Projects from year 1

Discover details of the 13 environmentally friendly community projects supported in Aberdeen by Year 1 of the Just Transition PB Fund below!

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Successful projects from year 1

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DisabilitiesGreener TransportOlder PeopleYoung People

Tillydrone Community Council

Funding received:

£50,000

We are hopeful to purchase an electric minibus for use in the community of Tillydrone. We aim to provide services for vulnerable/disabled adults/children, elderly folks & low income families.

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Community Green SpaceDisabilitiesOlder PeopleYoung People

The Allotment Market Stall

Funding received:

£13,590

We wish to install a self composting toilet at Grove Nursery for all nursery users. This toilet means that older people, children, people with mobility issues and people with specific conditions will be able to use the site as currently there is no toilet provision at all.

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Community Green Space

Cornhill Community Association

Funding received:

£16,625

Help us kickstart our wonderful Community Garden in Cornhill/Stockethill and give residents the opportunity to spend more time outdoors, connect with nature, grow their own food, improve their health and wellbeing, and instil a sense of pride in their community whilst enabling residents to develop stronger ties to their area.

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Community Green SpaceEducationYoung People

Garthdee Field Allotment

Funding received:

£20,789

In the Family Food: Fresh and Frugal project, volunteers from Garthdee Field Allotments will work with Kaimhill Primary School pupils to grow and cook their own vegetables, providing tasty, inexpensive, and healthy meals for themselves and their families.

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Greener TransportOlder PeopleYoung People

North East Sensory Services (NESS)

Funding received:

£33,565

Our people carrier transports our service users to the groups and activities which we provide – particularly the children and young people of our Young People’s Sensory Service (YPSS). The funding requested would enable us to replace our current people carrier, now seven years old, with a similar but electric vehicle.

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EducationGreener Transport

Camphill Wellbeing Trust: COMPASS Project

Funding received:

£38,054

[Listed as Camphill Medical Practice Ltd. in the voting list] - We need your support to buy an electric vehicle to transport disadvantaged people, including those with mental and physical ill health, to our COMPASS project so they can access therapeutic gardening, cooking classes and skills development opportunities.

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Greener Transport

Somebody Cares

Funding received:

£36,550

As our services are more needed than ever, we want to do our bit to use sustainable and renewable energy while serving our community by changing our fleet to electric vans.

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Community Green SpaceEducation

Bonnymuir Green

Funding received:

£4,260

Bonnymuir Green Community Trust exists to provide an inclusive space with a purpose of growing fruit and veg for community use in a sustainable environment. This project will transform an outbuilding into a functional and educational space, delivering requested workshops to all ages of the community, and beyond, on upcycling and fixing household items.

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EducationRecycling

Greyhope Bay

Funding received:

£11,000

Help Greyhope Bay be a zero-waste to landfill visitor attraction and keep Aberdeen's favourite dolphin viewing site litter free! Your vote will help upgrade our facility to support our zero-waste ambition that aims to teach better habits to protect our precious marine environment.

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EducationGreener Transport

Aberdeen Science Centre

Funding received:

£39,500

We propose to purchase and kit-out an electric vehicle as an interactive mobile Climate Change exhibit, along with graphics to explain the benefits of switching to electric and illustrate the reduction in our carbon footprint.

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Community Green SpaceEducation

Friends of Westfield Park

Funding received:

£10,400

The Friends of Westfield Park are seeking funding for storage to hold our tools and equipment (with a “green roof”), gazebos for holding community events in all weathers; and interpretive panels & signage to help people identify and learn about the wildflowers and wildlife in the park.

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Greener Transport

Alcohol and Drugs Action

Funding received:

£29,000

‘Sharp Response’ provides a daily mobile crisis outreach service targeted to those alcohol/drug users deemed to be at highest risk. The service goes to the individual wherever they are, rather than waiting for the individual to come to the service and so we are requesting funds for an electric car to make our service more sustainable.

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Energy Efficient BuildingsGreener TransportYoung People

9th Aberdeen Scout Group

Funding received:

£30,000

The 9th Aberdeen Scout Group is a youth led organisation in the Broomhill area of Aberdeen. Our members are passionate about improving our impact on the climate. They want our Scout Group to head towards Net Zero and be the Scout Group with the lowest climate impact in Aberdeen!

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