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Applications are open for Christmas Makers Market

Applications are open for Christmas Makers Market

Dumfries Market Festival are excited to be teaming up with Pedddle UK and a whole host of markets from across the country as part of The Creative Collaboration Market, a day dedicated to online shopping from independent brands..Visit pedddle.com o...

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We're Hiring

We're Hiring

The Guild Dumfries C.I.C is looking to recruit 2 part-time members of staff (approx. 26 - 30 hours per week) and 2 Kickstart employees to be part of our team at Flourish at 111 High Street Dumfries within the Midsteeple Quarter. If you think you'd...

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Register Your Interest

Register Your Interest

The Guild Dumfries C.I.C want to provide our community of makers, creatives and producers with a platform so they can flourish and grow. We want to showcase our talented community and raise awareness of the importance of shopping small and local.W...

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Heartfelt Thank You

Heartfelt Thank You

The Guild (Dumfries) CIC, and on behalf of our community of makers and volunteers, would like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported our month-long Festive Pop Up Shop in the former Monsoon store in The Loreburne Shopping Centre fr...

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The Creative Collaboration Market with Pedddle

The Creative Collaboration Market with Pedddle

Dumfries Market Festival are excited to be teaming up with Pedddle UK and a whole host of markets from across the country as part of The Creative Collaboration Market, a day dedicated to online shopping from independent brands..Visit pedddle.com o...

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Crowds Welcome Dumfries Market Festival Launch

Crowds Welcome Dumfries Market Festival Launch

Despite the damp and dreary weather The Guild Dumfries have hailed their inaugural Dumfries Market Festival on Saturday 14th March, as a great success. Larger than expected crowds turned up to show their support for the new monthly town centre com...

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Full to the brim with Christmas Cheer

Full to the brim with Christmas Cheer

The heartwarming generosity, the selfless endeavors and the months of preparations proved that the festive spirit is alive and well in our little market town of Dumfries. The streets were transformed and filled with life and it was a delight to se...

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Christmas Treasure Trail

Christmas Treasure Trail

Why not take part in the Christmas Treasure Trail at the Dumfries Christmas Festival & Lights Switch On organised by The Guild Dumfries on the 1st December. Wander around town collecting the letters for a chance to win some fabulous prizes includi...

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Makers Market Festival Gets The Green Light

Makers Market Festival Gets The Green Light

After almost 2 years of campaigning, The Guild (Dumfries) CIC have finally been given the go-ahead for their longed for monthly street market festival. The Guild Dumfries will launch Dumfries Market Festival, their monthly curated street market fe...

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Book Donations Needed

Book Donations Needed

Here at The Guild Dumfries we need your help! We are looking for children's book donations for our Santa’s Grotto at the Dumfries Christmas Festival & Lights Switch On this year.

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Community Christmas

Community Christmas

We were over the moon to be given the news from Dumfries & Galloway Council that The Guild Dumfries C.I.C will the lead delivery partner working in partnership with the council to organise the Christmas Lights Switch On in Dumfries this year, so w...

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Join us at our Open Evening

Join us at our Open Evening

We are hosting an Open Evening as we want to share our vision of The Guild. Our ambitious plans are to develop a community space that will offer multiple, affordable rentable concessions in our shop, have both studio and workshop space, meeting ro...

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Two Become Three

Two Become Three

We officially welcomed Frank, our newly appointed third member to our board meeting last week, the first of the year. It was a positive and successful meeting and a great start to the year ahead. The meeting was a chance to really focus on our vis...

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Please Take our Survey

Please Take our Survey

If you visited the christmas makers market in Dumfries then we need your help. Here at The Guild Dumfries we would love to hear your thoughts and would be ever so grateful if you could take the time, which won't take long, to complete our survey. ...

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Community Spirit

Community Spirit

We're delighted and overwhelmed with the positive response we’ve had to our first Dumfries Makers Market. Despite the awful weather, visitors flocked to the market in their thousands and spirits were certainly not dampened. We couldn't be more ple...

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Good Things Take Time

Good Things Take Time

The Guild Dumfries are delighted to share the news that during the Nithsdale Area Commitee meeting this week, councillors from Dumfries & Galloway Council unanimously voted to make a change in the current procedure with regard to the Dumfries Town...

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Our Story So Far

Our Story So Far

The campaign for Dumfries Makers Market began after Kirsten Scott posted a rant on her Facebook account about the lack of affordable retail premises in the town centre. As a result of the Facebook post, Leah Halliday and Kirsten decided to team up...

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