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9 places in the DG postcode area.
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Food
We have been issuing emergency food parcels for nine years. We have 14 pick up points in total throughout Dumfries and Galloway. Our emergency parcels can be collected from any of these locations. Please check opening hours for each location. Please contact the service for further information.
From ALISS (opens in a new tab), checked 29 October 2026. Their own record hasn't been updated since 2020, so check before setting out.
An independent food bank. We don't know whether this one needs a referral voucher — many do. Ring them, or ask a local adviser, before setting out.
From Give Food (opens in a new tab), checked 28 October 2026.
We are a staff and volunteer-run drop-in facility that operates as a café two days per week in Annan (normally Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 2pm), a small town in Dumfries and Galloway in South West Scotland. Kate’s Kitchen is not your regular run-of-the-mill cafe.
From ALISS (opens in a new tab), checked 3 October 2026. Their own record hasn't been updated since 2020, so check before setting out.
An independent food bank. We don't know whether this one needs a referral voucher — many do. Ring them, or ask a local adviser, before setting out.
From Give Food (opens in a new tab), checked 27 August 2026.
A food bank in the IFAN network.
You need a referral first — turning up won't get you in. Ring them, or ask a support worker, health visitor or Citizens Advice to refer you.
From Give Food (opens in a new tab), checked 31 October 2026.
An independent food bank.
You can just turn up. No referral or voucher needed.
From Give Food (opens in a new tab), checked 20 October 2026.
Work, training and benefits
The Bridge to Employment Programme (B2E) is Better Lives Partnership’s Flagship project. It aims to give young autistic people a structured programme of person-centred accredited learning in their area of interest and expertise, and work-related skills and to prepare them for the next step towards employment, self-employment, education, training or volunteering.
From ALISS (opens in a new tab), checked 30 October 2026.
The Usual Place
The Usual Place is an award-winning organisation, a World Host Destination and a Disability Confident Leader. The Usual Place opened its doors as a community cafe in 2015. This social enterprise provides training, education and employability skills for young people with additional support needs.
From ALISS (opens in a new tab), checked 30 October 2026.
Housing and homelessness
Turning Point Scotland deliver a Housing First approach which flips the Homelessness staircase model on its head by supporting people with multiple and enduring support needs to move into a tenancy without having to prove they are ready for it.
From ALISS (opens in a new tab), checked 30 October 2026.