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Read our Connecting Communities in Aberdeen booklet!
Read our 2024 ACVO booklet featuring our highlights from the past year Read the booklet online now at acvo.org.uk/connect As the ACVO Team wind down for the upcoming festive break, we would like to share our Connecting Communities in Aberdeen booklet...
Aberdeen’s Trades Widows’ Fund Charity Surpasses £1 million Milestone
Aberdeen charity, the Trades Widows’ Fund Charity, celebrated a major milestone yesterday (Wednesday, December 18th) having donated more than £1 million to local groups and charities. The charity marked the occasion with an event at Trinity Hall, the home of The...
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Just Transition PB Fund Results Announced – Charities and Community Groups in Aberdeen Receive Share of £333,333 to Support Local Eco-Friendly Projects
Details of the local green projects awarded grants from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund in Aberdeen have been announced today. The 13 successful non-profit organisations will each receive a share of £333,333 for their...
Denis Law Legacy Trust And Foundation 92 Twin Cruyff Court Operations
Denis Law Legacy Trust and Foundation 92 are twinning their Cruyff Court Operations in a move that will provide a range of positive destination activities for young people in Aberdeen and Salford. Volunteer exchanges are a key benefit of twinning Cruyff Court...
Older people and their unpaid carers to be supported through new Community Commissioning funding exercise in Aberdeen
Expressions of interest are now being accepted for proposed projects to help support older people and their unpaid carers in the city. ACVO TSI, Aberdeen’s third sector interface, and partners have ringfenced £100,000 from the Scottish Government’s...
Explore the Sky at Night with Aberdeen Science Centre
ASC partners with local astronomers to share the wonders of stargazing Aberdeen Science Centre is teaming up with the Aberdeen Astronomical Society for a special evening of astronomy themed activities. The sky at night event will offer the chance for...
Port of Aberdeen’s £30,000 community fund open for applications
Port of Aberdeen today launches its 2023 supPORT-all community action programme with £30,000 of funding available for local charities and community groups. Organisations supporting people in communities local to the port - Altens, Balnagask, City Centre, Cove,...
The Breadmaker to Host Bingo Fundraising Night on January 28th
The Breadmaker's committee that is made up by the apprentices are holding a fundraiser to support the apprentices and services essential equipment within the bakery and cafe. That allows them to have great opportunities of personal development. The committee took...