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Aberdeen 2036: Help Finalise Our Plans

You Told Us What Matters. Now Help Finalise the Plans. Public Consultation: Local Outcome Improvement Plan 2026-36 & Locality Plans...

New People Survey Results – City Voice 54

Every few months, Aberdeen Community Planning asks members of our Aberdeen Citizens’ Panel for their opinions and experiences over a...

Aberdeen walking and cycling figures updated – Outcomes Framework

Hello and Happy New Year from Community Planning Aberdeen. Before the holidays, we were busy collecting and finalising some important...

Report Highlights Positive Impact on People’s Lives by Community Planning Aberdeen

Community Planning Aberdeen has showcased the transformative power of partnership working in its latest progress report, presented to the Board. The...

New Travel and Transport Survey Results – City Voice 53

The City Voice is a panel of Aberdeen residents across communities who are regularly surveyed for their opinion and experiences...

Aberdeen employment, homelessness, alcohol and smoking figures updated – Outcomes Framework

Community Planning Aberdeen maintains an Outcomes Framework with the latest data across 16 stretch outcomes which shows progress towards aims...

Unclaimed Benefits

Did you know that millions of pounds of benefits and entitlements go unclaimed each year? In line with Challenge...

Report It: Help Us Tackle Hate Crime in Aberdeen

Reporting Hate Crime Aberdeen City Council and its partner, Grampian Regional Equality Council (GREC), have a prejudice and discrimination reporting...

Empower Aberdeen 2025

Event overview Empower Aberdeen is a one-stop support event bringing together charities, advice services, and community organisations to help households...

Challenge Poverty Week in Aberdeen

Aberdeen Ignites Challenge Poverty Week 2025 Aberdeen City Council’s Anti-Poverty & Inequality Committee and Community Planning Aberdeen’s Anti-Poverty Group invite everyone to take...

Aberdeen 2036: Towards a Fairer Future Conference Report Now Available

Thank you to everyone who attended the Aberdeen 2036: Towards a Fairer Future conference, hosted by Community Planning Aberdeen and the Health Determinants Research Collaboration....

Aberdeen 2036: Towards a Fairer Future Conference

Working towards a fairer future Aberdeen Aberdeen’s commitment to inclusive and collaborative planning was on full display at the Aberdeen...

Trauma Informed Interaction: New Video Guide for Staff and Volunteers

The following Trauma Informed Interaction video has been prepared by Aberdeen City Council’s Educational Psychology Service to provide advice for...

Annual Outcome Improvement Reports 2024/2025 Now Available

The Community Planning Aberdeen Board has approved the Annual Outcome Improvement Report 2024/25 and the Locality Plan Annual Outcome Improvement...

Your Place, Your Plans, Your Future: Engagement Results

You spoke, we are listening. Between 24 March and 18 May 2025, we asked you to share your view and...

Methods for engaging people with lived experience

Lived experience refers to the unique, personal knowledge and understanding gained from having directly experienced something, as opposed to learning...

Your Place, Your Plans, Your Future: Engagement Closed

2087 people participated in Community Planning Aberdeen’s Your Place, Your Plans, Your Future engagement survey, to help shape a number...

Your Place, Your Plans, Your Future: Engagement is LIVE!

Your Place, Your Plans, Your Future: It’s time to have YOUR say Aberdeen. Community Planning Aberdeen’s Your Place, Your Plans,...

Your Place, Your Plans, Your Future: Save the Dates – Forthcoming Engagement – Locality Events!

FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENT AND LOCALITY EVENTS Community Planning Aberdeen are inviting all Aberdeen residents to share their views on a range...

UDecide Results Now Available

Voting opened on Monday 17 February for people, young and older, living in Aberdeen’s Priority Neighbourhood Areas (North, South and...

Online Community Empowerment Toolkit launched

An online ‘toolkit’ to support anyone locally to make positive changes in their community has been launched by Community Planning...

GPs to launch ‘Nature Prescriptions’ with RSPB Scotland

Three GP practices in Aberdeen have teamed up with RSPB Scotland, with support from Community Planning Aberdeen to roll out...

UDECIDE, Aberdeen’s Participatory Budgeting programme

UDECIDE, Aberdeen’s Participatory Budgeting programme, will open for applications on Monday the 13th of January! See posters below for more...

Have you downloaded the Aberdeen Protects app?

Have you downloaded the Aberdeen Protects app? This is a free app that promotes Naloxone, a free and safe medicine...

Chronic Pain Community Appointment Day – Public Information & Support Session 09:00 – 12:00

Aberdeen City are holding their first Community Appointment Day focussing on Chronic Pain on the 27th November at Get Active @...

LOIP Project Award Success

At an award ceremony on Thursday 19th September Aberdeen was shortlisted in 2 categories at the COSLA Excellence Awards. In the...

Aberdeen Responsible Business Event – 12 November 2024

Community Planning Aberdeen is delighted to invite you to our 2024 Aberdeen Responsible Business Event. This year, the event will...

Challenge Poverty Week 7 October – 13 October 2024

What is it? A week long campaign coordinated by the Poverty Alliance which promotes compassion and Justice It’s about having...

Community Planning Aberdeen becomes Volunteer Charter Champion

In September Community Planning Aberdeen agreed to become a Volunteer Charter Champion in recognition of the significant role volunteers have...

Community Council Elections 2024

Nominations to join your community council open on 7 August and close on 5 September. Becoming a community councillor in...

Grampian Gathering 2024

Over 50 and on the approach to or contemplating retirement? Sign up to attend the Grampian Gathering on Saturday 12th...

2024 COSLA Excellence Awards – Finalists

Two Community Planning Aberdeen projects chosen as part of the fifteen finalists for the 2024 COSLA Excellence Awards. The following...

LOIP Business Start Up Project Shortlisted for a National Award!

Our Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP) business start up project team have been shortlisted for the Best Collaborative Working initiative...

Health Determinants Research Collaboration Newsletter

Find out all about the Health Determinants Research Collaboration and their activity in the their first newsletter

Refreshed Local Outcome Improvement Plan and Locality Plans Webinar

Community Planning Aberdeen are committed to continuing our work to improve the lives of people, communities and businesses in Aberdeen....

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Refreshed Local Outcome Improvement Plan and Locality Plans Approved

We are delighted to announce that the refreshed Aberdeen City Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP) 2016-26 and three Locality Plans...

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service – Shaping Our Future Service – Your Say

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is holding a public pre-consultation exercise titled ‘Shaping Our Future Service: Your Say’....

Your Neighbourhood, Your City, Your Plans: Engagement Results

Thank you for taking part in our engagement. Between 5 October – 6 November 2023, we asked residents of Aberdeen...