Dumfries Veterans Garden receives visit from Scottish Veterans Commissioner
dailyrecord.co.ukDumfries Veterans Garden enjoyed a visit from the Scottish Veterans Commissioner, Lieutenant Commander Susie Hamilton, recently.
She was keen to find out more about the award-winning charity, set up nine years ago, which has won multiple honours and was awarded The Kings Award for Voluntary Services earlier this year.
The group of ex-forces personnel help other veterans in Dumfries and beyond and their families to provide a one-stop-shop to access friendship, mental health advice with counsellor Margaret Casey, practical help and outdoor skills.
The Veterans Garden is currently waiting to hear if they have been successful with an asset transfer application to Dumfries and Galloway Council for the land at the Crichton and historic glasshouses which they want to restore and bring back into use.
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