Aberdeen Care & Repair Group Charitable Fund is a Registered Charity (Reg. No. SC015306). The charity raises funding to help support the Service, which in turn assists older people, people with a disability or long term health problems to remain living independently within their own home and community.

To do this using the funds from the Charity the service can:

• Provide small grants to cover the costs of essential repairs to the home for clients on low fixed incomes.
• Manage various small grant funds for specific purposes (Criteria and details of each fund can be found here)
• Support the service’s Homesafe Projects by providing safety, security and dementia-friendly equipment free of charge to those most vulnerable
• Supports the development/inclusion of additional support services for people living with mental health or dementia

All grants awarded have set criteria and financial limit for each fund which can be approved by individual staff members  using the Service Financial Assistance Procedure, with anything out-with this criteria having to be presented to the Management Committee for approval as per our higher grant criteria guidance.

During the year 23/24 a total of 329 households received support through the charity at a cost to the charity of £70,116.05 but this investment enabled £192,280.55 of work to be carried out for vulnerable households in Aberdeen City.

(Annual accounts can be viewed here.) All funds raised are fully invested in the charity’s purpose, and service staff provide the management and administration of the charity.

The fund is supported by the generosity of numerous donors in the city, a full list of which can be viewed here.

The charity is comprised of different funds, each targeting a specific project. Details of these funds are listed below.