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Learning Disability and Autism Leader 2019!

Launched in 2018, by Dimensions UK, the Leaders’ List is the UK’s first national list celebrating achievements of people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

November Update

Thanks to our members, staff and volunteers for another great month of events at dates n mates. We have had a blast and now that December is here it’s time to start looking forward to the festive season!

Director Stories: Challenges & Achievements

Welcome back to part two of the Director stories, don’t forget to check out part one too!

Director Stories: Sarah’s tasks as Director

Sarah is a director at dates-n-mates Aberdeen. One of the role’s of the Director is an ambassador for the members, as they create a link between them and the other staff making sure everything is inclusive. The Directors also get involved in a variety of tasks to help the project run smoothly.

dates-n-mates partners with Robert Gordon University

As you might know, dates-n-mates Aberdeen has linked with Robert Gordon University (RGU) for the last 3 years to organise fundraising events for the project.

October 2019 Update

October is the month of Halloween and we were all getting ready for a big party. It’s hard to believe that October is finished already and next big thing we will be thinking about is the Christmas Party!

September 2019 Update

We enjoyed some more nice weather in September and got to enjoy it at our first event for the month, the Aberdeen Mela.

August 2019 Update

August has been another busy month at dates n mates Aberdeen with another month of events enjoyed by members.

July Activities

Who can believe we are coming to the end of July already?! What a lovely sunny month it has been.