An international subsea company has pledged to donate £40,000 to fund two youth sports programmes in Aberdeen.
Staff at Subsea 7 will raise the money over the next 12 months, and donate it to Transition Extreme.
The money will be used to support the activity centre’s city-wide youth club, and to boost their community activity fund which provides greater access to sport for disabled youngsters.
Grahame Paterson, chief executive of Transition Extreme thanked the company, and said the cash would allow the youth club to continue running on a Saturday night, allowing 11-15-year-olds to try new sports.
He said: “This has benefits for the local community too because we’ve found that by increasing young people’s physical activity we can decrease antisocial behaviour whilst providing youngsters with a safe space to spend their time.”
“In particular it’s fantastic news for the disabled community who will now have an even greater opportunity to access sport thanks to Sport Scotland matching Subsea 7’s commitment to the community activity fund.
“It’s also great news for young people living in Aberdeen’s regeneration areas including Torry, Mastrick, Northfield and Tillydrone.”
Subsea 7 will carry out a range of fundraising activities to help meet their pledge, including the Beast of Banchory 10K obstacle race on September 27.
Phil Simons, UK and Canada vice president, added: “As well as fundraising, our employees are volunteering their business knowledge and experience to develop the charity’s back office functions such as finance and human resources, allowing the charity to focus on their important youth work.”
The firm will also be raising money for Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland, North East Sensory Services and the Royal Voluntary Service.