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[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Exciting times ahead as we get ready to reopen to visitors for 2025!

Why not come along on Friday 11th April and enjoy our community Easter event too! 🐇

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

As we get ready to host our Easter Event what a better time than to also use this time to celebrate reopening for the new season!

From Friday 11th April, Ellisland will be back open to visitors every Wednesday – Saturday!

We look forward to welcoming you to Ellisland soon!

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Our team members @JoanMcAlpine and @ailsaatu attended #ssdaconf25 today - great to connect with so many inspiring businesses in tourism across the region. Thanks to @SScotDAlliance team for a very stimulating day!!

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

We have lots of exciting things happening here at Ellisland as part of our Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne project!

Make sure you don’t miss out on any news as we get ready to reopen for 2025!

Join our mailing list for a monthly newsletter here - https://t.co/Bv0Og0js1X

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Exciting opportunities for someone to join our team and work on delivering our project: Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne!

See post below for more information! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Join our team!

We are currently recruiting for two positions: Project Curator and Project Manager. These posts are part of an enthusiastic team delivering our project: “Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne.”

For more information visit - https://t.co/ZP6wiBgpxb

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Was great to meet members from the club today and show them around Ellisland, many of whom hadn't visited us before.

We'll have exciting news coming soon about our reopening for 2025!

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Today we welcomed members of Annan Ladies Burns Club to Ellisland. They enjoyed a tour of the buildings & grounds before heading over to Friars Carse for an afternoon tea.

We look forward to welcoming more visitors to Ellisland, keep an eye out for exciting updates coming soon.

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

We have a fabulous event happening this weekend!
Why not get the family together and come along to enjoy a Burns supper! Tickets available below 👇🏻

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Come along and join us this weekend for a family-friendly event where you can celebrate the Bard's legacy within the Barn Burns built! A Burns Supper menu to enjoy as well as some live performances.
Tickets are available in the link below:
https://t.co/C74YRKhSyv

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

🥳🥳🥳 Double Good News for #Burnsnight2025 A £313,210 grant from @SoSEnterprise to help Save the Home of Auld Lang Syne. Also…a loan offer from @ArchHFund to help cash flow the project. Lots to celebrate when SOSE chair Russel Griggs OBE recently visited us!

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

We can now share the @ScotParl debate led by @olivermundell recognising the cultural and economic importance of Robert Burns and highlighting our @HeritageFundSCO supported project “Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne” https://t.co/7ClmvFcds2

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Fantastic turnout for Burns debate @ScotParl secured by @olivermundell with response from @jamiehepburn Thanks to all MSPs who spoke & who came along to support our plan to Save the Home of Auld Lang Syne including tourism minister @RichardLochhead

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Looking forward to visiting @ScotParl this afternoon!

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Today we feature in a debate in @ScotParl secure by @olivermundell. It's just after 5pm -watch it live here https://t.co/BGHCPFR3ls Our trustees & staff are in parliament from 3.30pm. If MSPs or their staff want to say hello we are in Committee Room 1 – The Burns Room !

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Delighted our work and our award from @HeritageFundUK is highlighted in this parliamentary motion by @olivermundell which has secured x-party support and will be debated in @ScotParl next Wednesday, 22 Jan, ahead of #burnsnight #savethehomeofauldlangsyne https://t.co/vCrC1fuZMw

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

@colinsmythmsp @Burns_Ellisland Thank you Colin, hope you're all well 😊

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Exciting times ahead working with the wonderful team here at @Burns_Ellisland 😊

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Meet Ailsa Paton, the newest member of our team here at Ellisland. Ailsa, who is from Dumfries, will deliver our events, youth and education initiatives as well as supporting the day to day running of the site and our visitor offer.

[Robert Burns Ellisland Museum & Farm @Burns_Ellisland]

Happy New Year! Ellisland is where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne. Based on an old Scottish song, his lyric is a poignant reflection on love, friendship and loss, which became a New Year Anthem - crossing continents and generations. https://t.co/196UkaPTC6

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you have a lovely day 🎅🏻🎄

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

That's a wrap for 2024!

Thank you to all our schools in D&G it's been another amazing year working with you all!

@DGCEducation @scotfinschools

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Feeling festive after a lovely weekend away visiting family 💜 not long now until Christmas everyone! 🎅🏻🎄✨

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Great morning at Langholm Academy for our final My Money Talks workshop all about Borrowing money. The S6's had some great chat the past 2 weeks about this topic as well as budgeting & saving.

#financialeducation @scotfinschools @DGCEducation

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Great week so far visiting @DalbeattieHigh @KirkcudbrightA & @AcademyAnnan!

Some fab discussions on budgeting & saving as part of our My Money Talks! Our group at Dalbeattie also came up with some great lists of safe/unsafe when it comes to borrowing money!

#financialeducation

[Ailsa Paton @ailsaatu]

Rounded off #TalkMoneyWeek with a visit to Lockerbie Academy today!

Our schools from this weeks visits have done amazing work looking at various topics from salaries, budgeting, savings & borrowing money!

What has your "Do 1 thing" been this week?
#sfsontour #FinancialEducation