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Young creatives in Aberdeen to benefit from £50,000 in funding

Young creatives in Aberdeen to benefit from £50,000 in funding © Scott Baxter/DCT Media Councillor Marie Boulton. An awards scheme will see young artists in the city benefit from £50,000 in funding, Aberdeen City Council has announced. The local authority’s Creative Learning team has been awarded youth arts recovery funding through Creative Scotland to support and administer grants to what it calls “freelance creative practitioners”. The scheme will support employment for creatives to help sustain opportunities for children and young people, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Funding will be allocated through the Youth Arts Practitioner Awards (YAPA) which was launched yesterday.

Plans to build 2,000 new council homes in Aberdeen progressing well

Updated: January 28, 2021, 6:16 pm Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Plans to build 2,000 new council homes in Aberdeen are “progressing well” according to the local authority. They are currently working on seven sites across the city, with each development in differing stages of construction. A report discussed at the capital programme committee today outlined what stage each project was at. A total of 179 homes have been delivered at Smithfield and Manor Walk, with 86 units being purchased through their buy-back scheme.

Aberdeen City Council asks to close schools for extra day

Aberdeen City Council asks to close schools for extra day © Darrell Benns / DCT Media A number of essential services will be stood down while Aberdeen is in level four. Aberdeen City Council is aiming to close schools for an extra day – as well as giving the go-ahead for some services to be stood down or partially stopped while the city is in level four. Councillors held an urgent business committee over Aberdeen’s move to level four alongside the rest of mainland Scotland from Boxing Day. In the meeting, it was approved that Aberdeen City Council should seek an agreement from the Scottish Government to state that an additional closure day should be given on January 5 to allow planning to take place for the safe return of vulnerable children and the children of key workers to school.

Calls for council chief executive to deal direct with UK Government to secure better funding deal for Aberdeen

Calls for council chief executive to deal direct with UK Government to secure better funding deal for Aberdeen © Chris Sumner/ DCT Media Councillors met for full council for the first time since March. A motion asking Aberdeen City Council’s chief executive to deal with the UK Government directly over funding  – arguing for a better deal for Aberdeen as it has consistently received a low level in funding. Council co-leader Douglas Lumsden hopes to bypass Scottish ministers to boost Town House coffers and asked fellow councillors to back his bid to approach Scottish Secretary Alister Jack and council funding body Cosla about how the city is funded – with the hope money can be made directly to the local authority to help boost the level of funding received.

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