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.

Community group looking to regenerate Aberdeen park

Dustin MacDonald
Dustin MacDonald

A community group is hoping to breathe new life into a dilapidated city centre play area.

The Aberdeen City Centre Community Council (ACCCC) is currently developing plans to regenerate the Skene Street swing park.

In September, the city council announced it would invest £665,000 upgrading 15 play parks across the city. However, Skene Street was not included in the process.

Dustin MacDonald, chairman of ACCCC, says the opportunities are endless for what could be done with the site.

He said: “The first thing we noticed is there is nothing for adults to do in the park.

“There’s not even a bench for them to sit on while their kids play.

“It is actually a pretty dismal play park, with the amount of concrete and how grey it is.

“I don’t think it was originally designed as a play park, I think it was somewhere where council vans used to be parked.”

The community council has now been given permission by the city council to move forward with the re-development.

“We’ve now set out to see how we can improve what’s there,” Mr MacDonald said.

“And we’re going to start with the wall.

“One of the things we are looking at is getting the kids at Gilcomstoun Primary to create artwork for the wall.

“There’s lots of different ideas, from putting in benches and plants to putting in outside gym equipment.”

The community council is now in the process of trying to secure funding to help the project move forward.

Mr MacDonald added: “There’s a variety of funding sources you can apply for, like the Aberdeen Greenspace Fund and Aberdeen Forward.

“We’re also working with the council to secure materials for the project.

“It’s not just a case of putting in some new swings, we have looked into similar projects in different cities across the country.

Meanwhile, fresh off the back of Aberdeen winning this year’s Britain In Bloom awards, there could soon be orchards planted on the city streets.

Aberdeen Inspired is looking to plant the first orchard at a site near to where Guild Street and Bridge Street meet.

Angela Joss, project manager for the organisation, was present at the most recent city centre community council meeting to discuss the proposals.