I honestly cannot believe I am typing this but the council just confirmed they are keeping Carlingwark open after all because who would have thought that shouting loud enough actually works sometimes. I am still shaking a bit trying to process that we saved the centre from disappearing into thin …
May 25, 2019
Final supporters
This is a petition to try and stop DUMFRIES and Galloway Council closing Carlingwark Outdoor Education Centre.
It would be a massive loss to the youth of the area.
Let’s stop the Council by using outer collective voice!!
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 5, 2019
March 3, 2019
I was looking at the old photos from my first trip to Carlingwark and honestly forgot how much those weekends actually shaped me. People keep messaging me their own stories about the lake and the cabins and it is really overwhelming to read how many lives this place touched before the council even thought about shutting it down.
March 3, 2019
I just blinked and saw we hit a hundred signatures and honestly that is just wild because I really thought it would just be me yelling into the void about Carlingwark. People keep leaving these stories about why the centre matters and my brain is just spinning thinking about how many kids actually need this place.
Reached 100 supporters
March 2, 2019
480 Comments
When children's mental health is seen as paramount, why are we closing our outdoor education centre. Independence, outdoors, teambuilding, new experiences are all key to our children's well being. we should be investing more not closing Carlingwark.
Both my children benefited from residential trips to Carlingwark. It's so unfair that youngsters from across our region will no longer have the opportunity to attend an affordable, local residential trip led by the fantastic team at Carlingwark.
It is criminal to be closing places like Carlingwark down in these days of rising childhood obesity. For some children their visit here might be their only experience of exploring the great outdoors and learning that exercise is fun.
I am a teacher in Dumfries & Galloway and the provision by Outdoor Education has been outstanding. Our students have benefited from this over a number of years and to see it ceasing to exist would be scandalous in a rural area like ours.
This would be such a loss to our area. It provides a cheaper alternative to Lockerbie Manor and others like it. Keeping the costs within our own council makes it more affordable for parents, which allows more children to participate.
I was fortunate enough to attend an outdoor education centre in Wales in my teenage years as I lived in a city environment in the Midlands at that time; the activities we undertook there gave me confidence in myself and challenged me to try new things and that ethos has stayed with me throughout my adult life. By closing this centre children will not be given these opportunities and their development potential will be unchallenged which I think will be a huge loss to them individually and to society as a whole. Please keep the centre open, these places really do make a difference to peoples lives.
We have a wonderful facility on our door step - let’s use it & not have to bus children/adults to other places. Stop centralising everything! It’s a false economy!
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I honestly cannot believe I am typing this but the council just confirmed they are keeping Carlingwark open after all because who would have thought that shouting loud enough actually works sometimes. I am still shaking a bit trying to process that we saved the centre from disappearing into thin …
May 25, 2019
Final supporters
This is a petition to try and stop DUMFRIES and Galloway Council closing Carlingwark Outdoor Education Centre.
It would be a massive loss to the youth of the area.
Let’s stop the Council by using outer collective voice!!
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 5, 2019
March 3, 2019
I was looking at the old photos from my first trip to Carlingwark and honestly forgot how much those weekends actually shaped me. People keep messaging me their own stories about the lake and the cabins and it is really overwhelming to read how many lives this place touched before the council even thought about shutting it down.
March 3, 2019
I just blinked and saw we hit a hundred signatures and honestly that is just wild because I really thought it would just be me yelling into the void about Carlingwark. People keep leaving these stories about why the centre matters and my brain is just spinning thinking about how many kids actually need this place.
Reached 100 supporters
March 2, 2019
480 Comments
Such a shame this place has to close its doors to the private sector. My son who is disabled has been fortunate enough to do a few activities here through the parent inclusion network. All the children loved it and staff where amazing with them...
When children's mental health is seen as paramount, why are we closing our outdoor education centre. Independence, outdoors, teambuilding, new experiences are all key to our children's well being. we should be investing more not closing Carlingwark.
Both my children benefited from residential trips to Carlingwark. It's so unfair that youngsters from across our region will no longer have the opportunity to attend an affordable, local residential trip led by the fantastic team at Carlingwark.
It is criminal to be closing places like Carlingwark down in these days of rising childhood obesity. For some children their visit here might be their only experience of exploring the great outdoors and learning that exercise is fun.
I am a teacher in Dumfries & Galloway and the provision by Outdoor Education has been outstanding. Our students have benefited from this over a number of years and to see it ceasing to exist would be scandalous in a rural area like ours.
This would be such a loss to our area. It provides a cheaper alternative to Lockerbie Manor and others like it. Keeping the costs within our own council makes it more affordable for parents, which allows more children to participate.
I was fortunate enough to attend an outdoor education centre in Wales in my teenage years as I lived in a city environment in the Midlands at that time; the activities we undertook there gave me confidence in myself and challenged me to try new things and that ethos has stayed with me throughout my adult life. By closing this centre children will not be given these opportunities and their development potential will be unchallenged which I think will be a huge loss to them individually and to society as a whole. Please keep the centre open, these places really do make a difference to peoples lives.
We have a wonderful facility on our door step - let’s use it & not have to bus children/adults to other places. Stop centralising everything! It’s a false economy!
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Such a shame this place has to close its doors to the private sector. My son who is disabled has been fortunate enough to do a few activities here through the parent inclusion network. All the children loved it and staff where amazing with them...