December 2022
A Note for your diary! Penumbra have an invitation for you at the Aboyne Community Shed.
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Built by the community
For the community
Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed (ACS) available under conditions of use by user groups and organisations from the Mid Deeside Community.
The building consists of two levels, the lower level being a multi-use workshop space with the upper floor as a mixed use social, arts/crafts activities area with office, demonstration kitchen and toilets.
Floor dimensions are 10m x 18m with external disabled access ramp to the upper floor main entrance and ground floor workshop.
our vision in providing this building is to improve the health and well-being of Mid Deeside residents by reducing rural social isolation through a facility built specifically for purposeful activity, whether workshop or craft room based, or purely social.
With a near central village location and benefiting from its own water supply, air source heating, solar power generation coupled with future plans for battery storage of off peak/excess solar electricity, the building is an excellent example of an energy efficient community facility.
- Air Source Heating
- Solar Power
- Disabled Access
- Local Access
- Community lead
- Environmentally sustainable
Community Shed Updates
Artist in Residence Second Funding Phase – February 2022
Artist in Residence Deeside and Donside is entering its second funding phase with further opportunities for all ages to develop their creativity for FREE! Held at the fabulous facility that is Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed with artist Stephanie Vandem, you can choose from drop-in sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10am to 12pm. …
Douglas Cameron Riach
1946 – 2022
Secretary & Trustee of Aboyne Men’s Shed
An Appreciation.
The recent and sudden passing of our Secretary Douglas Riach after a short illness has touched us all greatly. He gave his time generously to many causes and activities within the Aboyne community and beyond including the Aboyne Festival, Aboyne & Upper Deeside Rotary Club, Forget Me Not Alzheimer’s Society and the Aboyne & Deeside…
Latest Update December 2020
Bridge installed and cycle rack built You, our readers will have seen the progress of the Community Shed over the past weeks. It is looking amazing and achieving the vision and intentions for a broad range of Community uses that we have sought so long to deliver. The quality of the work by AJC and […]
Ground-breaking for new Community Shed in Aboyne
Work has begun on creating a long-anticipated gathering place in Aboyne. Construction of the Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed has been three years in the making, with exhaustive searches carried out by the area’s Men’s Shed group to find the perfect location. A ground-breaking ceremony was held yesterday at Aboyne Stone Circle, off Ballater […]
Update February 2022
Our MSP Alexander Burnett visited the Aboyne & Mid-Deeside Community Shed earlier this month. At the time of his visit, our Artist in residence was running a class in the Arts and Crafts room for making things out of willow , while downstairs in the Workshop the Men’s Shed had several woodwork projects on the…