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Finalists announced for 2024 Celebrate Aberdeen Awards
The finalists have been announced for this year’s Celebrate Aberdeen Awards, an event which recognises and celebrates the huge contribution that the third sector makes to thousands of lives across Aberdeen City and Shire. This year’s event, which returns for its...
Brain busting and thought provoking deep dive at Aberdeen Science Festival
With more than 86 billion neurons, 2.5 million gigabytes of storage and 50,000 thoughts a day, the human brain is incredible – and Aberdeen Science Festival, powered by TechFest, aims to delve even deeper into how it works. Previously known as the...
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Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund Closes for Applications in Aberdeen
Due to the overwhelming response and high number of applications received since Year 2 of the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund opened in October, ACVO has taken the decision to close the Fund at all levels and will not be accepting applications from...
Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund Level 3 Applications no longer running in Aberdeen as previously planned
*IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ACVO* Due to the overwhelming response and the deluge of eligible Level 1 and Level 2 applications that have been received to the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund since it opened in October, ACVO has had to make the...
ACVO TSI and NESCAN Hub ask residents of Aberdeen to have their say on how the North East of Scotland transitions to Net Zero
Voting is underway in Aberdeen for the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund, with 22 local non-profit organisations looking for a share of the £333,333 available to support a wide range of environmentally friendly projects in the...
Double your donation to Aberdeen Cyrenians with the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022
North-East charity Aberdeen Cyrenians is asking people to take part in The Big Give, Christmas Challenge 2022, which will match and multiply donations for the week of the 29th November - 6th December. Aberdeen Cyrenians supports people affected by crisis and...
Home-Start Aberdeen kicks off tenth anniversary with family fun day on Saturday 26th November
A city centre charity shop is celebrating ten years of being open this month, with a family fun day to be held on Saturday 26th November, and a host of other events planned for the rest of its tenth anniversary year. One of Aberdeen’s most popular charity...
Denis Law Legacy Trust’s Kiana Coutts nominated for Scottish Sports Awards 2022
Denis Law Legacy Trust’s Outreach Development Officer, Kiana Coutts has been nominated as a finalist for The Scottish Sports Awards 2022: Community Hero category. Coutts was nominated for her instrumental role in shaping and delivering Denis Law Legacy Trust’s...
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