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A scheme that enables not for profit cultural organisations, community groups, charities and individual artists to apply for support to deliver creative activity has opened for 2024/25. 

The Creative Funding programme is open to creatives who live in Aberdeen and works to benefit the…

The latest in a series of ABZWorks job fairs that are part of ongoing efforts to help support people in Aberdeen into employment will be held at the Beach Ballroom next month. 

The event on Wednesday 19 June will enable people of all ages to find…

A pupil from Broomhill School is set to raise a laugh on the national stage next week after qualifying for the final of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ (RCSLT) VoiceBox joke competition.

VoiceBox, is a nationwide contest for primary schools, and is designed to shine a…

A refreshed Local Housing Strategy for Aberdeen City is being drafted, with a revised vision and strategic outcomes that will form part of its development, has today been approved.

Councillors from the Communities, Housing and Public Protection Committee today (Thursday 30 May) heard an…

A new segregated walking, wheeling, and cycling route in Aberdeen which will improve active travel opportunities is open and ready for use.

The improvements along Craigshaw Drive between the Shell Path and Wellington Road have extended the cycle network through West Tullos to Wellington…

A new festival looking at Aberdeen’s maritime heritage and future is set to drop anchor in the city this July.  

The Festival of the Sea will be a two-week celebration from 15th to 28th July of Aberdeen’s relationship with the sea and coastline.

Aberdeen City Council Co-Leader…

A section of Deeside Way – the former railway line – and adjacent woodland area in Culter are to be closed from tomorrow so that felling operations can take place on dangerous trees.

The works are going to take place in the section from Pittengullies Brae to Culter Station and at Lovers…

Pupils from Forehill Primary school, in partnership with the Bridge of Don Men’s Shed, today launched their garden project with a planting workshop. 

The Men’s Shed funded and constructed a poly-tunnel in the school grounds to create a space for the school children to grow plants,…

The North East Scotland Pension Fund will publish its unaudited Annual Accounts for the financial year 2023/24 on 24 June 2024.

The accounts provide information which can help the public assess how the Pension Fund has performed during the year and…

Primary Four pupils from every school in Aberdeen took part in the Big Sing at Duthie Park today (Wednesday 22 May).

Aberdeen Big Sing 2024 is a celebration event that brings together 3,000 pupils to sing as one large choir. The choir performed six songs, including the “Northern Lights of…

Aberdeen is preparing for the return of the popular Highland Games to Hazlehead Park next month.  

The Aberdeen Highland Games, taking place on 16 June from 10am to 5:30pm, is set to be a fun-filled day of activities that all ages can enjoy.  

The Lord Provost of Aberdeen,…

A drop-in session is being held as part of a public consultation to further develop options walking, wheeling, and cycling interventions on the A947 from the Parkhill junction on the bypass (AWPR) to the A96 junction at Bucksburn including through Dyce.

The study…