If successful in the fund we would like to use the funding to continue the delivery of our ?Social Stitches? project which currently comprises of 4 bi weekly and 1 weekly social group which bring together a wide range of individuals with a shared love of textile crafts across a rural locality. These sessions will be held in; – Langholm – weekly – Langholm evening – bi weekly – Canonbie – bi weekly – Eskdalemuir – bi weekly – Kirkpatrick Fleming – bi weekly The funding will support the salary of a member of staff hosting the groups, hall hire at the different locations, marketing budget to be able to reach the wider community and admin and evaluation costs of running the groups. The groups are aimed at everyone joining in but the vast majority of the participants are women over the age of 50.