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Members of the Fairer Aberdeen Board have visited charities over the past week which are tackling poverty and deprivation across the city.  

The Fairer Aberdeen Fund for 2023-24 was allocated £1.54m by Aberdeen City Council, which is dispersed by the Fairer Aberdeen Board.

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The first 10 Aberdeen community-based organisations to receive funding totalling £75,000 from the ABZWorks Development Fund, to develop or further build the capacity of their employability projects, have been revealed by Aberdeen City Council’s Employability Service,…

Works have today started on the new market building in Aberdeen which will be a destination venue for the city centre with international-style food and drink outlets as well as providing linkages between two of the main shopping areas.

The milestone build is part of the City Centre and…

A comprehensive study into the barriers faced by Aberdeen parents to employment, training, and job progression has been commissioned by ABZWorks.

Rocket Science will carry out the research at a city level, with a particular focus on parents of dependent children who face additional…

The organisers of Spectra, Scotland’s Festival of Light, are seeking the views and feedback from Aberdeen businesses on the recent 10th anniversary festival to help inform future events in the city.

Spectra 2024 saw over 100,000 visits across the four days (Thursday 8 February to Sunday 11…

Applications are now open for the 2024/25 academic year at Aberdeen City Council’s ‘virtual’ ABZ Campus – offering almost double the range of courses than last year. 

The new academic year will see 69 courses at a range of different levels on offer – up from the 37 courses on offer…

A programme aimed at addressing the surplus of schools in Northfield and improving the provision of education in the area took a step further this week.

Aberdeen City Council’s Education and Children’s Services committee approved a report on the…

People living in four Aberdeen communities are being invited to stand and represent their communities in upcoming Community Council elections.  

Elections will be held on Thursday 18 April in the following areas:  

The benefits of enhanced data-gathering and reporting on care experienced young people through ongoing innovations by the Council’s Children’s Services team and external partners, was highlighted in an annual report approved by councillors today (Tuesday 20 February).

The statutory…

NHS Grampian has teamed up with St Machar Academy, taking inspiration from American ‘Career Academies’, to give young people a taste of healthcare careers and build the workforce of the future and NHS Scotland Youth Academy, focusing on collaboration with partners to…

The delivery of Aberdeen City Council’s Schools Estate programme has been revised and reprioritised due to the impact of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, commonly referred to as RAAC, being present in three school buildings.

Since late August 2023, the Council’s Schools Estate Team…

A combination of visual and physical surveys undertaken by independent structural engineers have revealed that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) has been identified in three of Aberdeen City Council’s 11 secondary schools and in none of the authority’s primary schools.

RAAC is…