlights…
TENANTS’ FORUM MEETINGS: Our next Tenants’ Forum will take place on Wednesday 27th April at 11am on Teams. The meeting will be hosted by Sarah-Jane Burns, Business Community Development Manager at The Crichton Trust. ABOUT THESE MEETINGS: Tenants’ Forums are about making connections and are a great way to get to know fellow tenants. They…
SPRING CRICHTON BRIEFING VIDEO BLOG: The latest video blog published on the 13 April 2022 can be seen below. The Spring Crichton Briefing was postponed in March, so Gwilym Gibbons, Chief Executive of The Crichton Trust will bring you up to date with the latest news from The Crichton in his Spring video blog (see…
PLANT A SUNFLOWER In solidarity with Ukraine, we are creating a sunflower field at The Crichton and we would love you all to get involved. Over Easter, we would like to encourage you to plant some sunflower seeds in a small pot at home and to look out for details of our community planting days…
Our next Tenants’ Forum will take place on Wednesday 30th March at 11am on Teams. YOUR HOST: The meeting will be hosted by Sarah-Jane Burns, Business Community Development Manager at The Crichton Trust. ABOUT THESE MEETINGS: Tenants’ Forums are about making connections and are a great way to get to know fellow tenants as. They…
NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED TO THE CRICHTON TRUST BOARD Following a rigorous recruitment campaign at the end of 2021, The Crichton Trust is delighted to announce the recent appointment of four new trustees. Dr David Hall, Sheena Horner, Danielle Marlow and Tricia Hunter were officially inducted to The Crichton Trust as trustees at the end of…
Our next Tenants’ Forum will take place on Wednesday 23rd February at 11am on Teams. YOUR HOST: The meeting will be hosted by Sarah-Jane Burns, Business Community Development Manager at The Crichton Trust. TELL US MORE: As well as helping us shape the future of these meetings, we would like to hear from you, our…
Dumfries’ Doonhame Festival is full steam ahead for Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd July this year at The Crichton, with fresh headliners The Waterboys and Alabama 3 joining the strong lineup that fell foul to Covid regulations at the final hurdle last year. The boutique festival has confirmed acts including The Feeling, Bad Manners, Toploader,…
Following a recruitment campaign at the end of 2021, The Crichton Trust is delighted to announce the recent appointment of four new trustees. Below: The Chair of the Board; Dr Ian Macmillan (left) and Chief Executive of The Crichton Trust; Gwilym Gibbons (back right) welcomed (from left to right); Sheena Horner, Danielle Marlow, Tricia Hunter…
** SHARE YOUR VIEWS ** DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY’S ACTIVE TRAVEL STRATEGY 2022 – 2027 “Making an active region, together!” Dumfries & Galloway’s Active Travel Strategy is being refreshed for 2022-2027 and the partners would like your input. Share your views: // Complete an online questionnaire // Complete a paper questionnaire //…
We’re making some changes to our venues at The Crichton, which will result in some temporary changes to services and opening times from 31 January 2022 as outlined below. EASTERBROOK BISTRO: From 31st January – Spring 2022: We are making some changes at Easterbrook Bistro, so the kitchen and restaurant is temporarily closed. We apologise…
Our first Tenants’ Forum of the year will take place on Wednesday 26th January at 11am on Teams. YOUR HOST: The meeting will be hosted by Gwilym Gibbons, Chief Executive of The Crichton Trust. TRUST UPDATE: As part of the meeting Gwilym will provide a brief update about the latest news from The Crichton Trust including…
Issue 6 of The Crichton Magazine is now available to view online! Enjoy our quick preview video below and when you’ve got time and a cuppa, you can browse through our Autumn/Winter issue at your leisure by clicking here. Thank you to everyone who contributed to and supported this issue. More information about our tenants…
UP THE MIDDLE ROAD: CRICHTON STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY TO FEATURE IN SCOTLAND’S YEAR OF STORIES 2022 When it comes to stories, The Crichton has quite a tale to tell and thanks to a successful application to the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund, The Crichton Trust has recently been approved as…
Our festive opening hours will run throughout December 2021 and into January 2022. To help you plan ahead, here is a summary of the opening hours in our hospitality venues at The Crichton. Please note the pandemic may result in changes to these hours, but keep an eye on our social channels and blog for…
The Crichton Gift Voucher is now available to buy from Crichton Central, Easterbrook Bistro and Easterbrook Hall. Available in denominations of £5, £10 and £20. If you would like to treat your friends and family, the gift vouchers can be purchased and redeemed in any of our venues. Alternatively, you can arrange a postal delivery…
We aim to keep tenants, partners, colleagues, customers and stakeholders up to date with regular updates on The Crichton Blog and via our newsletter, magazine, What’s On Guide and social media channels. We invite all tenants to keep their entry up to date in The Crichton Directory – please submit your details or any updates…
Indigenous artwork Totem Latamat, carved by Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio, completed the 9,000km trip from Mexico to the UK for COP26 and is now resting at The Crichton in Dumfries. Stopping at iconic locations across England and Scotland before arriving at the Indigenous Elders’ camp in Glasgow, Totem Latamat has now been ceremonially returned to…
Quarterly Crichton Briefing: The next Crichton Briefing is due to take place on 7th December at 4pm on Teams. This meeting will be the last Briefing of the year and will be hosted by Gwilym Gibbons, Chief Executive of The Crichton Trust to provide an update to The Crichton Community. Tenants, colleagues, partners, supplier and…