Don’t close Carlingwark Outdoor Education Centre.

Would be a huge loss to the town and our children.

My child attended here in jan 19 fab place with fab experience for my child

Shame if it closes

My son loved visiting here with gretna primary gives them a great opportunity to try things they maybe wouldnt of done before and my daughter is due to.come this year please please keep it open its an amazing place for kids

This is a great education centre and a Brilkiant resource to our area! Would be a shame to see it closed

Went here as a child it was amazing would like my kids to have the same experience

This has been a great help to children learning about the outdoors and a great help to disabled.

SAVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND CARLINGWALK

This outdoor centre should not be closed as they keep on shouting that kids are obese these places should be kept open to have outdoor activities to keep them active

Carlingwark Centre in Castle Douglas, is a facility that Glenluce PS P6 & P7 students excitedly visit annually for a residential trip. For many, it is their first taste of staying away from home. The Centre provides excellent active outdoor experiences at affordable costs for rural communities. The end of this service for private alternatives, will no doubt prove prohibitive in allowing our school to continue to run residential experiences. Let’s get the Council to reconsider its priorities - namely investing in our young people.

An under used valuable resource, could be an outdoor classroom

My daughter has just enjoyed an excursion with her school & thoroughly enjoyed the educational experience

The decision to close these facilities show absolute ignorance of what children and young people need to build self esteem, develop resilience and access skills beyond the classroom setting. Outdoor education provides experience that many children are not given by their parents. Simple skills such as riding a bike and reading a map. A child that experiences outdoor education literally glows for days after.

This needs to stay open please don’t let this close

This facility is an asset to the region and any children I know have been have loved every minute of the experience.

Surely we should be encouraging youngsters to take part in outdoor activities. Too many glued to phones etc

This center has been running for years i went as a child / teenager what a loss to the comunity iff this goes

This facility should not be closed, every school child should get to experience a stay here.

It is becoming more and more important to get children outdoors, learning and being active. Carlingwalk offers a great facility and it will be a real loss to the area if it is closed.

We need to keep these centres open.. they assist in keeping our connection with outdoors and stirr adventure in the younger generation