ABERDEEN is set for a raft of community-led regeneration projects after grants were agreed by the city’s local authority.
The money from the Place Based Investment Programme Fund is also used for supporting town centre revitalisation, community wealth building, and 20-minute neighbourhoods.
The fund comes from the Scottish Government, which distributed £38 million this financial year to local government, of which £847,000 was allocated to Aberdeen City Council to be administered locally.
Aberdeen City Council also agreed grants from the UK Government’s UK shared prosperity fund prospectus for Aberdeen City Council projects covering three priority areas – community and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. The council is to receive £7,156,832 covering an initial three-year period covering 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Aberdeen City Council Co-Leader Councillor Ian Yuill said, “We are delighted the committee has agreed to spend these monies on really worthwhile community projects. The grants will make a huge difference to all of these projects which will enrich and enhance the city in many ways.”
Organisations which are to receive Place Based Investment Programme Fund grants include up to £50,000 to the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust incorporating Ferryhill Men’s Shed for the restoration of historic office buildings and water tower project, and up to £22,013 to the Fersands Fountain Community for the nursery garden improvement project with agreement to increase this up to the requested £33,000 should there be underspends in any of the previously approved projects.
Aberdeen City Council projects which are to receive UK shared prosperity fund grants include:
- Up to £70,000 to Aberdeen City Council Community Buildings Feasibility Studies project;
- Up to £101,000 to Aberdeen City Council ClimateOS software project;
- Up to £240,000 to Aberdeen City Council SPECTRA festival project;
- Up to £700,000 to Aberdeen City Council Tolbooth Museum Improvements and Structural Repairs project;
- Up to £40,000 to Aberdeen City Council – Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Reimagining the Cowdray Hall feasibility;
- Up to £90,000 to Aberdeen City Council – Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Aberdeen Archives Centre feasibility project;
- Up to £150,000 to Aberdeen City Council – Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museum for Audience Evaluation & Acquisition feasibility project.
