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The build-up to festive celebrations will get under way in Aberdeen next month with the opening of the Christmas Village and Lights Switch-On.  

Aberdeen City Council, in partnership with John Codona’s Pleasure Fairs and Aberdeen Inspired, will officially open the Christmas Village…

A Health and Wellbeing Summit was held today at the Town House to discuss how best to support children and young people in Aberdeen following the Covid-19 pandemic.  

Elected Members, MSPs, the education service and children’s social work were joined by representatives from…

The Christmas season is nearly upon us, and Aberdeen is set to sparkle this festive season as Christmas celebrations return to the city again later this year.

Residents and visitors alike will be pleased to see traditional favourites return to the festive events line-up including the…

As part of this year’s Challenge Poverty Week, Aberdeen City Council joined four local third sector organisations at the Belmont Filmhouse to call for action based on social justice and compassion in turning the tide of poverty in the North East. 

The event [October 3] showcased…

Applications are being invited for Aberdeen City Council's Community Festive Fund 2022. 

The Community Festive Fund, which was established to encourage organisations and groups to come together within their own communities during the Christmas and Hogmanay periods, is designed to…

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…

Aberdeen City became a cycling hub over the weekend as the city welcomed the Getabout Aberdeen Cycling Festival and hosted the 2022 AJ Bell Tour of Britain Grand Depart.

The weekend’s excitement began on Saturday with the Getabout…

Ahead of the AJ Bell Tour of Britain Grand Depart and Getabout Aberdeen Cycling this weekend, Aberdeen City Council are pleased to announce the return of the Getabout Hidden Item Competition this Saturday. 

Getabout branded items, or items related to cycling, have been hidden in 15…

ToBi the Tour of Britain mascot visited schools today across the city to help promote the Tour of Britain and Getabout Aberdeen Cycling Festival. 

Children at Hazlehead, Kingswells, Loirston, Airyhall, Dyce and St Peter’s Primary Schools were visited by ToBi during assemblies and…

Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council, alongside TotalEnergies and Event Scotland, have today launched a final push for a weekend of cycling activities across the North East next month.

The biggest professional road cycling race in the UK will arrive in the area on 4th…

Hundreds of Ukrainian children who are staying in Aberdeen with parents or guardians due to the on-going war in their home country had a fun day out yesterday.

Aberdeen’s Seaton Park is in the running for The Fields in Trust UK's Favourite Park Award 2022.

The park was nominated by a member of the public.

The awards are held by Fields in Trust, an independent…