Active Citizens to Receive New Awards

Two of Aberdeen’s most inspiring citizens are to be recognised by a new awards scheme this summer.

STV APPEAL 2012 ANNOUNCES VENUES FOR AMY MACDONALD’S CHARITY GIGATHON

Amy Macdonald’s 'Five a Day for the Kids'

Singer song-writer Amy Macdonald has committed to the ultimate musical challenge in aid of the STV Appeal 2012. Amy will do five short acoustic performances in one day on Tuesday June 12 (‘Amy’s Five A Day for the Kids’), with all proceeds going to the STV Appeal 2012 – and tickets are available for what promises to be an amazing day NOW via www.ticketsoup.com!

DOMINOS STAFF TO RUN 10K IN AID OF CLAN CANCER SUPPORT

Staff from an Aberdeen fast-food outlet are hoping they will be able to deliver a huge sum to a local north-east based cancer support charity this month.

Knight Frank embark on cycle fundraiser

Aberdeen, UK: A team of ten staff from the Aberdeen office of property consultants Knight Frank will be clocking up over 30 miles on their bikes for charity later this month.

ARCHIE FOUNDATION TO BENEFIT FROM FIRST ABERDEEN’S SAFETY AWARD

The Archie Foundation received some good news today after it was confirmed local bus operator, First Aberdeen, is to donate its prize money totalling £1,000 from winning ‘Depot of the Year’ at the FirstGroup Safety Awards.

Local business community raises £55,000 for people with disabilities

Scottish provider of social care, Cornerstone, raised £55,000 (net) at their annual fundraising dinner last week (26 April) at The Marcliffe in Aberdeen. The event, sponsored by BP, Optima and Technip UK Ltd was a huge success, kick starting the charity's ‘Home Is Where the Heart Is’ fundraising campaign, which will support the build of a social housing development in Portlethen for six of the people they support.

Aberdeen Impact - Awards Programme

The Aberdeen Impact Awards, initiated by Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations (The Third Sector Interface for Aberdeen) aim to help Third Sector organisations of all shapes and sizes to raise awareness of the value of their work in the City, to give recognition to the commitment of organisations and individuals from all walks of Aberdeen life and to encourage all aspects of good practice.

NEOS registration may have ended but places are still available for Aberdeen artists to showcase their creations

Entries for North East Open Studios (NEOS) 2012 may have just closed but VSA, the UK’s largest city social care charity supporting people in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, has announced it has space to accommodate further artists and creators at its annual NEOS event at Easter Anguston Farm, Peterculter.

TARTAN TREKKERS TO TAKE TO DEESIDE FOR CLAN CANCER SUPPORT

People from throughout Deeside and the North-east are being encouraged to pull on their walking boots to support a popular annual event.

The third annual Tartan Trek takes place on Saturday May, 12, in the stunning Balmoral Estate, Royal Deeside.

CLAN CANCER SUPPORT TO HOST FASHION SHOW WITH A TWIST

A local cancer support charity is hosting a fashion show this week to showcase the wide range of high quality stock in its two Aberdeen charity shops.

Winner of Anne Frank Award for schools to be announced

The winner of the Anne Frank Award – a competition for schools in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray supported by Contract Solutions Grampian – will be unveiled tomorrow (May 1).

CLAN CANCER SUPPORT RECEIVES BRONZE AWARD IN NATIONAL SCHEME

An Aberdeen-based charity has been awarded £5,000 after being shortlisted for a national award.

CLAN Cancer Support applied to the GlaxoSmithKline Impact Champion Awards and was one of only eight UK charities shortlisted to receive an award.

CANCER SUPPORT CHARITY TO OPEN BRIDAL BOUTIQUE

An Aberdeen-based cancer support charity is set to welcome brides-to-be to its very own wedding boutique, but for a limited time only.

Long-term VSA volunteers celebrate Child Contact Centre Awareness Week

As today (Tuesday 24 April 2012) marks the second day of Child Contact Centre Awareness Week (23 – 29 April 2012), VSA, the UK’s largest city social care charity supporting people in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, is celebrating the longest serving volunteers at its north-east Family Contact Centre.

Students’ to compete to raise money for Aberdeen charities

The Aberdeen Students’ Charities Campaign (ASCC) brings RAG (Raising and Giving) Week to Aberdeen. The idea is for students to enter teams into the RAG competition and to throughout the week put on events to raise as much as they possible can.

Dress for Success

Cammach Recruitment are supporting Dress For Success - a charity that helps donate unwanted clothes to women who are struggling to get back into the work place.

CELEBRATE ABERDEEN APPEALS FOR KEEN RUNNERS TO TAKE PART IN UNION STREET MILE

Only minutes before thousands of volunteers, charities and third sector organisations take to Union Street for Celebrate Aberdeen’s 2012 parade, keen runners will take to the tarmac and race one mile down Aberdeen’s longest shopping street.

Brook Street Charity Easter Egg Hunt

In the run up to Easter, Brook Street Recruitment Agency called many local businesses in an effort to collect as many Easter eggs and gifts as possible in order to donate them to needy children around the region, supporting The Archie Foundation at Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospice Association Scotland and Northsound’s Cash for Kids.

Local councils must seize the opportunity of social enterprise

Social Enterprise Scotland is calling on all Scottish local authorities to seize the huge opportunities presented by social enterprise - as Scotland goes to the polls for the local elections on 3 May.

Local business man inspired to run Baker Hughes 10k

A local business man with a big heart has been inspired to participate in a major local athletic event for charity. Rob Hamilton, of Drumoak, will, for the seventh time, run the Baker Hughes 10k in May in support of local charity Inspire. Founder and managing director of Dynamic Edge Solutions, an IT service company who focus on providing businesses with the most cost-effective and resilient IT platform, Rob is a well known figure in the field and regularly presents at industry events and keynotes on Cloud Computing technology.

FIRSTGROUP STAFF TO SELECT NEW CHARITY PARTNER

FirstGroup today revealed it has begun the search for a new national charity partner and confirmed its UK staff are currently voting on their preferred charity. First also said that it is to continue supporting current partner, Save the Children.

Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2012

Reminder: Nominations open!

Deadline for nominations: 5pm, Friday 4 May 2012

CLAN CANCER SUPPORT TO HOST OPEN MEETING FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY SKIN CANCER

A local cancer support charity is hosting a meeting next week which will be open to anyone who has been affected by skin cancer.

New Awards to Recognise Local Action

A new awards scheme is set to recognise the hard work that is done on behalf of the people of Aberdeen. The Aberdeen Impact Awards, which are managed by ACVO (Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations), will highlight the most inspiring work being carried out by local charities, volunteers, social enterprises and fundraising groups.

North East Sensory Services Lottery Award

North East Sensory Services (formerly Grampian Society for the Blind) the leading provider of joint sensory services is delighted to announce the award of £283,970 from the Big Lottery Fund.

MBA APPOINTS TWO NEW DIRECTORS AND CREATES NEW ROLES

Aberdeen-based, Maggie Braid Associates (MBA), competence assurance specialists to the oil and gas industry, has appointed two new directors and created a new software consultant role.

OLIVIA’S GENEROUS GESTURE IN AID OF BEFRIEND A CHILD

An enterprising seven-year-old schoolgirl from Aberdeen has delivered some Easter cheer to a local children’s charity.

CLAN CANCER SUPPORT TO SET UP HOME IN SHETLAND

CLAN Cancer Support is investing in a new centre in Lerwick to bring together all its services that support anyone affected by cancer living in Shetland.

Lottery Award for North East Sensory Services

North East Sensory Services (formerly Grampian Society for the Blind) the leading provider of joint sensory services is delighted to announce the award of £283,970 from the Big Lottery Fund.

Aberdeen Safer Community Trust recruiting new board members

Local charity, Aberdeen Safer Community Trust, today (26th March 2012) announced it is seeking new members to join its board of trustees at an especially exciting time in the organisation’s development.

Boost for Aberdeen cancer research team as fundraising effort reaches £34,500

The fight against two of Scotland’s fastest rising cancers will receive a major boost today (march 23) when a fundraising duo handover a further £11,500.

Looking after friends, looking after colleagues!

A healthy safe working environment is important for us all.

Arts & Business Collide in Space in an Exciting Collaboration marking the UK’s first Cubesat Spaceship Mission

With support from Arts & Business Scotland, Glass artist Siobhan Healy has created an artwork referencing the exciting development of the UK’s first cubesat spaceship mission. The inspiring spacecraft that will take part in the mission later this year has been designed by Glasgow business, Clyde Space, who sponsored the artist to create an art piece around it. The fantastical art piece, which has been made out of parts used to construct real spacecraft, including space solar panels, will be exhibited in the Edinburgh International Science Festival from 30 March before travelling to London and New York.

Insight Aberdeen: Third Sector and Volunteering Fayre 2012— Exhibitors Booking Forms Now Available!

Exhibition space bookings are now being taken for the City’s annual Third Sector and Volunteering Fayre.

Aberdeen fashion show raises more than £1200 for charity

A fashion show which took place in Aberdeen has raised more than £1200 to support entrepreneurship in the developing world.

CNR INTERNATIONAL DONATES MORE THAN £28,000 TO NORTH-EAST CHARITIES

Aberdeen-based CNR International has donated more than £28,000 to local charities over the past three months as part of its commitment to helping local organisations.

‘Be a Hero’ and Join Team CHAS

Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) is keen to sign up running ‘heroes’ for the City of Aberdeen Baker Hughes 10K on Sunday 20 May 2012.

Major boost for medical research thanks to Saving Sight in Grampian

Groundbreaking University of Aberdeen research into eye disease, cancer, arthritis, inflammation and many other medical conditions has had a major boost thanks to a major donation from Saving Sight in Grampian.

Insight Aberdeen: Third Sector and Volunteering Fayre 2012— Exhibitors Booking Forms Now Available!

Exhibition space bookings are now being taken for the City’s annual Third Sector and Volunteering Fayre.

Environmental Charity to Appoint New Director in Aberdeen

Local Environmental Charity, Aberdeen Forward, is seeking a Non-Executive Director to help run its operations in the North-east. The position comes available next month, following the resignation of local lawyer David Scott, who stands down after 6 years.

What is going on in the Scottish Third Sector?

SCVO is asking a wide range of Scottish charities to help in their annual research into third sector income.

Aberdeen Charity Celebrates Certification

An Aberdeen charity and social enterprise is celebrating achieving one of the first certifications of its kind for the sector in the North east.

Arts & Business Scotland opens nominations for 2012 Awards

Arts organisations and businesses have been invited to nominate their partnerships for recognition at the annual Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2012. The winners will be announced at an Awards ceremony and dinner attended by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, in the newly refurbished Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on Wednesday 24 October 2012.

WILL WRITING INITIATIVE RAISES £7,379 FOR MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT

Caring local solicitors firm Stewart & Watson has raised £7,379 for Macmillan Cancer Support following their will writing initiative across their 11 offices in the North East.

NESS Socialise Befriending Project for Visually Impaired celebrates 3 years of Service

The Socialise Befriending Project of North East Sensory Services (formerly Grampian Society for the Blind) celebrates 3 years of providing Volunteer Befriending to visually impaired people in Grampian.

Anne Frank competition for North-east schools

North-east schools are being invited to foster racial equality and diversity across the region through an awards scheme honouring the memory of Anne Frank.

CLAN CANCER SUPPORT RECIEVES FUNDING BOOST THANKS TO NATIONAL AWARDS

A North-east cancer support charity has received a funding boost thanks to two national initiatives.

Social Impact Bonds in Scotland conference

Wednesday 14 March 2012, The Elim Centre, Glasgow

With austerity measures and Westminster budget cuts affecting The Scottish Government, Scotland’s local authorities and public bodies, there will be an inevitable reduction in spending on public services.

Arts & Business figures for 2010-11 reveal significant increase in private investment in culture in Scotland in spite of recession

• Amount of private giving to culture in Scotland rose to £43 million in 2010/11

• Percentage increase of 3.3% in Scotland was slightly below the UK average of 4%

• Scottish business investment was £9.9 million - a 4% decrease but this was less than the UK average fall of 6%

• Individual Philanthropy rose significantly - up 14% to £21.9 million

• Although investment in Scotland by Trusts and Foundations was down 7% from the previous year, the figure is still significantly higher than in the years prior to 2009

FIFTH ANNUAL BEFRIEND A CHILD BIG KIDS BALL RAISES MORE THAN £20,000

More than £25,000 was raised by supporters of a local children’s charity at its annual fundraising Ball on Friday night (February 24).