BLP Helps Transform Stranraer!
Stranraer DevelopmentTrust has been 'Stransforming' Stranraer with an art trail including multimedia elements by local artists and youth for creating more positive and inviting spaces in the town. A total of 14 of our young people 14 took part in the Stransform...
Helping Create the Best Habitat for Barnacle Geese!
Our young people in Dumfries braved the rain today and did their part to create the best habitat for Mersehead RSPB...
Better Lives Partnership’s Young People Showcase Their Skills
Better Lives Partnership (BLP) hosted a showcase event for their Digital Development Pilot Programme with...
Have your say on the Young Person’s Guarantee!
The Young Person's Guarantee wants to hear from young people about what it is like to live in Dumfries and Galloway,...
Our Communication Officer Achieves Her Youth Work Qualification!
Our Communications Officer, Calypso Coulton, has completed her Modern Apprenticeship in Youth Work! And she has...
Better Lives Partnership joins ASN Learning Network
Better Lives Partnership is part of a new pilot programme to create wider opportunities for people with additional...
STAGE MAKEUP ARTIST IN THE MAKING
One of our young people has been working on a Panto! “Oh no they haven’t!” Oh yes, they have! A few weeks ago,...
Getting Our Garden Ready for Spring
Our Dumfries young people have been getting their garden at the Crichton ready for Spring. One of the options...
Into Employment- Online Employability Training
We are now offering a 6-week Employability course for people aged 25 and over in Wigtownshire! Supported by Dumfries...
Meet the Latest Additions to #TeamStranraer
We have new finned friends in the workroom in Stranraer! Last week we welcomed Jennie and Debbie, two goldfish, to be...
#TeamStranraer are VIPs!
This week #TeamStranraer’s time with Youth Work D&G working through their VIP Me project came to an end. We went...
Honouring Sign Language Week in Stranraer
This week #Team Stranraer have spent a morning learning Sign Language to mark Sign Language Week! Sign Language week...
#TeamStranraer Hits Glasgow
On Monday the 14th of February some of the young people and staff from Better Lives Stranraer hopped on a coach down...
Reece Gets New Equipment for his Kickstart!
The Holywood Trust has given our Kickstart, Reece McCall, a grant for new equipment for his role as Social Media...
A Wonderful Weekend Away
Last week some of our young people from our Castle Douglas and Dumfries projects had an overnight trip to Glasgow! The...
Come Decoupage With US!
We have a FREE Decoupage workshop at the CatStrand, New Galloway! As part of our Bridge 2 Creative project, where we...
BLP Team Comes Together!
This week we brought all our team together from all our sites across Dumfries and Galloway for a day of workshops!...
BLP Stranraer is getting a Kickstart!
Reece McCall has just joined the Better Lives Partnership Team in Stranraer through the Government’s Kickstart Scheme...
Abi Mordin Joins Us For Environment!
Our Castle Douglas group has been delighted to have Abi Mordin join us for their accredited environment-course! Since...
Trip to Rosefield Mills!
Our young people in Dumfries have been learning about Rosefield Mills, and today we got to take a trip there...
We Are Delivering a New Course with D&G College
We are excited to announce that BLP will be jointly delivering a new Employability Pathway course with D&G College...
Better Lives Wins the Holywood Award
Better Lives Partnership have won The Holywood Trust’s Peer Award, as voted for by organisations supported by the...
Stranraer Can Do!
In Stranraer, our young people have been taking part in Leonard Cheshire’s Can-Do Project and were awarded...
We have secured funding for a Project Co-Ordinator!
The Board of Trustees of Better Lives Partnership is recruiting a Project Co-Ordinator (Based in Castle Douglas)...
BLP Path Rocks!
We have created our own Better Lives path of kindness in Castle Douglas! During Bridge 2 Creative sessions in Castle...
Our Young People Support Castle Douglas’ New Inclusive Playpark
The young people at Better Lives Partnership have been doing their part to support fundraising for Castle Douglas’ new...