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Charity Overwhelmed by Local Community Support Sue Ryder’s two year £3.9million appeal to extend its Aberdeen-based neurological centre, Dee View Court has reached £2.2million in just one year. The funds will double the size of this local neurological care centre, which cares for people living with long-term neurological conditions including Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis and acquired brain injuries. Supporters of the Brick by Brick initiative include local pharmaceutical company, Porter Pharmacy, who have pledged to raise £10,000 across its stores, and Abbotswell Primary who are raising £1,000. For more information, go to sueryder.org/brickbybrick
Name announced for Aberdeen’s new £333million event venue Aberdeen’s new £333 million conference, exhibition and entertainment venue will be called The Event Complex Aberdeen - TECA. The project includes a new 12,500 capacity arena, exhibition and conferencing space for up to 5,000, as well as two on site hotels with 350 bedrooms
DeeClutter Fairies: a new venture for Pauline After many years of working in the oil industry, Pauline Parkhill has turned her hobby into a new Aberdeenshire business venture. Pauline loved helping friends and family sell their unwanted designer label clothing, footwear and bags on eBay, and now provides the service professionally to customers in the Northeast. Find out more at deeclutterfairies.co.uk.
and a further 150 rooms coming shortly after opening. The venue is also extremely environmentally friendly boasting its own energy centre, which will use local renewable resources and advanced technologies to produce an energy eco-system. The complex is scheduled to open in 2019.
Aboyne Games benefits local community groups The success of last year’s 150th Aboyne Highland Games, is being felt throughout Royal Deeside after organisers granted £6,000 of donations to 12 local community groups. Donations ranged from £250 to £1,000 and benefit a wide spectrum of the local population. Aboyne Highland Games traditionally donates around £1,000 each year to local good causes and the philanthropic aspect of the event has existed since at least 1884 when educational bursaries were offered to local scholars.
Stormy photo triumphs in Love Where You Live competition An atmospheric photo of waves crashing on the rocks at Girdleness has won The Love Where You Live competition which asked locals to sum up why they love living in the North-east of Scotland. The competition was run by Northsound
2 to celebrate the station becoming the first commercial radio station in Scotland to make the switch to digital from analogue. The winning shot was taken by Callum Hardie (25), from Aberdeen.