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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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Aberdeen Cyrenians Charity Family Fun Event – Search for Misbehaving Elves and Win Prizes!
Aberdeen Cyrenians is asking for families to help Santa this year, searching for misbehaving elves playing hide and seek at Duthie Park. This fun and inclusive, family friendly event will take place in Duthie Park from 10th – 23rd December....
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...