Voting opened this week for people, young and older, living in Aberdeen’s Priority Neighbourhood Areas (North, South and Central) to select the projects they think are best suited to meet their community needs.
Aberdeen City Council’s Participatory Budgeting programme UDECIDE is asking eligible voters to choose from proposals for individual projects worth up to £3,000 in value, with a total of up to £20,000 available for each of the three Priority Neighbourhood Areas.
To be eligible to vote, would-be voters must reside in one of the areas within the priority neighbourhoods. These are:
- North – Northfield, Mastrick, Heathryfold, Cummings Park, Middlefield
- South – Torry, Kincorth
- Central – Tillydrone, Woodside, Seaton, Ashgrove, Stockethill, George Street
Aberdeen City Council co-leader Councillor Christian Allard, chair of Community Planning Aberdeen, said: “Aberdeen City Council’s Participatory Budgeting process UDECIDE enables people living in our Priority Neighbourhood Areas to select the projects that they think will best meet the needs of their community.
“UDECIDE is an excellent example of community empowerment, and I would encourage everyone who is eligible to vote. By doing so, they can help improve their neighbourhoods, making them even better places for all families and individuals to enjoy.”
Each Priority Neighbourhood will host a main event where voters can meet those bidding for the UDECIDE funding before they vote for their favourite proposals. Each voter must select three projects. Voters must be aged eight or over to vote at the in-person events. Free tea, coffee and biscuits will be available at the three main events.
North – 1.30pm-3.30pm on Saturday 1 March at Get Active @Northfield, Kettlehills Crescent, AB16 5TL.
South – 11am-1pm on Saturday 1 March at Greyhope Community Hub, 8 Tullos Circle, AB11 8HD.
Central – 11am-1pm on Saturday 1 March at St George's Community Centre, Hayton Road, AB24 2RN.
Roadshows
There will also be 24 voting roadshows held at various community locations to maximise the opportunity for people to get involved.
For more details, please click on the below links:
North Roadshows South Roadshows Central Roadshows
Online
Anyone unable to attend one of the in-person events is welcome to vote online. To vote online individuals must be 16-years-old or over. To do so, please click here.
Please note that anyone who votes online or at one of the roadshows cannot vote again at their local main event, however they are still welcome to attend.
A total of up to £60,000 is on offer with the council making £40,000 available through Community Planning Aberdeen and £20,000 through the Fairer Aberdeen Fund.
The results of the voting will be published online
on the Community Planning Aberdeen website on Friday 7 March 2025.
The invitation to make a submission to the UDECIDE budget fund opened on Monday 13 January 2025 and closed on Monday 3 February. The proposals had to relate to one or more of the priority outcomes and community ideas detailed within the locality plans for North, South and Central, which underpin Aberdeen’s Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP).