On Wednesday 20th November over 50 attendees from the Burgesses and Seven Incorporated Trades attended a very informative and interesting lunch to hear from Iain Sneddon – Chief Operating Officer – Scot-ART who have purchased the Kirk and Jo Parry Geddes –Conservation Architect & Director – MILL Architects on their plans for the Kirk.
Both Iain and Jo are happy to share their presentation and would be happy to be contacted with any questions, or ideas for how the Kirk can best be utilised. Their contact emails are:
Jo Parry-Geddes – jo@millarchitects.co.uk
Iain Sneddon – iain.sneddon@scot-art.co.uk
We hope to have a follow up event with Iain and Jo sometime next year to get an update on progress, once they are through the first ‘hurdle’ of Planning and Listed building approval which will hopefully be mid January.
Three of our fellow Burgesses are involved in a fundraising effort via their Rotary Club.
Aberdeen has no provision for a wheelchair accessible swing at any of the city play parks. The nearest one is in Banchory and families travel out of the city so that their youngster – or in some cases adults – can experience the same play as their siblings and friends. The joy this equipment brings is immeasurable. One 33-year-old said it was the first time in her life that she’d been on a swing and as you’ll be aware, there are many wheelchair users in the city..
The Council has agreed to do the necessary groundwork to accommodate such equipment but asked Rotary Club (Bon Accord) to raise £24k to supply and instal a wheelchair accessible swing in Duthie Park. Your fellow Burgesses ask that you help to raise awareness of their campaign.
Any signposting to sources of grants they may be able to access would also be much appreciated.
Their members have already embarked on a fundraising campaign and activities and have also set up a Just giving account. The link is detailed below:
The project is being led by Sam Murray and Roddy Matheson. Lindsay Fettes also brought this to my attention. Well done to you all, I hope we can help raise awareness of something which sounds so uplifting (pardon the pun), simple yet sadly lacking in our city.
We have been asked by the CEO of Voluntary Services Aberdeen to approach the Burgesses to ascertain if any Burgess might consider taking on a role as a Board member/Trustee. Their Board is due to see some members stand down as a result of having served their terms of office which would leave them depleted in vital skill sets at a time when the Third Sector needs all the experience and sound advice they can get.
If anyone would like to apply for such a position please contact:
Sue.Freeth@vsa.org.uk
Sue is CEO of VSA.
They would particularly welcome applicants with an financial/accountancy background at a senior level and also someone with commissioning experience. This might be in public or private sector operations.
At our lunch on Thursday 3rd October we received a most inspirational and thought-provoking presentation by Dr Iain Duthie. Although the Pastor at King’s Church Aberdeen, this was not a religious presentation. It was entiteld “What is in Your Hand” and was reflective of an extremely interesting life and career together with the work that has been carried out under the banner of the iniative ‘Love Aberdeen’. There was common ground with our Action Plan and our motto ‘For Aberdeen’, the main difference being that Dr Duthie and his team have turned aims and objectives into actions and reality.
Under the headings To Guard; To Grow; To Give he gave examples of the power of Community, the price of Loyalty which is why Burgesses are admitted in the first place. Many of our Burgesses continue to do great work for the benefit of our communities and many have said that they would like to contribute with something worth much more than money – your time, knowledge and experience.
Can I urge you all to revisit our Action Plan and let me know where you can contribute to turn the plan into more action. Can I also ask that if you know of any young people whose future education or career path might be helped with a contribution either in monetary terms or in some material way – as with the laptops earlier this year – please let me have appropriate information. This assistance may also be extended to an initiative covering a number of young people.
Studio Theatre Group is very excited to bring the musical play “Brief Encounter” to Aberdeen Arts Centre’s stage from Wednesday 9th October to Friday 11th of October 2024.
The play starts at 7.30pm and tickets are available directly from the Aberdeen Arts Centre web site (www.aberdeenartscentre.com) or by calling the box office on 01224 635208.
The play is based on the now classic British film directed by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.
Moray Barber, a fellow Burgess and recently appointed Assessor, is playing the part of Dr. Alec Harvey. Studio Theatre Group has been producing plays and dramas for the city for over 50 years and has an esteemed history, reputation for quality and quite the diverse back catalogue of plays. Moray would love to see the Burgesses support the group next week.
The Story Laura Jesson, a respectable housewife and mother, takes the train into town each Thursday to shop, have lunch and go to the cinema. By sheer chance she meets G.P. Dr. Alec Harvey in a railway station tearoom.
Both bored with their own lives they seek a little adventure with each other and their friendship soon develops into something more romantic, something they worry will cause havoc in their private lives. They soon realise their relationship is doomed to failure and very much a “Brief Encounter”.
Although their story tugs at the heart strings, this adaptation is a fun light-hearted evening of drama, songs, live music with some of the the cast playing multiple roles.
“Brief Encounter” was adapted for the stage by Emma Rice adapted from the play STILL LIFE and the screenplay of the film BRIEF ENCOUNTER, Songs and verse are by Noël Coward
We are delighted to advise that so far we have 16 teams confirmed for the quiz detailed below. There is still time to enter a team. We have decided to have a raffle midway through the Quiz and proceeds will go to a Charity(s) of our choice. We will need some prizes so if any individuals or teams can provide anything like bottles, sweets biscuits, or anything suitable please can you email clerk@aberdeenburgesses.com with what you will be donating, this will help with arranging things on the night. Please bring the prize with you on the evening. Any donations greatly appreciated.
After the success of our Quiz last year we are delighted to announce that we are returning to the Ashvale on Tuesday 3rd December for this years Quiz. We had 14 Teams take part last year, with a range of questions set by Stuart Devine of the Ashvale.
Teams of maximum of 4 can take part (at least 1 must be a Burgess), and cost is £17 per person (£68 per team) and includes supper with £5 per person being donated to a charity of our choice.
Supper will be served from 6.30pm with the quiz starting at approx. 7.15pm. If you wish to take part then please email Clerk at – clerk@aberdeenburgesses.com
If you are an individual who wishes to take part then please put your name down as we can help to form a team for you with other Burgesses.
Payment can be paid via cheque made payable to Burgesses of Guild of the City of Aberdeen and sent to Garry Stevens, Clerk to the Burgesses of Guild, 6 Craigarbel Crescent, Inverbervie, Montrose DD10 0SJ or via BACS to: Sort Code 826011, Account Number 50325609, Ref Surname/Quiz
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