Aberdeen City Council launched its budget consultation online on 19 August, as we seek to understand how potential savings options might affect residents. Citizens are invited to&nbsp;<a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f3cd0255-6084-4622-8014-8cd057576d99" href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/budget-consultation" tabindex="-1" title="provide their views">provide their views</a>.2,142 responses have been provided so far and residents are being encouraged to add their views before 15 September when the consultation closes.Councillor Alex McLellan, Convener of the Finance and Resources Committee, said: “I would like to thank everyone who has taken part in the consultation so far.“As we move into the final week of the consultation, I would encourage anyone considering completing our budget consultation to log on and have their voice heard.”&nbsp;Council Co-Leader Councillor Ian Yuill said: “We had a great turnout for last year's budget consultation. I hope even more people take the time to do so this year.&nbsp;“The feedback the Council receives from the public will help councillors make the decisions needed to set next year's Council budget."Phase 1 of the consultation closes on 15 September and aims to capture feedback on the potential impact of service change options across seven themed areas. The results of the first phase of the consultation will be reported at the full Council meeting on 2 October.&nbsp;For those without internet access at home or requiring digital support, the consultation can be accessed at the Central Library on Rosemount Viaduct or the Marischal College Customer Service Centre on Broad Street during normal working hours.

Less than a week to go till close of phase 1 of budget consultation 2025

<div data-once="quickedit" data-quickedit-field-id="node/11555/field_acc_news_time_and_date/en/full" id="isPasted"><time datetime="2024-08-19T07:04:21Z">Monday 19 August 2024</time></div><div data-once="quickedit" data-quickedit-field-id="node/11555/field_acc_news_body/en/full">Aberdeen City Council today launched its Budget Consultation 2025/26 – aimed at understanding how potential savings options might affect residents.Due to rising demand and costs, the Council must address a funding shortfall of £34 million in 2025/26 and £54m over the next three years.The first phase of the engagement exercise asks how service changes would impact people, including those with protected characteristics – as well as considering ways to fund services.Councillor Alex McLellan, Convener of the Finance and Resources Committee, said: "Aberdeen City Council will be faced with difficult decisions to balance the budget next year, so it is important that we consider the impact that changes to services may have on citizens."This consultation is about us understanding the impact proposed savings options may have so I would encourage as many people to take part as possible."Council Co-Leader Councillor Ian Yuill said: “The Council wants to know which services matter most to people, how they think services should be paid for and delivered – and the impact any changes may have on them as individuals.“I hope as many people as possible take the opportunity to have their say and help to guide the Council's spending plans next year and beyond.”The Council is faced with changing, reducing or even stopping some services and/or generating extra income from fees and charges, including Council Tax.Phase 1 of the online consultation, which closes on September 15, aims to capture feedback on the potential impact of service changes in seven themed areas:<ul type="disc"><li>Communities</li><li>Citizen Services</li><li>Culture and Sport</li><li>Education</li><li>Roads, Waste and Environment</li><li>Capital Programmes</li><li>Council Tax</li></ul>Phase 2, which will run later in the year, will explore options for balancing the Council’s budget in greater detail, drawing on feedback from Phase 1.The results will help inform the decisions taken by councillors in setting spending plans at the annual Budget meeting early next year.For those without internet access at home, the consultation can be accessed at the Central Library on Rosemount Viaduct or the Marischal College Customer Service Centre on Broad Street during normal working hours.A series of events will also be used to promote the consultation.Last year’s consultation – the first of its kind agreed by Aberdeen City Council – drew nearly 6,000 responses across its two phases.</div>

Budget Consultation Launches

Aberdeen City Council faces rising costs for delivering public services. Some extremely difficult decisions will need to be made to stay within budget.

The Council is committed to listening to the views of the public in deciding its 2025/2026 spending plans. 

Have your say until Sunday 15th September 2024.

Have your say on the budget and how it impacts you

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See guidance on what we mean by protected characteristics and why we want to understand the impacts of proposals on people with these characteristics. 

Protected Characteristics

The Council is seeking views from individuals with protected characteristics, and in particular from: young and older citizens; those with a disability; minority ethnic groups; sex, sexual orientation and gender reassignment persons and groups; individuals and groups experiencing economic disadvantage, low income families and/ or communities; organisations supporting residents with protected characteristics and&nbsp;individuals or small businesses that buy, use or receive goods from Aberdeen City Council.&nbsp;We want to understand the effects of each option and identify reasonable ways to minimize any negative impact on you or the people you represent.&nbsp;We will update and publish an impact assessment for each of the budget options alongside the publication of the Budget Committee Report. The final impact assessment and all feedback and evidence will be considered by Council as part of its decision making around the budget options.Please read the information on protected characteristics below before answering the surveys.&nbsp;

Click here to learn more about the consultation and to view the video. 

Aberdeen

About our budget

Our budget

As a local authority, Aberdeen City Council is responsible for a range of public services &ndash; from educating children to maintaining roads to collecting bins.However, demand is rising and our operating costs are exceeding our annual income. Like every local authority, Aberdeen City Council must increasingly do more with less, whilst continuing to look after its most vulnerable residents. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fZSEkOWxXUY?si=WX9HwxiD5cPxGJSH" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> We have three main sources of income:<ol><li>Scottish Government &ndash; General Revenue Grant and Non-Domestic Rate Grant</li><li>Aberdeen Citizens &ndash; Council Tax income</li><li>Council Balance Sheet &ndash; Use of Reserves</li></ol><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1723218292/projects/668285a144c5ea425feb8fb1/lx5uc6q2l5mp7ccoycv9.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Pie chart showing council income. General Revenue Grant £252 million; Non Domestic Rates Grant £208 million; Council Tax Collected £140 million; and Use of Council Reserves £8 million">The Council must by law deliver certain services, including education and social care, which together account for almost two-thirds of the spend. When it comes to buying and buildings things, we must borrow money and repay it over a number of years.This is where our money went last year: <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1723218329/projects/668285a144c5ea425feb8fb1/tkjta9tawkutl0iu6imc.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Pie chart showing Council spending for 2024/25. Education and Early Years £221 million; Adult Social Care £122 million; Children's Social Work £43 million; Repaying Capital Loans £60 million; and all other services £162 million">

Balancing the budget

To stay within budget, we need to make savings of &pound;34m next year and &pound;54m over the next three years.The only way to achieve this is by reducing, changing or even stopping some services, and/or by increasing fees and charges, including Council Tax. Understanding the potential impact on people is therefore critical.Councillors will consider these options alongside the results of this consultation when they set the Budget early next year.&nbsp;

Tell us what you think about where we spend our money and this impact this has on you.

Priorities

Prioritising our Money

The Community Planning Aberdeen Local Outcome Improvement Plan vision is that Aberdeen will be &#39;a place where all people can prosper&#39;. &nbsp;By this they mean that they want everyone in the city to have the same opportunities, regardless of their background or circumstances.&nbsp;The reality of life in Aberdeen (see <a href="https://aberdeencitybudget.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/about-the-consultation/step1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About our Budget</a>) is that there is a gap between those who have and those who do not, those living comfortably and those living in poverty or living with inequality on a day to day basis.In a time of financial constraint, if the Council is to shift the dial on tackling inequality, tackling poverty and tackling the gap between those who have and those who don&#39;t, then the choices that we make need to be targeted on changing the outcomes for those living as the most in need, or for our most vulnerable citizens.We are interested in the impact that changing how we use the money that we have each year to spend on Council services could make a difference to address the inequalities described above.

Last year we asked you for your views on what your service priorities were - where you would spend Council money if it was up to you?We would like to re-run that survey and seek your views again this year to see if any of those views have changed.As the Council has such a wide range of duties, there are various reasons why each of the services shown below must have some funding allocated to them, so we would ask you to remember this while you allocate the points on offer.

Thank you for your time, please press &lsquo;Next&#39; to submit your response.

Have your say on investment in capital programmes. 

Capital Programme

Capital Expenditure

Capital expenditure is about building things, e.g. roads, bridges, schools, buildings, parks, or buying things, e.g. lorries and vans, digital technology.&nbsp;The things that you will see in the city as a result of the Council spending Capital are, to give some examples, the new play park at Hazlehead Park, the extended and improved Aberdeen Art Gallery, the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, the Diamond Bridge over the river Don, Milltimber Primary School, the redevelopment and upgrading of Union Terrace Gardens, the new P&amp;J Live arena and conference centre and wider hotel and energy facilities at Bucksburn, Greyhope Primary School, new roads, pavements, cycle paths and road reinstatement, as well as new vehicles running on electric or hydrogen.The Scottish Government provides about &pound;18million for Capital projects annually. &nbsp;The cost of delivering capital projects is considerably more than that. &nbsp;Money from other sources are available however they tend to contribute to rather than cover the total cost, therefore the Council borrows money to fund the balance&nbsp;and repay it over a number of years &ndash; just like a mortgage for a home you might buy.&nbsp;The impact of the Capital programme on the amount the Council has had to borrow over the last 10 years is significant.&nbsp;Ten years ago, at 31 March 2014, the General Fund (that excludes Council housing) had borrowed &pound;420million, this increased to &pound;1,117million as at 31 March 2024, an increase of almost &pound;700million in 10 years.&nbsp;To put this into a financial context, to repay that &pound;1.117million it is costing the Council approximately &pound;60million every year, and this will continue for the next 40 years without further borrowing being taken on.The approved Capital Programme increases spending and therefore borrowing over a wide range of other capital projects, and means that the cost of the borrowing is estimated to increase to approximately &pound;78million per year over the next five years.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1723570606/projects/668285a144c5ea425feb8fb1/ysbw0elaziuufpgd6y4x.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Graph showing estimated annual cost of repaying capital loans - £60million for 24/25, £64million for 25/26, £71million for 26/27, £75million for 27/28, £78million for 28/29 and £77million for 29/30"> You will have read in the <a href="https://aberdeencitybudget.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/about-the-consultation/step1">&quot;About our budget&quot;</a> section that there are constraints over what we can and cannot do to change the level of expenditure our budget has to be pay for. &nbsp;One option that is at the discretion of the Council is the level of capital expenditure that it chooses to incur.By reducing the Capital Programme the Council could avoid the costs of borrowing to complete the project, and at current interest rates, for every &pound;1million not borrowed the council will save approximately &pound;60,000 a year from its revenue budget, for 30 years.There are other factors that of course have to be taken account of when planning which projects go ahead and which do not, and these are typically captured in an outline of the project, we call this a Business Case and it goes through a number of stages before a project actually goes ahead.We are interested in knowing what you think our capital expenditure priorities should be, and ask you below to provide us some feedback.

There are various costs associated with building or buying things that will be used over a prolonged period.&nbsp;Below, is an example of a typical capital project to illustrate the financial implications associated with the ongoing capital programme which contains many individual projects.&nbsp;There are two costs associated with any capital project.1. The initial capital cost to construct or acquire the property or vehicle. &nbsp;This normally has to be funded by the Council borrowing the money and repaying it over a number of years - &nbsp;this borrowing can be thought of as a mortgage.2. The opening and ongoing operation of the project. In the case of a school this can be thought of as the operational costs such as paying teachers and other staff, heating and lighting bills and ongoing general maintenance.&nbsp;The cost of repaying the capital borrowing to build the capital project plus the operational costs have to be paid annually &nbsp;out of the Council&#39;s General Fund revenue budget.&nbsp;It is not possible to decide &#39;to reduce capital expenditure&#39; and use that to fund the Revenue Budget. &nbsp;They are very different and cannot be switched or swapped - additionally it is not possible to borrow money to pay for Revenue expenditure. &nbsp;Therefore choosing to reduce the Capital Programme by &pound;30million does not provide a solution for a &pound;30million gap in the Revenue Budget &nbsp; The annual borrowing cost would be saved and this would only help close the revenue gap by &pound;1.8million.Please note that the General Fund does NOT include Council Houses, there is a separate Housing Revenue Account in which income (rent) and expenditure must be kept.

Example of a Capital Project

Have your say on an increase to council tax proposed to lessen spending reductions. 

Council Tax

<span data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{"ObjectId":"86838912-f908-4dba-80e6-65ae32084461|102","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"22",469775450,"eop",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"eop",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}'>Council Tax is a vitally important source of income for the Council, adding &pound;140million of money to the annual revenue budget each year.<span data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{"ObjectId":"86838912-f908-4dba-80e6-65ae32084461|102","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"22",469775450,"eop",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"eop",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}'>It is the single largest source of income that the Council can directly influence. &nbsp;In our&nbsp;budget&nbsp;report for financial year&nbsp;2024/25 the Chief Officer - Finance set out recommended increases to Council Tax that were above inflation, in line with Council&#39;s Medium Term Financial Strategy.While there was ultimately a Council Tax freeze for this year, for 2025/26 the Chief Officer - Finance has previously recommended that Council Tax should rise by&nbsp;7%.&nbsp;Increasing Council&nbsp;Tax&nbsp;by&nbsp;7% would raise almost &pound;10million&nbsp;for&nbsp;Aberdeen City&nbsp;Council.&nbsp;Not increasing Council&nbsp;Tax&nbsp;means that services are at greater risk of being stopped, reduced or changed or of other fees and charges increasing.&nbsp;

The below question relates to the impact proposals will have on individuals with protected characteristics, individuals in certain socio-economic positions and small business owners. For more information on what this means please see: <a href="https://aberdeencitybudget.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/protected-characteristics-equality/step1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Protected Characteristics</a>. If this is not applicable to you, please scroll to the bottom of the page and press &#39;Next&#39; to submit your response.

Have your say on the proposed options and how they would impact you. 

Budget Options

We have broken down the options into service categories for your consideration.<ul type="disc"><li style="font-weight: bold;">Culture and Sport</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Communities&nbsp;</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Citizen Services&nbsp;</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Education&nbsp;</li><li style="font-weight: bold;">Roads, Waste and Environment</li></ul>These are further divided into four groups:&nbsp;<ul type="disc"><li>Change - change the way an existing service is provided&nbsp;</li><li>Charge - charge for services to generate additional income</li><li>Reduce - reduce the provision of existing services&nbsp;</li><li>Stop - stop the provision of existing services</li></ul>We want to understand the effects of each option and identify reasonable ways to minimise any negative impact on you.&nbsp;To enable us assess the impact of the options, we are asking respondents to indicate to what extent they would negatively impact you.<ul><li>If you feel the option would not have any change on you then please select no impact</li><li>If you feel the option would cause minimal change to you please select low impact</li><li>If you feel the option would result in moderate change to you please select medium impact</li><li>If you feel the option would result in significant change for you please select high impact.</li></ul>We will update and publish an impact assessment for each of the budget options alongside the publication of the Budget Committee Report. The final impact assessment and all feedback and evidence will be considered by Council as part of its decision making around the budget options.Please note that when completing the survey, you&rsquo;ll be asked to provide demographic data, e.g. age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disabilities etc. Completion of this section is optional. This information helps us to understand the demographics of people who have engaged with us. These details will be anonymised to avoid personal identification. <a href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/your-data/why-and-how-we-use-your-data/your-data-budget-consultation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please see our Privacy Policy&nbsp;</a> for more information on how your data will be handled.&nbsp;You do not have to provide feedback on all options. If you don&#39;t have specific feedback within a category, please just select &quot;Next&quot; to move to the next section until you reach the end of the survey and submit your response.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Section 1 – Culture and Sport

Please click on the items below for more information on the options relating to culture and sport.&nbsp;Please then provide your feedback below.&nbsp;Once you have provided your feedback, or if you don&#39;t have specific feedback within these 2 areas, please continue to the bottom of the page and select &quot;Next&quot; to move to the next section. &nbsp;

Options to Reduce

The below question relates to the impact options will have on individuals with protected characteristics, individuals in certain socio-economic positions and small business owners. For more information on what this means please see: <a href="https://aberdeencitybudget.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/protected-characteristics-equality/step1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Protected Characteristics Further information</a><a href="https://aberdeencitybudget.commonplace.is/en-GB/proposals/protected-characteristics-equality/step1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a>

Options to Charge

Additional suggestions

Select &quot;Next&quot; to move to the next section of the survey. Your response is only submitted once you reach the end.

Section 2 - Communities

Please click on the items below for more information on the options relating to communities.Once you have provided your feedback, or if you don&#39;t have specific feedback within these 2 areas, please scroll to the bottom of the page and select &quot;Next&quot; to move to the next section. &nbsp;

Options to Stop

Section 3  – Citizen Services

Please click on the items below for more information on the options relating to citizen services.&nbsp;Once you have provided your feedback, or if you don&#39;t have specific feedback within these 3 areas, please scroll to the bottom of the page and select &quot;Next&quot; to move to the next section. &nbsp;

Section 4  – Education

Please click on the items below for more information on the options relating to education.&nbsp;Please then provide your feedback below.&nbsp;Once you have provided your feedback, or if you don&#39;t have specific feedback within this category, please select &quot;Next&quot; to move to the next section. &nbsp;

Options to Change

Section 5  – Roads, Waste and Environment

Please click on the items below for more information on the options relating to Roads, Waste and Environment.&nbsp;Once you have provided your feedback, or if you don&#39;t have specific feedback within any of these 4 areas, please scroll to the bottom of the page and select &quot;Next&quot;.

Thank you for your time! Select &quot;Next&quot; to submit your response to this survey.&nbsp;

See a list of all the public engagement sessions planned. 

Engagement Sessions

Community Engagement Events

<h3 id="isPasted">We are hosting some virtual and in-person events so that we can understand more about what impact specific budget options may have on citizens.&nbsp;</h3>We would also like to know what options can be considered to remove or reduce any possible negative impact on you or others you that you represent.During these events you will be given the opportunity to discuss any of the proposed options with Officers of the Council. These sessions require prebooking to secure your spot and each session will be dedicated to specific services.Please see below the timetable and booking links for the events: &nbsp;<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="isPasted" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:918pt;" width="1224"><tbody><tr><td class="xl74" height="41" rowspan="2" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;background:white;height:30.75pt;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">When</td><td class="xl74" rowspan="2" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;background:white;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">Time</td><td class="xl64" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;background:white;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%"> </td><td class="xl74" rowspan="2" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: windowtext windowtext black; background: white; width: 15.9193%;" width="16.666666666666668%">Where</td><td class="xl74" rowspan="2" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: windowtext windowtext black; background: white; width: 12.1076%;" width="16.666666666666668%">Type</td><td class="xl74" rowspan="2" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;background:white;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">Booking Link</td></tr><tr><td class="xl65" height="21" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:white;height:15.75pt;width:153pt;" width="100%">Topic(s) </td></tr><tr><td class="xl66" height="41" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;background:#FCE4D6;height:30.75pt;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Monday 2nd September 2024&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#FCE4D6;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;6.30pm - 7.30pm&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#FCE4D6;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Covering all service areas</td><td class="xl67" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; background: rgb(252, 228, 214); width: 15.9193%;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Microsoft Teams&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; background: rgb(252, 228, 214); width: 12.1076%;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Virtual&nbsp;</td><td class="xl68" style='color:#467886;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"Aptos Narrow", sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#FCE4D6;width:153pt;' width="16.666666666666668%"><a data-uw-original-href="https://aberdeencity.zipporah.co.uk/Events.AberdeenCity/StandardTicketBookingProcess/ViewEventDetails/4469469?moveBookingId=0" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" href="https://aberdeencity.zipporah.co.uk/Events.AberdeenCity/StandardTicketBookingProcess/ViewEventDetails/4469469?moveBookingId=0">Monday 2nd September 2024 6.30pm -7.30pm</a></td></tr><tr><td class="xl66" height="41" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;background:#FCE4D6;height:30.75pt;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Wednesday 4th September 2024&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#FCE4D6;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;10am- 11.30am&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#FCE4D6;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Covering all service areas</td><td class="xl67" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; background: rgb(252, 228, 214); width: 15.9193%;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Microsoft Teams&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; background: rgb(252, 228, 214); width: 12.1076%;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Virtual&nbsp;</td><td class="xl68" style='color:#467886;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"Aptos Narrow", sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#FCE4D6;width:153pt;' width="16.666666666666668%"><a data-uw-original-href="https://aberdeencity.zipporah.co.uk/Events.AberdeenCity/StandardTicketBookingProcess/ViewEventDetails/4469470?moveBookingId=0" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" href="https://aberdeencity.zipporah.co.uk/Events.AberdeenCity/StandardTicketBookingProcess/ViewEventDetails/4469470?moveBookingId=0">Wednesday 4th September 2024 10am - 11.30am</a></td></tr><tr><td class="xl69" height="61" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:1.0pt solid windowtext;background:#CCFF99;height:45.75pt;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Tuesday 10th September 2024&nbsp;</td><td class="xl70" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#CCFF99;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;3.00pm - 4.30pm&nbsp;</td><td class="xl70" style="color:black;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#CCFF99;width:153pt;" width="16.666666666666668%">This session will be supported by BSL communicators</td><td class="xl70" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; background: rgb(204, 255, 153); width: 15.9193%;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;Town and County Hall&nbsp;</td><td class="xl70" style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; background: rgb(204, 255, 153); width: 12.1076%;" width="16.666666666666668%">&nbsp;In-Person&nbsp;</td><td class="xl71" style='color:#467886;font-size:15px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"Aptos Narrow", sans-serif;text-align:general;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left:none;background:#CCFF99;width:153pt;' width="16.666666666666668%"><a data-uw-original-href="https://aberdeencity.zipporah.co.uk/Events.AberdeenCity/StandardTicketBookingProcess/ViewEventDetails/4469465?moveBookingId=0" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" href="https://aberdeencity.zipporah.co.uk/Events.AberdeenCity/StandardTicketBookingProcess/ViewEventDetails/4469466?moveBookingId=0">Tuesday 10th September 2024 3pm - 4.30pm </a></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="isPasted">Digital Assistance&nbsp;</h3>&nbsp;Digital assistance is available at local libraries and at the Customer Service Centre, Marischal College during opening hours.&nbsp;We are hosting pop-up events to offer digital assistance for completing this year&#39;s survey. During these sessions Aberdeen City Council officers will provide citizens support in completing the survey.&nbsp;Please see below the timetable for the events, each event will take place within the Aberdeen City Vaccination Centre located within the Bon Accord shopping centre.<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="fr-alternate-rows" id="isPasted" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:444pt;" width="591"><tbody><tr><td class="xl65" height="21" style="color:windowtext;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;border-top:.5pt solid black;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left:.5pt solid black;height:15.75pt;width:151pt;" width="34.01015228426396%">When</td><td class="xl66" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; border-image: initial; border-top: 0.5pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; width: 29.54%;" width="34.01015228426396%">Time</td><td class="xl66" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; border-image: initial; border-top: 0.5pt solid black; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; width: 31.9612%;" width="31.97969543147208%">Where</td></tr><tr><td class="xl68" height="21" style="color:windowtext;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-bottom:1.0pt solid black;border-left:.5pt solid black;background:#FCE4D6;height:15.75pt;">Thursday 22nd August 2024&nbsp;</td><td class="xl67" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; background: rgb(252, 228, 214); width: 29.54%;">2pm - 4pm&nbsp;</td><td class="xl71" rowspan="4" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: 1pt solid black; background: rgb(252, 228, 214); width: 31.9612%;">Aberdeen City Vaccination Centre - Bon Accord Shopping Centre</td></tr><tr><td class="xl75" height="21" style="color:windowtext;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;border:.5pt solid windowtext;background:#CCFFFF;height:15.75pt;">Wednesday 28th August 2024 &nbsp;</td><td class="xl70" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; background: rgb(204, 255, 255); width: 29.54%;">2pm- 4pm&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="xl76" height="21" style="color:windowtext;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;border:none;border-top:none;border-right:1.0pt solid black;border-bottom:none;border-left:.5pt solid black;background:white;height:15.75pt;">Wednesday 4th September 2024 &nbsp; </td><td class="xl74" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; background: white; width: 29.54%;">10am - 12am&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="xl77" height="21" style="color:windowtext;font-size:13px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;border:.5pt solid windowtext;background:#CCFF99;height:15.75pt;">Thursday 12th September&nbsp;2024&nbsp;</td><td class="xl69" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: right; vertical-align: middle; border-image: initial; border-top: none; border-right: 1pt solid black; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; border-left: none; background: rgb(204, 255, 153); width: 29.54%;">2pm - 4pm&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>If you need information provided in a different format, such as accessible PDF, large print, easy to read, audio recording or braille, or have any accessibility requirements please email <a href="mailto:equality_and_diversity@aberdeencity.gov.uk" id="isPasted">equality_and_diversity@aberdeencity.gov.uk</a> . &nbsp;