How we are funded

Aberdeen Beautiful is supported by the Deming Learning Network and Grampian Housing Association Ltd. Aberdeen City Council sponsored our first Open Space event at the Town House.

We have received help and support from:

• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
• Aberdeen City Council
• Grampian Housing Association
• Deming Learning Network
• Common Weal
• Aberdeen Civic Forum

Our history

Aberdeen Beautiful emerged from a convergence of innovative thinking about society, organisation and management.  This grew out of a group based in Aberdeen, which was formed in the 1990s to discuss and advance the teachings of Dr W. Edwards Deming.  This group continues to hold meetings to this day. The scope of our discussions have increased over the years to take in any new ideas which relate to management theory.  More details are available on our DLN pages.

Overlapping interests between Common Weal, the Deming Learning Network and Community Council groups were identified and developed during a series of meetings during the autumn of 2017, initiated by Bob Taylor of Common Weal. 

The contacts included meetings with Angela Scott, chief executive of Aberdeen City Council and colleagues, as well as learning groups, part of U-Lab, an open global, online programme from the Presencing Institute of the MIT Sloan School of Management. From these discussions we held our first public event in January 2018 around the theme of how we support each other and our City to build a future - prosperous and successful - which makes a real difference to the everyday lives of all its citizens?  Since then we have managed regular events around themes important to Aberdeen. 

Find out more about our discussion themes and events on our events page.