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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 children’s charity handed over £25,000 after fundraising by local firm
Brimmond, the Kintore-based provider of mechanical equipment, has raised over £25,500 for Aberdeen children’s charity Charlie House through a variety of creative fundraising activities over the course of a three-year partnership. Since 2019, Brimmond has continued...
Funding announced for Advanced Manufacturing Skills Hub at Aberdeen Altens Campus
ETZ Ltd has been awarded £4.5million towards the delivery of Scotland’s first dedicated Advanced Manufacturing Skills Hub. The award is from the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Fund. ETZ is partnering with North East Scotland College (NESCol) and partners...
NESA receives £1million Just Transition Fund award
The National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA) is pleased to announce we have been awarded £1,000,000 grant funding through the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Fund to conduct an exciting new Pilot Energy Transition Skills project. Over the coming 2 years,...
Law School congratulated with Scottish Parliament recognition
Robert Gordon University’s Law School has been praised in Scottish Parliament after a motion was tabled in recognition of its recently launched Grampian Community Law Centre. The motion, put forward by Audrey Nicoll MSP and supported cross-party by many others,...
AFC Community Trust strengthens its Board with New Trustees
Three prominent Aberdonians have been appointed to the Board of Trustees of Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT). Geoff Aberdein, Jim Buchan, and Mark Wilson have joined the board of Aberdeen Football Club’s charitable trust which delivers programmes and activities...
University strengthens links with local schools
The University of Aberdeen was delighted to welcome colleagues from Developing Young Workforce (DYW) to a networking sharing event in the Sir Duncan Rice Library on 28 September. DYW seeks to bridge the gap between employers and education to help all young people...