District Management Committees (DMCs)

DGHP has four District Management Committees (DMCs) covering the regions - Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry and Wigtown.

The function of our DMCs is to provide the opportunity for participation in decision-making about the overall management of DGHP as well as the delivery of services and investment at a local level.

The four chairs of the DMCs are:

• Annadale and Eskdale - David Wilson, who lives in Lochmaben;
• Nithsdale - Sybille Trimble, from Kelloholm;
• Stewartry - Frank McTaggart, who lives in Kirkcudbright;
• Wigtown - Annie Murray, who is from Port William.

One of the main roles of our DMCs is supporting community projects through the Community Pride Fund. The 2012/2013 Community Pride Fund was launched in April 2012 and is a continued committment to working towards building better communities across Dumfries and Galloway. The fund was established to encourage our tenants and others to work together to improve their local community. The fund is now in its fifth year and has already issued more than £200,000 to community projects throughout the region.

DGHP’s DMCs have formed an excellent partnership with many communities across Dumfries and Galloway through their Community Pride Fund.

The range of projects which have been supported by DGHP through this fund are far and wide ranging and include: a local day centre which received £4500 to buy a new cooker, fryer and extractor hood to provide 250 meals each week for its elderly members; one school, for children with severe and complex learning difficulties, which received £1000 towards a vital mini-bus to transport the pupils as well as a childcare centre who picked up £3000 to improve their outdoor area for the children and to install a disabled access ramp.

The DMCs are involved in many other initiatives involving local communities. The members have been going out with technical inspectors on visits as well as carrying out an annual tour of DGHP’s housing stock, including the new-build sites.

They also host an event in each DMC area to embrace diversity and they link with a chosen community group which is under-represented e.g. the Polish community, people with disabilities, Adult Resource Centres and people from multicultural backgrounds.