🌳National Tree Week at The Crichton! It turns out that yes, there is such a thing as National Tree Week and we are celebrating it this week here at The Crichton. As part of our 100 year landscape plan, we are looking to plant more trees across our site and increase our biodiversity. Work is…
For the past two months, we’ve been lucky enough to welcome Maddy Rosenberg to The Crichton as an Artist in Residence as part of the Sandstone Steps project in collaboration with Hugh Bryden and Roncadora Press. Sandstone Steps is an ambitious collaborative project that explores and celebrates the historical cultural flux that crossed and re-crossed…
The Crichton Campus Leadership Group has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a new Statement of Ambition, outlining its four key priorities which aim to ensure Scotland’s most multi-institution academic campus is a global destination. The new statement of ambition in available to view here. The Crichton in Dumfries is home to five educational institutions which…
The UCI Cycling World Championships came to Dumfries earlier this month, putting the town on a global platform. Coverage of the para-cycling races was streamed around the world by numerous TV channels and websites, but none of it would have been possible without The Crichton Memorial Church. Originally built in 1897, The Crichton Memorial Church…
The Crichton Trust is an innovative social enterprise based in the South of Scotland. We are looking to recruit up to a number of new Trustees to join us in leading #TheCrichton through our next exciting phase. We are here to protect, preserve, manage and develop buildings, lands and sites of architectural, scenic or historic…
View image A year after the first theatrical was performed by patients in the hospital boardroom emerged another creative venture from within the walls of the Crichton Royal: The New Moon. The inaugural issue of Crichton’s very own in-house magazine The New Moon or Crichton Royal Literary Register was published in December 1844, being the…
We’re excited to be the location for two days of para-cycling road races as the UCI Cycling World Championships come to Dumfries! While the time trials are taking place in the town on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th of August, The Crichton will be home to the road races and medal events on Thursday 11th…
View image Whilst poring over the rich variety of cultural ephemera collaged across the pages of Dr Charles Easterbrook’s scrapbook, I stumbled across this beautifully-printed copy of a programme advertising a performance of James Kenney’s humorous farce, Raising the Wind, that took place in January 1843. At first glance, the programme itself did not strike…
We are looking for local choirs to join us on a collaborative project to create a virtual reality choir experience for those who might not have access to in person group singing. The Crichton Trust are working with CareReality, Alzheimer Scotland, and the University of York in collaboration on the ‘Virtual Choirs in Care Homes:…
The UCI Paracycling World Road Championships are coming to Dumfries next month and the town will be hosting a number of exciting races between the 9th and the 12th of August. The Crichton will be the location of the Paracycling Road Race, which means there will be significant access restrictions on site. Anyone is welcome…
Pictured (from L – R): Head Gardener Gary McCormick, COO Rachel Cowper and Maintenance Team Member Steven Carson at The Crichton’s wildflower meadow. The Crichton Trust are pleased to announce that the Estate has successfully achieved the Green Flag Award standard for another year, and is recognised as one of the very best outdoor areas…
We, The Crichton Trust, want to thank our Elected Members for carefully discussing the Ladyfield housing site today (8th June 2023) at Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Economy and Resources Committee and noting receipt of the Ladyfield Masterplan, which was not presented to Members for approval at the meeting. We welcome the decision today to…
Following months of collaboration and engagement to create a masterplan for the Ladyfield estate in Dumfries, The Crichton Trust and Collective Architecture, are this month being recognised through various channels for their collective efforts in creating, what has been described as, an exemplar masterplan and a collaborative and engaging design development process, exemplifying the newly…
The Crichton Networking Forums (formerly Tenants’ Forum) are face-to-face breakfast meetings at Crichton Central and take place on the first Thursday of each month. These meetings are for business, third sector and academic partners and tenants at The Crichton. All welcome. Our next Networking Forum will take place on Thursday 1st June at 8.30am-9.30am and…
100 days to go… Cycling enthusiasts and the tourism sector in the South of Scotland are hugely excited about the UCI Cycling World Championships taking place in Scotland this August and delighted to be hosting the Para Cycling events in the South of Scotland. As well as the thrill of the racing itself, the event…
The Crichton Networking Forums (formerly Tenants’ Forum) are face-to-face breakfast meetings at Crichton Central and take place on the first Thursday of each month. These meetings are for business, third sector and academic partners and tenants at The Crichton. All welcome. Our next Networking Forum will take place on Thursday 4th May at 8.30am-9.30am and…
Members of The Crichton Trust Board and the CEO met with the Chair and Secretary of the Veterans Garden Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway Council Armed Forces Champion and the Convenor of the Council along with The President of RBLS Dumfries and Maxwelltown Branch on 27th March 2023 to see if a resolution could be agreed…
The Crichton Networking Forums (formerly Tenants’ Forum) are face-to-face breakfast meetings at Crichton Central and take place on the first Thursday of each month. These meetings are for business, third sector and academic partners and tenants at The Crichton. All welcome. Our next Networking Forum will take place on Thursday 6th April at 8.30am-9.30am and…
We have become aware of posts, and a petition, on social media claiming to be circulated on behalf of The Veterans Garden, Dumfries and implying that The Crichton Trust is evicting The Veterans Garden from their home at The Crichton. These claims, posts and the petition came as a surprise to both organisations, and we, therefore, want to…
Following a comprehensive master planning process, led by The Crichton Trust, for the Ladyfield housing site in Dumfries, The Ladyfield Masterplan and associated technical studies has recently been submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council. The masterplan was co-produced by The Crichton Trust in partnership with Collective Architecture, with the ongoing involvement of the local community…