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Aberdeen City Councillors have ratified two new pledges to support female employees who have experienced pregnancy loss or are going through the menopause.
The pledges were approved at the Council’s Staff Governance Committee…
A new jobs scheme to address the skills shortages in the health and social care sector has been launched in Aberdeen.
Developed by Aberdeen City Council’s employability service, ABZWorks Cares offers a 12-week work experience placement, paid at real living wage rate, to eligible…
People are being asked for their views from today on new statutory and non-statutory planning guidance documents.
The documents, known as Supplementary Guidance and Aberdeen Planning Guidance, sit alongside the new 2023 Local Development Plan which is expected to be formally adopted soon…
Aberdeen City Council is using National Adult Support and Protection Day to call for greater awareness of adults who are at risk of harm.
Today’s special day (Mon 20 Feb) is designed to highlight the risk of physical, psychological, financial or sexual harm for adults who may be unable…
The city’s Child Poverty Action Plan was welcomed today by the council’s Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee.
The plan sets out actions for the next four years across services and promotes greater use of data, the adoption of good practice, and enhanced partnership working.
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Thousands of families in Aberdeen are set to benefit from winter clothing payments totalling up to £100,000.
Anyone already in receipt of a school clothing grant for the financial…
Aberdeen City Councillors today (Monday 21 November) endorsed two new pledges to support female employees who have experienced pregnancy loss or are going through the menopause.
…Progress has been made in supporting individuals and communities in Aberdeen through the Warm Spaces initiative.
Aberdeen City Council’s Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee welcomed an update on progress, that showed that Warm Spaces is available in Central and 16…
Aberdeen City Council today approved the appointment of six external advisers to work with the new Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee in progressing its aim and objectives.
The representatives are made up of a cross section of people working across a variety of sectors with…
Aberdeen City Council has been awarded funding of £5M over 5 years to establish a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) in partnership with NHS Grampian, The University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University (RGU), funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR…
Aberdeen City Council is to introduce enhanced support for staff affected by a disability or medical condition.
“Reasonable Adjustment Passports” (RAPs) will capture details of their impairment and how that can be best accommodated in…
Aberdeen City Council’s Education Operational Delivery Committee today (Thursday 8 September) gave its backing to a new pilot project designed to strengthen the authority’s approach to improving the attainment and achievement of young people in care or thought to be on…