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Save Aberdeen Arts Centre

Keep the spotlight shining on YOUR creative community. Throughout its history, theatre and arts lovers in Aberdeen have always been our greatest supporters. Together we can secure the future of this creative community hub. Please give generously.

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Aberdeen Arts Centre has been a creative lifeline for local performers, artists and audiences alike. It is home to 35+ local performing groups that perform on our stage, as well as providing Creative Learning opportunities for all ages and Artist Development support for professional creatives.

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Your Arts Centre needs you

Thousands of local people have acted, danced, sang and performed their way to new skills, talent and confidence on the Arts Centre stage.

Now you can help thousands more.

We're asking for just £20.

£20 might not feel like much - it's not even the cost of a takeaway or a round of drinks. But if enough of us give a little, together we can secure the next chapter for a place that has given so much to this community.

Give £20 today. Simple.

We're closing out Act I of the Save Aberdeen Arts Centre campaign as we prepare to head into the next act - but we're not there yet.

We need to raise £60,000 in the next six weeks.

Thousands of people like you have raised tens of thousands of pounds to protect the home of grassroots arts. But one year into the three-year campaign, we haven't yet reached a third of our fundraising target.

That's where you come in.

Every donation helps keep opportunities available for local performers, young people, community groups and audiences across the city.

Give £20 today and play your part.

If you believe in what this place makes possible, please donate today or become a regular supporter.

More than a building

As Scotland’s first civic arts centre, opened in 1963, Aberdeen Arts Centre has been part of Aberdeen’s story for over 60 years. It has supported generations of people on stage, behind the scenes, and far beyond.

Aberdeen Arts Centre isn’t just where performances happen. It’s where people:

* discover confidence

* build skills for life

* form lasting connections

* find their voice

* take their first step into something bigger.

Whether they go on to careers in the arts or entirely different paths, the impact lasts.

Help ensure this continues – make your donation today.

“Speak to anyone in Aberdeen, and they all have a tale to tell about the Arts Centre. It’s where I began my performing career. We want to ensure that new stories continue to be written through the experiences of Aberdonians for generations to come. The opportunities that the Arts Centre provides for thousands of performers every year – both amateur and professional – are vital for the creative longevity of the north east of Scotland.” – Laura Main, Patron of Aberdeen Arts Centre

Be part of what happens next

There are so many ways to support Aberdeen Arts Centre:

* Donate today – a one-off gift or, even better, a regular donation

* Organise or attend fundraising events

* Share your story – tell us how you were made here

* Spread the word to others in Aberdeen and beyond

* Every contribution brings us closer to securing the future.

If you’ve ever benefited from this space, now is the time to give back. Donate today.

Help us reach the next milestone

Aberdeen Arts Centre belongs to the people who have stood on its stage, sat in its audience, learned, grown, and found their confidence here.

Now it needs those people – and many more – to stand behind it.

We’ve already raised an incredible amount thanks to people like you. But there’s still more to do.

Each milestone we reach brings us closer to a secure, sustainable future – but we can only get there with continued support.

Be part of the next milestone: make your donation today or set up a monthly gift.

Donation summary

Total
£166,583.61
+ £12,362.06 Gift Aid
Online
£65,081.61
Offline
£101,002.00
Direct
£53,784.67
Fundraisers
£11,796.93

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