Aberdeen Tenants & Residents Partnership

Aberdeen City Council would like to hear from parents, carers and future parents and carers about their views on funded Early Learning and Childcare for all three and four-year olds and eligible two-year olds. The Council has been able to offer 84% of all on-time applicants their first choice in an Aberdeen City Council setting for August 2025 admissions. By taking part in the consultation parents/carers and future parents/carers can help shape the Council’s Early Learning and Childcare offering for all three and four-year olds and eligible two-year olds.

The purpose of this consultation is to seek the views of parents and carers in order to:

• Continue to review the impact of the implementation of the expansion of Early Learning and Childcare;

• Inform the development of our Early Learning and Childcare Delivery Plan, which is published every two years and sets out the strategic direction for the delivery of Early Learning and Childcare in the city, responding to local need and reflecting the diversity of communities in Aberdeen; and

• Meet our statutory consultation duties under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

The consultation is open until 11.59pm on Friday 30 May 2025. Your views are important to us. The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and can be accessed by clicking on the following link: https://elc2025.commonplace.is/en-GB/

The Housing Service Improvement Group have their next meeting, this coming Tuesday at 2pm in the Town House on Broad Street. 

We will be discussing the Tenant Participation Review which is going to the Communities, Housing & Public Protection committee meeting on Tuesday 27th May 2025. 

And we will be discussing the Community Safety Review afterwards. Everyone is welcome to attend our meeting. If you would prefer to attend online, please contact Carol Hannaford via email at Channaford@aberdeencity.gov.uk 

Everyone is welcome to attend any of our meetings at the Town House. If you can't attend in person, but can attend online. Please contact Carol Hannaford via email for a link to your preferred meeting. Email: Channaford@aberdeencity.gov.uk 

Housing Service Improvement Group 

Tuesday 6th May at 2pm in the Town House on Broad Street

Communication Group

Tuesday 13th May at 2pm in the Town House on Broad Street

Tenants And Residents Forum

Tuesday 20th May at 2pm in the Town House on Broad Street

Housing Peformance and Budget Group

Monday 26th May at 2pm in the Town House on Broad Street

https://schemelookup.neighbourhoodwatchscotland.co.uk/Alerts/A/266321 

Tenants Together (Scotland) Annual General Meeting 2025:

Saturday 7 June 2025 at 11.00 am  - Online, via Zoom.

On behalf of the Tenants Together (Scotland) committee, I am pleased to invite you and/ or representatives of your group to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Tenants Together (Scotland), which will be held online on Saturday 7 June 2025, online – via the Zoom platform.

This AGM will be the first to be held by Tenants Together (Scotland), following our inception in June 2024. The meeting will be an opportunity to hear about our work and achievements during our first year, as well as updates on our priorities and areas of focus for the year ahead. The agenda for the meeting will also cover business matters. 

Booking a place

You can book a place to attend our AGM here: https://tenantstogether.scot/agm-2025/

You can also reply by emailing info@tenantstogether.scot quoting ‘Tenants Together AGM 2025’ in the subject line. Please make your booking by Friday 23 May.

If you have any questions about booking, please contact info@tenantstogether.scot.

Please note - dependant on numbers attending, bookings on behalf of a group may be restricted to a maximum of two delegates per group if the online platform maximum attendee number is met.

The AGM takes place online via Zoom. The meeting will be held on Thursday 15th May at 11am. 

If anyone is interested in joining the NETRALT Annual General Meeting. Please contact Catherine Coutts via email at catherine.coutts@castlehillha.co.uk 

We have our Housing Performance & Budget Group meeting on the last Monday of the month at 2pm in the Town House. 

At the meeting we will be discussing the draft Community Safety Review plan, Tenant Satisfaction Survey Questions, the restructure of the Citywide Groups. And we will have Hayley Deans from Aberdeen City Council's Housing Performance & Quality Assurance team to go through their monthly report with the group. 

Whether you are a council tenant, housing association tenant and/or a homeowner or in student accommodation or temporary accommodation. Everyone is welcome to attend these meetings, the more the merrier. 

If you have any questions or would like to attend online. Please contact Carol Hannaford via email at Channaford@aberdeencity.gov.uk 

If you want to feel more comfortable serving on a committee then there will be something in this session for you.

This 2 hour session led by ACVO Development Officer Sandy Mathers is designed to make your more confident as a committee member. The session will take place on 21st May 2025 from 2pm to 4pm

It costs £10 for the session. And will be held at ACVO offices at 38 Castle Street. If anyone is interested please visit the link - ACVO Training - Committee Skills - ACVO TSI

Long standing tenant participants Geraldine Matthew and Lewis McGill recently completed their course on Tenant Participation and Community Development provided by TPAS Scotland. 

Both had an interest in completing the course after being involved in Tenant Participation and as well as their local communities for a number of years. To gain more understanding and knowledge of what's involved in both council services. 

Having attend conferences and training with the North East Tenants Residents And Landlords Together (NETRALT). Both Geraldine and Lewis were eager to learn more and getting their certification was the next logical step for both of them. 

Congratulations and well done to Geraldine and Lewis.

If you would like to find out more about the course please visit: TPAS - Your Friendly Engagement Experts