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Meet Our Members
Meet OUR MEMBERS
Group membership of NESCAN is open to community-led and non-profit organisations based in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. This includes constituted and unconstituted groups, SCIOs, CICs and social enterprise companies that are limited by guarantee, and who support NESCAN's vision & aims. Below is a growing list of group members.
We welcome individual members, however we do not publish their details on our website.
* THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS *

Scottish Green Part of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

We are a volunteer-run organisation that aims to inform and prompt action on climate change and sustainable practices in the North East of Scotland through awareness raising, education, partnerships and support.
Aberdeen Climate Action was formed in 2014 and is a volunteer-run organisation that aims to inform and prompt action on climate change and sustainable practices in the North East of Scotland through awareness raising, education, campaigning, partnerships and support.

A multi-award winning Community Benefit Society, established, owned and run by the community with a for a sustainable community that truly works for its residents, visitors and the area’s natural riverside setting.
Aberdeen Community Energy is a multi-award winning Community Benefit Society, was set up in 2015 by the Donside Community Association (DCA) to build, own and operate the Donside Hydro Scheme on behalf of the community.

Action for a Fairer World is a project being provided by Aberdeen for a Fairer World/MDEC. The focus of AFW is on supporting young people, schools and the wider community to take action which will make a difference at a local, regional and global level.
Our vision is to work with the communities of North East Scotland including schools/young people, to be global citizens who embrace social justice, fair trade, sustainable lifestyles and who promote sustainable international development that is environmentally and economically fair to all.

Aberdeen University Students Association is a student-led organisation that supports, empowers, and represents you, the student.
AUSA has the mission to support, empower and represent students of the University of Aberdeen. In 2019 the student body used AUSA to declare a climate emergency. Sustainability is one of our cross cutting themes which we try to involve in everything from activities to representation. We hope to be able to represent the student movements demand for climate action at the University and beyond, while developing our own operations to be sustainable and supporting student run sustainability initiatives. We represent all students wherever they are, but are based in Old Aberdeen where most of our initiatives take place. We want to join NESCAN as we believe this to be particularly relevant for our student groups and societies who are taking action on climate changer, and to build bridges. |
Aberdeen Ethnic Minority Women’s Group CIC is a community-driven organisation that provides crucial support to ethnic minority women and children in the Aberdeen area.

Aboyne Climate Group brings together a community of people from Aboyne and the surrounding area that share a vision and an interest in our local climate and environment. We have put on a range of educative talks and invite everyone to get involved in local projects that enhance our area and provide resilience to climate change.
Aboyne Climate Group brings together a community of people from Aboyne and the surrounding area that share a vision and an interest in our local climate and environment. We have put on a range of educative talks and invite everyone to get involved in local projects that enhance our area and provide resilience to climate change.

A Project of Mid Deeside Community Trust. Aboyne Paths and Tracks Group (APTG) is run by local volunteers with the aim of maintaining, developing and promoting Mid Deeside’s paths and tracks.
Maintaining, developing and promoting Mid Deeside's paths and tracks.

Action for Climate and Environment Newburgh is a charity covering the same areas as the Foveran Community Council area in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. We run activities, events and share information about the environment and climate change.
Our mission is to raise awareness of climate and environment issues amongst the residents, businesses and visitors to Newburgh and environs (broadly the Foveran Community Council area), to take actions related to climate change adaptation/mitigation and environmental protection/enhancement, and to provide opportunities for the community to take action.

Our aim is to offer opportunities for men in the Alford area to meet and undertake creative, physical, purposeful and recreational activities of their choice, and to share their skills and knowledge with others. We are a registered charity and a member of the Scottish Men's Sheds Association.
A green hub within a men's shed supporting low carbon heat, PV generation, allotments and polytunnels.
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Alford Primary Parent Council
Alford Primary Parent Council for updates, information and meeting with parents of Alford Primary.
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Alford Street Planters
Alford Street Planters

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Asylum and Refugee Care (AARC)
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Non-profit Social Entreprise
Asylum & Refugee Care (AARC) SCIO is a dedicated charity focused on supporting the growing number of refugees and people seeking asylum in North-East Scotland.

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Apex Church
Apex Church is a life giving church in the heart of our community. A recognised Scottish Charity which is in fellowship with Assemblies of God, Great Britain

Our mission is to invest resouces in the sustainability, enhancement and wellbeing of the community of Ballater, Crathie and Dinnet (BCD). Our vision in the next 3-5 years is for the BCD community to be universally recognised as a sustainable, vibrant community, working together and becoming a 'go to' destination in which to live and work. Our focus areas are improving the natural surroundings, developing affordable social housing, developing community transport provision: developing recreational amenities and facilitating local groups to contribute within the above focus areas.

A Climate Action Now (CAN) Group based in Ballater engaged in climate change mitigation and environmental protection campaigns .
Voluntary group carrying our or initiating projects in the area that address Climate Change mitigation and/or adaption and biodiversity.

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Banchory Greenpower

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Banff and Macduff Community Council
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Non-profit Social Enterprise
Banff and Macduff Community Council comprises of a mix of residents of both Banff and Macduff. We are the first level of local government and are responsible for representing our community and ensuring that we have a voice in the wider Aberdeenshire locality.

Men's Shed
Banff, Macduff and District Men’s Shed’s journey began back in 2017 when a group of eight men began meeting in a room above the Railway Inn Banff. In 2018, the Shed set their sights on the former Fife Street School in Macduff – a large empty granite building that was up for sale. After a few hiccups and a pandemic in the way, the Shed gained access in September 2022 and signed a 99-year lease in March 2023.
The Shed’s varied activities include woodwork, gardening, machinery maintenance, computing, music group/band, snooker, table tennis, cards and board games, group debates, presenting shows on their local radio station and photography to name but a few. The Shed has also dedicated two rooms solely to let to community groups including Deveron Camera Club, puppy training classes, a street dance group, the Macduff Crafters and the North Aberdeenshire Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service Health and Social Care Partnership which holds weekly acupuncture classes for people suffering from addiction.

Bennachie Leisure Centre has been at the heart of Insch since 2000, offering sport, health, social and educational welfare activities and services for all. Our focus is to promote health and well-being by providing a safe, supportive and welcoming environment to encourage and enthuse Insch and the surrounding community to become active and stay active.
Bennachie Leisure Centre has been at the heart of Insch for 21 years, offering sport, health, social and educational welfare activities and services for all.
Our vibrant, multi purpose hub not only offers sport and fitness to suit all ages and abilities, but also hosts other events, parties and activities, such as Insch Movies, Fundraising Fun Days, Cooking Classes, Whist Drives and lots more.
Our usual timetable consists of activities such as; Badminton, Yoga, Fit Kids, Fitness Classes, Indoor Cycling and Kid’s Holiday Camps.

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Black and Scot
Black and Scot is a female-led, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to equipping Black individuals with the skills, resources, and support needed to thrive through our technology, equity, and sustainability initiatives.

We are a local, voluntary Community organisation for Men, aged between 18 & 118! At its core is a positive health message, by giving Members the opportunity to remain fit and active, both physically and mentally.
Local, voluntary community organisation for men aged above 18.

Brighter Bucksburn is a community group set up by Bucksburn Community Council and the Beacon Gardening Club to improve the local area.
Brighter Bucksburn is a voluntary group working with Bucksburn and Newhills Community Council to improve the area of Bucksburn. We have some 30 regular volunteers plus frequent assistance from school groups and others.
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Cattleskate Academy
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CIC - NPSE

At Circular Communities Scotland, we empower our national network of reuse, repair and recycling charities.
Circular Communities Scotland is the national intermediary for charities and social enterprises working on circular economy projects (reuse, repair, recycling, sharing libraries, repair cafes etc). Membership for small organisations with a turnover under £100k is free. We run a Reuse Furniture Consortium, a Share & Repair Network and a Bike Reuse Network.

The Compass project aims to develop inclusive spaces that will serve and engage the local and wider community in Aberdeen City & Shire.
Compass aims to demonstrate practical solutions for more healthy, sustainable lifestyles. The project will showcase and make accessible to the local and wider community:
o sustainable building practices with conservation of the listed main building
o an integrated health and educational approach supported by the natural environment & built
o sustainable social enterprise projects serving the local community
o organic/biodynamic land use with nutritious food production, bee hives, wild flower meadow and woodland
o repair, reuse and recycle practices.
Our community garden, tended by our weekly and monthly volunteers, uses no dig beds to emphasise the reincorporation of carbon rich humus into the soil by micro and macro-organisms as a carbon sink while improving the soil structure and productivity. Ultimately, we plan to have a zero-waste kitchen to provide training in preparation of the food grown on site.

The Communities Housing Trust (CHT) is a registered charity and social enterprise focused on building sustainable rural communities across central and northern Scotland.

A local group of hard working volunteers dedicated to making cove look beautiful all year.
Cove in Bloom aim to provide and maintain gardens, planters, planted areas, and hard landscaping for the benefit of the Cove and Altens area of Aberdeen city. We aim to work as beneficially as possible, growing flowers on from seed, cuttings, and plug plants as well as working for sustainability with perennials. We have approx 10 volunteers and no paid staff. pellentesque diam. Egestas congue quisque egestas diam. Odio euismod lacinia at quis risus. Massa enim nec dui nunc mattis enim ut tellus. Dignissim cras tincidunt lobortis feugiat vivamus. Risus feugiat in ante metus dictum at tempor commodo. Nulla aliquet enim tortor at auctor urna nunc id cursus.

Provision of recreational facilities for the community of Cove and the advancement of environmental improvements.
Cove Woodland Trust was formed to purchase and maintain an area of approx. 16acres of land to retain for the benefit of the people and the wildlife of the area. We have now owned Cove Community Woodland for over 5 years and have planted more than 4000 trees, developed a pre-school play area, added carved wooden figures, and held regular open days on the land. We are presently improving the main path across the land to wheelchair and buggy accessible. We have nearly 30 members including volunteers and board members.

Deeside CAN stands for Climate Action Network. It also stands for Care And Nurture for our community, environment and planet. We are a group of people living in and around mid-Deeside in Aberdeenshire, who passionately want to do something to lower our carbon footprint to minimise climate change, reverse biodiversity loss and eliminate waste.
We started up in March 2019 and cover Banchory and surrounding villages, including Torphins, Crathes, Strachan, Finzean, Kincardine O’Neil, etc. We focus on raising awareness and working on projects to minimise climate change, decrease biodiversity loss and reduce waste. We also want to increase our community's resilience to climate change through a robust and cohesive response.

The EAGer Bunch aim to build a garden where we can grow lots of edible produce and encourage wildlife with flowers and habitat boxes.
Established in 2015, EAGerBunch started to build a garden at the new Ellon Academy Community Campus with a view to teaching and learning about horticulture, making an active vibrant space for activities, increasing biodiversity on site, growing edible produce and connecting with the community

Earth & Worms is a community project based in Tillydrone. We are located at the rear of Tillydrone Pharmacy on Hayton Road. Our garden serves as the hub to our enterprise, creating fertiliser and compost from green and food waste.
Earth & Worms is a community garden focused on empowering people within Aberdeen City. We aim to aid in forming strongly bonded communities by coming together to learn how to grow food and connect with nature in an accessible and sustainable manner. The community garden is open to volunteers throughout each week to use the space to unwind, or help work on various projects as well as planting, harvesting, and maintaining the space. Currently the garden has 147 members, with most of these members living in or around Tillydrone, Woodside, and Seaton. Our space is open to all abilities and backgrounds making our membership diverse and special.
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We are a community allotment group based in Ellon working towards building spaces for growing and wildlife for people in the Ythan area.

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Ellon Wheel Park Group
Ellon Wheel park is a not-for-profit charity made up of local volunteers providing a free to use facility for the people of Ellon and the surrounding area. To help towards ongoing upkeep and maintenance costs we welcome donations via link below, or alternatively help support us longer term and become a yearly member and/or volunteer to give back to the community.

The Foundation for Advancement of Child Education and Youth Empowerment (FACEYOUTH) is a grassroot inspired charitable organization committed to improving the lives of disadvantaged children and youths in Scotland and Overseas, through our various programmes and initiatives: poverty alleviation, promotion and support of quality education and wellbeing for the disadvantaged child, as well as promotion and provision of vocational and skills acquisition programmes for the empowerment of youths.
For over 5 years, FACEYOUTH has been supporting individuals, families, and communities through our various projects - from empowering the vulnerable and the less privileged mainly children and young adults and their families by providing food, basic clothing and employment and other means of income generating opportunities, to awarding full scholarships to indigent students and hosting sessions on digital skills, career choices and Mental Health Awareness, with the aim to relieve disadvantage of any sorts and give people the opportunity to lead fulfilling lives.
Since attending COP26 in Glasgow, some of our young people that were involved with the climate change action plan, came back with a resolution to support the emergency declaration of 2019. FACEYOUTH is therefore committed to supporting, inspiring, encouraging and working with others to help achieve the target of net-zero carbon for the whole of black and ethnic minority community in Aberdeen.
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Feughside Community Association
Feughside Community Council serves the communities of Strachan, Auchattie, Blackhall, Tilquhillie and Glendye.

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Fraserburgh & District Men's Shed
Fraserburgh Community Shed is a welcoming space for everyone to connect, learn, and create.

Operating from Seaton & Linksfield neighbourhoods, and surrounding areas, we are a volunteer lead Mental Health Charity.
Fresh Community Wellness SCIO is a registered charity, our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the Seaton and Linksfield Area by using a range of activities to gain improve the area. We run a community Garden Seaton Neighbourhood United Garden (SNUG), a Parent & Toddler Group, Pocket gardens throughout Seaton, A New Men's Mental Health Music Chat Group, Ladies Craft group.

Fair Food Aberdeenshire (FFA) believe everyone should have access to affordable and healthy food no matter where they live or how much they earn.
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Friends of Erroll Place

Friends of Forest Drive Park aims to promote, maintain, protect and improve our park for the whole community to enjoy for many years to come.

FoSP are a registered charity comprised of volunteer board members who are dedicated to the enhancement and development of one of Aberdeen's best loved green spaces.
The FoSP are a registered charity comprised of volunteer board members who are dedicated to the enhancement and development of one of Aberdeen's best loved green spaces.

Friends of Murray Park in Alford is a group to enable local people to get more involved with this great site and help with management, such as tree planting and other conservation projects.

St Fittick's Community Park is the last freely accessible green-space in Torry, Aberdeen. We are fighting to protect St. Fittick’s Park in its entirety and the surrounding green belt from the so-called Energy Transition Zone (ETZ), ensuring the lands continue to be thriving habitats for plants, animals and the community. We celebrate St Fittick's Park as a place for people of Torry and Aberdeen to come and enjoy and be close to nature. We work and collaborate with others to help maintain and improve the park and its biodiversity, including the East Tullos Burn.
St Fittick's Community Park is the last freely accessible green-space in Torry, Aberdeen. As Friends of St Fittick's Park, we are fighting to save the park for our local community. We want to protect and enhance the great wildlife of the park. We are fighting against any attempts to take the park away from the people of Torry.

Friends of Sunnybank Park is a local charity which was set up to run the park and keep it open.
Friends of Sunnybank Park manage Sunnybank Park, a community-run park in the Sunnybank area of Aberdeen. The park has allotments, a wallspot wall, outdoor gym equipment, and is maintained by volunteers.

Set up in 2017, Friends of Westfield Park are a small but enthusiastic group of volunteers, who help look after and make improvements to Westfield Park in Bridge of Don.
Our group aims to improve and enhance our local park and encourage the local community to join us in this. Most of the volunteer sessions and public events we hold usually involve climate change in one way or another whether its reusing redundant materials, educating the local children and/or planting wildflower areas. We have a much improved park and want to build on this so it's enjoyed both now in our lifetime and for the generations to come.

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Friends of Tarlair Community Group
The Friends of Tarlair Trustees are well placed to take the pool renovation project forward, with a good balance of skills not least of which is determination and enthusiasm.

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Friends of the Haughs
We are a constituted group formed to improve the biodiversity around the Haughs, by planting wildflowers, trees & bulbs. We aim to make the area more welcoming for all - human, animal & insect.
We are a team of 20 staff and a network of thousands of supporters and active local groups. We are part of Friends of the Earth International – the largest grassroots environmental network in the world uniting 73 member groups and millions of supporters.

The Parent Council are heavily involved in school life, contributing to whole school decisions and raising money for resources throughout the year.

The Gairn Community Garden is a vibrant initiative in Aberdeen, transforming 600 square meters of abandoned allotment into a thriving community space.

Covers Aberdeenshire and also supports people who may live in Aberdeen
Grampian Opportunities aims to open up community, learning, volunteering and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, mental health or long term conditions. Providing information, promoting wellbeing, offering volunteering opportunities, learning activities, Employability programmes, Peer support and mentoring.

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Mamacita Foundation
Founded on the 23rd of September 2020, the Mamacita Foundation embarked on its mission to make a difference in the lives of those most vulnerable in our community, when it was made a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

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Garthdee Community Council
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Garthdee Community Council is a voluntary organisation set up by statute by Aberdeen City Council.
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Garthdee Community Garden
The Garthdee Community Garden is a dedicated area within the Garthdee Fields Allotment Association (GFFA) site.

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Garthdee Field Allotments Association
Garthdee Field is a wonderful, friendly, green space. We plotters see it as, ‘our wee place in the country’. We are enthusiastic gardeners who like sharing ideas about gardening better and greener.

Granite City Good Food is Aberdeen City’s Sustainable Food Places Partnership, one of over 110 partnerships in a national network.

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Gray Street Allotment Association

We are a community-based organisation established in 2012 , with around 60 regularly receiving information and contributing to our work. . The overarching aim of the organisation is the advancement of environmental protection and improvement in the Kemnay area. |
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Garioch Sports Centre
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Garioch Sports Centre is a Scottish charity that offers gym, personal training, wellbeing, fitness, kids, teens and seniors activities in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

Go Deep is a game that generates transformation in communities, to promote cohesion, inclusion, empowerment of its members and strengthen their resilience.

Greener Kincardine and Mearns are a new group, concerned with environmental issues.
We are trying to restart post pandemic, having just started a year or so before that. We have a constitution and recently held an AGM.

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Hazlehead Outdoor Nursery

Stonehaven Horizon is a voluntary group whose aim is to foster civic pride in the town and make Stonehaven a better place to live and work.

A local community group working to raise awareness and take action in the face of the Climate Emergency.
We are a very varied group - all concerned about climate change and wanting to take action.

People for nature and nature for people, working together towards a greener Huntly.

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Hatton Repair Cafe
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Inverurie Academy Reading Leadership Group

We are a Community Benefit Society registered with the Financial Conduct Authority established in 2018 to take advantage of the offer of utilising the waste residual heat from the proposed Energy From Wate plant on the site of the former Inverurie Papermill. We will use this heat to deliver clean, safe, affordable, low carbon heat to the adjacent community of Garioch, by means of a district heating network.

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Inverurie Environmental Improvement Group (IEI)
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Inverurie West Parish Church Community Garden
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Inverurie Climate Action Cafe was born out of a Climate Action Festival which was held in Inverurie in October 2022.
Based in the town of Inverurie we have four active members at the moment ( and a mailing list of 25) but are hoping this will increase as we hold Climate Action Cafe events throughout the coming year.
Our aim is to raise awareness, educate and inform the local community about the issues facing our planet and involve residents in taking action to make our town more resilient and carbon neutral in the future.
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Kincorth Leggart Community Council
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Situated at the heart of Kingswells and Webster Park on the outskirts, on the way to Bucksburn, the main centre holds a large sports hall and coffee shop which provides a large schedule of activities and events. Webster Park is a smaller studio facilities, but has a large outdoor football pitch and multi-use games area.
As well as the schedule of activities, we are proud to provide a wide range of services and events tailored to our community's needs and to help in today's climate.

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Lumphanan Paths Group
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Magpie is a social enterprise-based project being delivered by Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action with two distinct social purposes:
To support families in crisis by donating goods which will enable them to set up a new home. This might include families facing financial crisis, or women and children fleeing from domestic violence.
To support the Net Zero agenda, by diverting goods from landfill and selling them through our shop, whilst promoting the importance of a reduce, reuse, recycle culture.
In the last 6 months, we have donated good ranging from sofas, beds and wardrobes to cutlery, crockery, and small electrical goods (PAT tested) to 17 families who have found themselves in crisis situations across the south of Aberdeenshire. During the last 12 months, we estimate that c.10,000 people have visited the Magpie shops at the Tillybrake Industrial Estate in Banchory, with 20,507 items being sold which might otherwise have been sent to landfill. Additionally, all items that we sell are donated to us by the general public, and any money raised from the sale of goods supports the Magpie operation, allowing us to gift more items to those who are in need. We also work in partnership with a foodbank to deliver parcels to families in need.
Magpie (Previously The Box Room) has be around for over 20 years, helping reduce items from landfill, reuse and gifting. We are hoping to continue reducing our caron footprint through potential community projects.
Magpie covers Aberdeenhire South, although we do occasionally cover City and North.
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Mark Bush Court Residents Association
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Social Enterprise
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Maud Village Trust

The Group was constituted Sept. 2002. The purpose of the Group is to coordinate, facilitate, introduce, and raise funds for additional amenities in the town of Meldrum (Formartine) with a view to enhancing and enriching the environment of the town and the life of the residents. We have two main projects, to provide and maintain an extensive floral display each year and to provide and maintain the Christmas festive illuminations. In addition, we assist with the development and maintenance of the William Forsyth Community Garden. The Group also financed, constructed, and maintain the Meldrum Petanque Club. We also undertook to provide and facilitate illuminating the town’s War Memorial. More recently the Group financed and established the Oldmeldrum Chapter “Cycling Without Age” a project for the elderly and those with limited mobility to get out and about. The Group also organises and manages the Community litter picks with the next scheduled event planned for 15th. April. In keeping with Aberdeenshire Council’s Sustainability Charter Action Programme, the group has dispensed with their diesel tractor and petrol water bowser and replaced them with a Utility Electric Vehicle which also provides an electric pump for carrying out the watering duties. Our carbon footprint was further reduced by installing Solar Panels for energising the EV and also providing solar energy for our 4 electric propagation beds. At the end of each season all compost from the floral containers is recycled over our vibrating riddle for the following years’ planters. The group also saves plants such as Begonias and others for storing and planting the following year.

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Mohanji Foundation
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Huntly
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Nether Loirston Growers Association

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New Arc Wildlife Rescue

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New Deer Community Association

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The organisation was set up in January 2021 as a response to a demand for allotment space and community gardens for residents of Newmachar, Kingseat and the local surrounding area, with a focus on food security for all. We are also working with Aberdeenshire Council Greenspace department, currently planning to plant native wild trees, fruit trees and bushes as well as bulbs and wild flowers on specified council-owned land within Newmachar village. We are converting an under-used community garden alongside the footpath to Kingseat to an orchard, with 8 apple trees planted so far.
We have recently agreed with the owners of a local guest house to convert their disused paddock into a vegetable garden to our mutual benefit. Volunteers from our group can grow food and in return supply a portion to the house, with the surplus available to the community. In addition, we will sow a wildflower border to support pollinators. Although not officially allotments, this constitutes a valuable growing space for the community – a promising start towards our ambition.
We currently have over 30 official applicants for growing space, and are still working on finding land for permanent allotments. There is a national shortage and all current council plots are oversubscribed.
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North East Arts Touring
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North East Scotland Retrofit Hub (NESFIT)
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Obfuscation (Glendkindie)

We are a registered charity in Scotland managed a lease space to offer activities and support services to meet local/community needs. The environment is a significant issue and we do seek to adopt environmental friendly practices on how we operate

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Off the Rails Community Garden
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We are a community growing initiative with the aim to encourage people of all ages to grow their own food, share knowledge and excess produce with others in the community and to eat seasonally and healthily.

We are the environmental charity for dog owners- we encourage dog owners to pick up a few pieces of litter on walks to protect animals, communities & the environment. We also educate on the consequences of littering. We started in Stonehaven where we have 400 members. We now have 23,000 across social media across Aberdeenshire, the UK & worldwide.

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Peterhead Area Community Trust

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Portlethen & District Community Allotment Association

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Portlethen Moss Conservation Group
Portlethen Moss Conservation Group was formed in 2005 to protect Portlethen Moss, a Local Nature Conservation Site.


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Portsoy Community Enterprise

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Printfield Community Project
Printfield Community Project began in 1989 and was set up as an economic development project. Printfield offers a variety of support and services to those in the Printfield area such as an After School club hosted at Woodside Community Centre, Monday to Friday 3-6:00pm. They have Youth Services group for young people between the ages of 5 and 16 years old on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays alongside play schemes in the school holidays.
They have a creche for children too young to attend nursery Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings 9.15 – 11.15 and a Foodbank and Delivery service on Monday and Friday mornings. Alongside their robust timetable they offer drop-in support for anyone in the area, a charity shop run by volunteers alongside a Reiki Master who comes every second Thursday 11:30 – 15:30 and offers complementary therapies such as Indian Head massage, Reiki, and Reflexology for £2.

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Ruthrieston Community Centre Association

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RGU Go Green
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Tap o Noth Community Seed Library (Prev. Rhynie Seed Library)

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RISE Aberdeen CIC
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Royal Northern Countryside Initiative
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Through our work at Scarf we will contribute to the growth of cleaner, greener and more efficient communities. Through networking and developing relationships with partners we will work together to get the job done. Our original aim of eradicating fuel poverty hinges on the improved energy efficiency of local homes which in turn reduces carbon produced. Over recent years Scarf has become involved in ensuring a Just Transition towards Net Zero for all householders in the NE.
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Seaton Community Hub

Slains Environmental Action for Change (SEAchange) was established in 2018 to promote environmental protection by providing information and by demonstrating ways to help reduce climate change, and promote art and local heritage through encouraging enjoyment of art and music and by preserving our heritage.
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Shevock Burn CIC

The Community Council in Collieston and Slains is an amalgamation of the former Amenities Committee and a Community Council - in other words we are involved in everything that happens in the local community. We are very active in promoting and delivering local events and facilities but are also keen to work toward better sustainable resources and buildings for the future. In particular we want to improve our local community centre, inform our community on how to make old houses more heat efficient and to investigate travel options such as ebikes.
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Staff Garden - University of Aberdeen

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Social Juice CIC
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Sound Festival - Non-profit social enterprise
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Springhill Community Garden

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St Machar Community Biodiversity Project aims to make the kirkyard of Oldmachar more attractive to visitors and wildlife alike. To increase the kirkyard biodiversity with a sustainable management system, to enable people to have creative experiences with the benefits of being outside and interpret family stories and increasing awareness of the local built heritage.

St. Machar Academy Parent Council mission and purpose is to engage with the community of the school parents/ guardians within the catchment area and a wider local community of Aberdeen for the benefits of the school pupils. Also to support the school in delivering high quality learning. Currently approx. 20 active parents, the council is open to every school parent/guardian.

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Station House Media Unit
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We have been involved in climate change for 3-4 years. We cover the whole of Scotland and the rest of the UK."

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Stonehaven Town Partnership
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People in or near Ellon doing what we can to help make Ellon a sustainable place for people and planet.


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St. Fittick's Torry

We are an informal collective of climate-conscious people who live in the Howe of Cromar. We aim to be inclusive, have established links with similar groups in Aberdeenshire, and welcome new insights and contributions.

The organisation’s purpose is the advancement of community development and in particular, promotion of the arts, culture, heritage, environmental enhancement and protection, and the provision of recreational activities: all within the Parish of Tarland and the Howe of Cromar in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire. Resilience and adaptation to climate change is relevant to many of our projects.

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The Barn
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The Community Collective Stonehaven
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The Forget-Me-Not Club
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The Banff Vinery, managed by Aberdeen Foyer is a community space that will provide opportunities for children, young people and families to take part in valuable health and wellbeing activities. In addition, we have our own green team - The Foyer Green Team

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The Haven - Stonehaven
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The Secret Garden Society aims to use the space for growing our own vegetables and fruit sustainably, but also teach our members how to grow them and how to cook them (vegan recipes with seasonal ingredients). It's a great place to learn about gardening and get in contact with nature. We host weekly gardening sessions as well as many other events in which we promote sustainability as a lifestyle.

We are the statutory group for Tillydrone & we are very keen to get involved with making the right changes/choices within our community in regards to climate change.

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Turriff Baden Powell Centre
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SCIO

We are a school in Aberdeenshire, that is aiming to make our school ground more environmental and nature friendly. We want to have a whole school activity day, including planting seeds to make the playground come to life. An eco committee of 8 and a school with 450 pupils.
The school is a new build, so we want to encourage wildlife to make it their home, and a more biodiverse environment. That will enthuse the pupils to partake further in climate action and care for the environment.

We exist to help the community of Udny to develop and are working hard to transform local facilities to best serve the needs and wishes of Udny.
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Udny Climate Action
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UCA is part of PUT (Pitmedden Udny Tarves Community SCIO SC045547). PUT also undertakes all the flower planting in Pitmedden, along with associated environmental initiatives in the area. The purpose of UCA is to develop and support initiatives to combat climate change and reduce its harmful effects on the environment.
We are a group established in 2018 to 'support carbon reduction and other initiatives to tackle climate change'.

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Westhill & Elrick Community Council
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Putting "WE" in "CC"
Westhill & Elrick Community Council is a statutory organisation made up of local volunteers. We’re non-political and governed by a code of conduct. WECC offers a collective voice on community matters and works to improve the quality of life for residents. Activities include supporting local organisations; promoting safety and safeguarding amenity; organising events; and commenting on planning applications.
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Wild Flowers in Wild Places

YAHYA provides unaccompanied young asylum seekers with support by organising group activities where they can socialise with local young adults in a friendly, non-judgmental environment. Through fun events and workshops focused on building interpersonal skills, we help reduce isolation and boredom. Our goal is to improve their wellbeing, boost confidence, and support community integration, giving them the tools they need to thrive and rebuild their lives in the UK.
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