Creative Aberdeenshire

07/10/2026

⭐ Deadline - 12 noon Thursday the 8th of October! ⭐

Don't miss your chance to be part of My Time Aberdeenshire, a project bringing creative opportunities to unpaid carers aged 50+ across Aberdeenshire.

We are recruiting 1 Project Coordinator & 2 Creative Practitioners
📅 Application deadline: 12 noon, 8 October

For more information and application details:
https://www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/arts/commissions/
Live Life Aberdeenshire

01/10/2026

Don't miss your chance to be part of My Time Aberdeenshire, delivering creative activities that support the wellbeing of unpaid carers aged 50+ across Aberdeenshire.

We are recruiting 1 Project Coordinator & 2 Creative Practitioners

📅 Application deadline: 12 noon, 8 October

For more information and application details:
https://www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/arts/commissions/

Live Life Aberdeenshire

24/09/2026

We are delighted to share the success of the My Time Aberdeenshire pilot and are excited to introduce the next phase of creative and cultural activities for unpaid carers aged 50+ living in Aberdeenshire.

🎥 Watch our short film to hear about the impact of the pilot: https://youtu.be/BtB2Pis7Quw?si=Yh5g79WfhMdWwLyi

The programme will continue this winter with a second pilot. Through a blend of in-person and online sessions, My Time Aberdeenshire offers opportunities for carers to relax, recharge and connect with like-minded people.

📢 We are now recruiting!
1 Project Coordinator & 2 Creative Practitioners

📅 Application deadline: 12 noon, 8 October
For more information and application details:
https://www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/arts/commissions/

If you’re an unpaid carer aged 50+ living in Aberdeenshire, and you want to find out how you can take part - fill in the form below or email us on [email protected]
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx

Live Life Aberdeenshire

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

23/09/2026

23/09/2026

10/09/2026

Less than 48 hours to go until North East Open Studios (NEOS) returns across Aberdeenshire and the North East of Scotland! Explore artists' and makers' studios, discover unique handmade work, and meet the creative minds behind it all. From painting and textiles to ceramics, jewellery and sculpture, there's something to inspire everyone. Best of all, you can experience creativity where it happens.

https://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/

Every September for 9 days, over 300 artists and makers across North East Scotland, welcome you to their studios and creative spaces.

09/09/2026

🎶🎷🎤🎛️🎶Commission Opportunity 🎉📢

Aberdeenshire's Youth Music Initiative is seeking proposals from musicians to deliver up to 3 school-based projects.

Find the full brief and application details here:
https://www.livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/arts/commissions/

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13/08/2026

📣 Open Call: Unlimited Partner Award 📣

We are delighted to partner with Unlimited We Are Unlimited on the Partner Awards which are now open. Alongside other brilliant partners across Scotland, England and Wales the awards collectively offer £280k for disabled artists to make bold new work.

The Partner Awards will support projects at any stage of development and across art forms.

SSW Programme and Partnerships Director Sam Trotman says of the partnership - 'Workshops are places of transformation, where artists can rebuild the world anew. SSW is excited to partner with Unlimited to do just that - throwing open the workshop doors and rethinking what is possible to create together.”

Apply by Monday 28 September, midday
Link in bio 🔗

Application info available in audio, BSL, Easy Read, large print, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh.
Need access support? Get in touch.

Image credit: Felicity Crawshaw

Image Description: Three artists are working in the SSW ceramics studio, in the foreground, artist Kim West is handbuilding a large vessel in red clay. Text above the image reads ‘Partner Award backing work that shifts perspectives.’

Partner Awards are supported by Arts Council England, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru and the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.
The SSW Partner Award is also made possible thanks to the generous support of the William Grant Foundation.

15/07/2026

🆕 Applications are now open for the Youth Music Initiative’s Access to Music Making and Strengthening Youth Music Funds!

📸 Pictured is Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth (The Scottish Government) visiting Tinderbox Collective and We Make Music Instrument Libraries (Music Education Partnership Group - MEPG) at North Edinburgh Arts to celebrate the funds and their impact on young people and communities. Image credit: The Scottish Government

🎼 The Funds support individuals and organisations working in the youth music sector to deliver activities that will improve, develop and strengthen the sector, and the services offered to benefit children and young people across the country.

ℹ️ Applicants can request between £1000 and £40,000 through Access to Music Making, for music-making projects designed for children and young people. Grants between £1000 and £20,000 are available through Strengthening Youth Music for sector and service development projects.

Full details in the comments👇