{"id":10,"date":"2026-03-30T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:57:31","slug":"what-support-is-available","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"What support is available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What support is available?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parental Engagement Lead Officer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Parental Engagement Lead Officer, Vanessa Morris provides support to Parent Councils. This support is available by email, telephone, or in-person (face-to-face or online) at Parent Council meetings and adhoc meeting if support is required with constitutions, or other operational matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Vanessa Morris by email at <a href=\"mailto:ParentCarer@dumgal.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ParentCarer@dumgal.gov.uk<\/a> or telephone 07920528251.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk\/schools-learning\/parents-carers\/parent-councils\">Parent Councils | Dumfries and Galloway Council<\/a> for an overview of local and national support <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Parent Council Meetings and Events \u2013 School Booking Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parent Council meetings are free for <strong>one meeting per month<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Any extra meetings in the same month will incur a <strong>\u00a311.80 charge<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Events run by the Parent Council have a <strong>standard charge of \u00a311.80<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All Parent Council meeting bookings must be made through the <strong>Council\u2019s booking system<\/strong> at least <strong>two weeks before<\/strong> the meeting date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can book meetings for the <strong>whole year<\/strong> to support planning and to share dates with the wider parent forum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on how to hire school facilities is available on the Council website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk\/schools-learning\/schools\/hire-school-facilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk\/schools-learning\/schools\/hire-school-facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact School Lets by email at <a href=\"mailto:schoollets@dumgal.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schoollets@dumgal.gov.uk<\/a> or telephone 01387 260406.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Licence Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"paragraph__DmplDa7ieA\">Some events run by Parent Councils require a licence. For example, if you wanted to run a raffle, you would require a Small Society Lottery Licence. Dumfries and Galloway council has a license team who can provide guidance and expert advice to Parent Councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"paragraph_nJmplDq7ieA\">More information on event licences is available on the Council website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk\/schools-learning\/parents-carers\/parent-councils\">Parent Councils | Dumfries and Galloway Council<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk\/business-licences-permits\/licences-permits\/apply-business-licence\">Apply for a business licence | Dumfries and Galloway Council<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"paragraph_nJmplDq7ieA\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we work together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><code><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-1\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"1\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Education, Skills and Community Wellbeing Directorate and Parent Councils - How We Work Together\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/code><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What support is available? Parental Engagement Lead Officer Our Parental Engagement Lead Officer, Vanessa Morris provides support to Parent Councils. This support is available by email, telephone, or in-person (face-to-face or online) at Parent Council meetings and adhoc meeting if support is required with constitutions, or other operational matters. Contact Vanessa Morris by email at ParentCarer@dumgal.gov.uk or telephone 07920528251. Visit Parent Councils | Dumfries and Galloway Council for an overview<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/?page_id=10\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19366,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/parentcouncilsupport\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}