Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Aberdeen substation transformed into colourful boombox mural

Woodside Primary school  pupils won a grant through the U Decide community funding event for Tilly, Woodside and Seaton. Our idea was to promote intergenerational work between our pupils and older adults in the local community. The older adults live on Great Northern Road and we frequently visit them for a digital skills project. Outside their residence is an old electric substation which they felt needed improving and cheering up. We have secured an international artist, Patricio Forrester, from Artmongers to paint the mural from Friday and over the weekend.
Woodside Primary school pupils won a grant through the U Decide community funding event for Tilly, Woodside and Seaton. Our idea was to promote intergenerational work between our pupils and older adults in the local community. The older adults live on Great Northern Road and we frequently visit them for a digital skills project. Outside their residence is an old electric substation which they felt needed improving and cheering up. We have secured an international artist, Patricio Forrester, from Artmongers to paint the mural from Friday and over the weekend.

An Aberdeen electricity substation has been transformed into a giant, colourful boombox after the local community collaborated with an international artist.

Pupils at Kittybrewster School teamed up with older members of the local community and Argentinian artist Patricio Forrester to give a new lease of life to the building at Woodside Medical Centre.

A grant for the project was awarded to the pupils through the city council’s U Decide event for Tillydrone, Woodside and Seaton.

Deputy head teacher Samara Mcintyre said the youngsters were “really excited” about the mural, which they also helped to plan.

Mr Forrester, of the international art group Art Mongers, said: “We work with children and older people and we started a creative process where we work together on ideas and designs.

“It’s all about public art and public engagement, looking to create an icon in the community that people can be proud of having created”.