Action Group
Annan Harbour Action Group (AHAG)
Annan Harbour Action Group began as a community-led initiative and is now a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC046732).
Since 2011, AHAG has implemented infrastructure improvements, run various activities and organised a programme of events. They [meet the staff] aim to revitalise the local area, promote harbour usage and raise public awareness of the harbour as a community resource.
More about AHAG activities below ⇓
More about what AHAG do …
We have raised funds to carry out infrastructure improvements such as: dredging the harbour basin, a re-build of the slipway, and the installation of interpretation panels, telescopes and picnic facilities in the Annan Harbour area.
Read more in Past Projects.
Our activities include: community boatbuilding, work experience in our boatshed for school leavers, construction projects for school refusers, furniture upcycling and the production of benches and bird tables for other charities.
Read more in Current Projects.
Our organised events include: an annual Harbour Festival, a Solstice Walk, litter picks and heritage promotion (including the production of a Fishing Heritage book). We also deliver rowing, sailing and power boating opportunities.
Read more in News & Events.
Reclaiming Annan Harbour for the community
With community support, AHAG and a team of consultants prepared Options Appraisals, Feasibility Studies and a Business Plan relating to the abandoned Minister’s Merse and a neglected historic warehouse on the quayside to make successful applications to the Scottish Land Fund to turn these into a space for AHAG operations and community use, together with a public green space.
The properties were purchased in March 2021 and AHAG has now employed a Facilities Manager to continue to work with the consultants, South of Scotland Enterprise and Dumfries and Galloway Council to raise the necessary finance to complete the project (see Our Vision).
Please find below a gallery of images of various work and events that have taken place under the banner of AHAG at Annan Harbour:
Our Funders & Partners
Our funders and partners invest in us to support our local community and in the continued work to regenerate Annan Harbour. By doing so they continue to recognise the value of this work and the importance of community-led regeneration.
