Budget Consultation Phase 2 draws 2,654 responses News Image DaEwen Tue, 14/11/2023 – 4:04 pm The second phase of Aberdeen City Council’s consultation – which closed on November 12 – has drawn 2,654 responses. The month-long engagement exercise presented options for balancing the annual budget, with the Council facing a funding shortfall of £35 million in 2024/25 and £83m over the next four years. Councillor Alex McLellan, Convener of the Finance and Resources Committee, said: “This is the first year of the enhanced budget consultation, so I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time…

Aberdeen success in becoming test site for national Bairns’ Hoose project   News Image sevans Thu, 26/10/2023 – 3:22 pm Aberdeen has successfully bid to become one of only six locations that will become home to Scotland’s first Bairns’ Hoose test sites.      The Bairns’ Hoose vision is to bring different disciplines together in supporting children and young people who are victims of abuse or witnesses to it.  Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Fife, North Strathclyde, the Outer Hebrides and Tayside will become local Pathfinder Partnerships, sharing a £6million Scottish Government fund to connect services across the justice system.   Aberdeen City…