A consultation on a proposed Busking Code of Practice has been extended to the end of June.
The Busking Proposed Code of Practice aims to help buskers contribute to Aberdeen’s cultural vibrancy by promoting a harmonious and respectful busking environment in the city centre. …
Aberdeen City Council is to use Foster Care Fortnight (Monday 13 May-Sunday 26 May 2024) to highlight the need for more foster carers.
As of April 2024, the council’s Foster Care team has:
73 households which equates to 128 foster carers being part of the council’s fostering families…
A primary school and two high schools are to get major building improvements after the projects were approved at Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources Committee today.
Outline approvals were agreed for the construction works at Ferryhill Primary School, St Machar Academy, and…
The Belmont Cinema, major restorations to His Majesty’s Theatre, a taekwondo group, and a community radio station are among a raft of local organisations which are to benefit from grants approved today.
Aberdeen City Council’s Finance and Resources Committee agreed the monies for projects…
Primary Four pupils from every school in the city are busy rehearsing for Aberdeen Big Sing 2024, which will be held at the Duthie Park later this month.
Aberdeen Big Sing 2024 is a celebration event that will bring 3,000 pupils together to sing as one large choir. The choir…
A striking ceramic pot by renowned artist Grayson Perry has gone on display for the first time at Aberdeen Art Gallery. The purchase has been supported by grants from Art Fund, Aberdeen Art Gallery Trusts and the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Flamboyant, forthright and funny, Sir Grayson…
A city-wide plan that aims to see Aberdeen be ‘a place where all people can prosper’ regardless of background or circumstances by 2026 has a renewed focus following stakeholder and public engagement.
The ‘refreshed’ Local Outcome Improvement Plan 2016-2026 along with Locality Plans for the…
Aberdeen City Council’s ground-breaking AB-1 chatbot just got a whole lot smarter – offering residents even greater access to information.
The popular digital assistant has been “trained” using artificial intelligence (AI) to better understand queries and search the Council’s website…
Her Excellency Madame Hélène Duchêne, the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, is just one of the many visitors Aberdeen Art Gallery has welcomed to the current special exhibition which celebrates the work of influential French-American artist Louise Bourgeois. Aberdeen Art Gallery is the…
Aberdeen’s innovative Bairns’ Hoose project has secured a further £500,000 in Scottish Government funding. .
The funding, in addition to the £300,000 already received, for the Bairns’ Hoose collective of partners and approaches providing protection, justice and health support and services…
Pupils across Aberdeen are becoming responsible global citizens thanks to their participation in a wide range of educational initiatives on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Net Zero throughout 2023 and 2024.
A report on those activities and the progress…
The feeling of health and wellbeing has improved amongst school-age children and young people in Aberdeen according to the pupils themselves.
A report on two Health & Wellbeing surveys undertaken by Aberdeen City Council schools in September-November 2023, was presented to members of…