A Granite City-based finance giant has pledged to repeat their feat of charitable giving next year after raising tens of thousands of pounds for causes throughout the north-east.
Aberdeen Asset Management has dished out a total of £65,000 to charities and trusts across the region.
And bosses at the global firm said they hope that 2017 can generate just as much.
Staff slept rough in support of the Aberdeen Cyrenians homeless charity earlier this year.
Given just cardboard boxes for shelter, employees spent the night outside in a car park at the event to raise funds and awareness for those without a home.
The Charitable Foundation also contributed to Aberdeenshire communities affected in the aftermath of Storm Frank when the River Dee burst its banks.
Other charities operating in the Aberdeen region which received donations include Wings for Warriors – which offers wounded servicemen and women careers in aviation; Penumbra – which runs mental health sessions with people of all ages in the Granite City; the Cash for Kids Bed Appeal – which supplies beds to children and families who are not able to provide their own and the NSPCC – which is working with primary-aged pupils to provide the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe from abuse and neglect.
Lynda Affleck of Aberdeen’s charitable foundation said: “It is incredibly important to us to support the communities in which our staff live and work.
“With more than 300 staff in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, we are delighted to have been able to support a wide variety of causes across the north-east this year, both with financial donations and with voluntary effort, and look forward to continuing to do so in 2017.”
Elsewhere in Scotland, Aberdeen Asset Management’s Edinburgh office has supported a range of projects including a donation to Gorgie City Farm which works with disadvantaged teenagers to teach life skills through looking after small animals.
Meanwhile, Aberdeen Asset Management’s London office has supported a wide variety of charities and organisations over the year – including Doctors of the World UK which provides vital medical assistance to some of the country’s most vulnerable and exploited people and Resurgo’s Spear programme which helps unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds gain work and further education.
Aberdeen Asset Management’s Charitable Foundation was established in 2012 to formalise and develop the Group’s charitable giving globally.
