If you have any empty medication blister packs, batteries or used stamps, RSDG are collecting these to send off for recycling. By doing this we are saving these items from going to landfill and helping to reduce our carbon footprint. If you have any that you would...

On the 6th May John Dougan, RSDG’s CEO was joined by the charity’s Chairman, Morag Chisholm and Child Contact Centre Manager, Amanda Hannah at DGRI, as it was RSDG’s turn to staff the Carer Aware Stand. To see an introductory video to the service provided by the...

The Carers Hub at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary is a space and resource for Carers of someone in hospital in Dumfries and Galloway. It is staffed throughout the week by a Carers Facilitator and local organisations

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  We at RSDG share in the deep sadness of the nation, at the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our work makes us very aware that our late Queen navigated her way through her family challenges with characteristic dignity and dedication. We are...

I wish I knew, from the start, that self-esteem is a home grown virtue. And that you should never plant those precious seeds, in someone else’s garden. I wish I knew, at every step, that all those seeds really require, in order to bloom, is approval, from yourself....

I missed you today but that’s nothing new, I missed you a million times yesterday too. I picked up my phone to tell you the news, then realised, again, I can’t text it to you. I saw your bright smile, at least twenty times, and then I remember, it’s all in my mind. I...

I saw it all, the day after I left. I saw my family, my friends, bereft. I saw their pain, confusion, their shock. I realised my demons had run amok. Of course I mattered, of course I was loved, of course I was not better off above. Because being above, means seeing...

Relationships Scotland Dumfries and Galloway are part of a new Carers Hub that is opening at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary during Carers Week 2022

Family Mediation provided by Relationships Scotland is typically between two parents who live apart and want to discuss the care arrangements for their child or children.  The context is separation, divorce or family re-structuring or perhaps the parents were not together as a couple when the child was born.

Sometimes it can be helpful for other family members to be involved in the mediation process.  This might be grandparents, new partners or step parents who are also involved in the care of the child, or it might be that an older child or young person wants to discuss the issues they have with the adult in mediation themselves.