 National Fraud Initiative – Privacy Notice
Our Council is required to inform individuals that their data will be processed as part of the National Fraud Initiative, as required by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.
The National Fraud Initiative (NFI) in Scotland is a counter-fraud exercise led by Audit Scotland, and overseen by the Cabinet Office for the UK as a whole. It uses computerised techniques to compare information about individuals held by different public bodies, and on different financial systems that might suggest the existence of fraud or error.
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Suicide Prevention Week
Scotland's #SuicidePreventionWeek starts today. Show your support by using the #TogetherWeCanSaveLives. Let's make Scotland the most supportive country in the world & help prevent suicide by talking openly & compassionately about it.
These have been challenging times. As we now turn our attention to the future, it’s important to remember that others around us may be struggling.
Now more than ever, employees need support for their mental health. This Scotland’s #SuicidePreventionWeek find out how you can support better mental health in the workplace.
On average 2 people took their own life every day in Scotland last year. That's not just a number. It was Family. Friends. Work colleagues.
Visit www.publichealthscotland.scot/suicide for more info on suicide prevention in Scotland and help to raise awareness of the support that is available.
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 Service committees restart
This week, a number of our service committees restarted. On Tuesday, Social Work Services and Education and Learning committees were held.
As a result of the pandemic, our services have had to change over the past few months with some services only able to undertake work with a skeleton staff and some could not be delivered at all due to the restrictions. Many of our staff took up different roles, helping deliver frontline and support services to those who needed it the most.
Subsequently, services committees did not meet. Instead, an Ad-hoc COVID-19 sub-committee was established at which papers were presented on our council’s response to the pandemic. Due to the restrictions, Councillors were unable to come together to attend the meetings. Instead, they met virtually over Microsoft Teams. This ad-hoc sub-committee was disbanded in July.
With more of our services now restarting, our services committees have restarted from this week. Councillors will continue to meet virtually to take part in these committees!
To view up and coming committee meetings and agendas, visit our council website: https://dumfriesgalloway.moderngov.co.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1
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