Banff, Macduff and district Community Planning

Are you an avid fisher?🤩
We could use some help with the collection of native fish.
If you're out fishing and catch anything you can keep alive for us, we'd love to hear from you! Have a look of our Fish Wish List below and please get in touch if you could help out!❤🐟

Free health & dental events taking place this week for fishermen and their families.

The Seafit Programme is a joint initiative between the Seafarers Hospital Society & Fishermen's Mission and delivered in partnership with Live Life Aberdeenshire.

📍Peterhead Harbour — Thursday 10 September 2026 (10am – 4pm)
📍Fraserburgh Harbour — Friday 11 September 2026 (10am – 4pm)

Whether you’re looking for a health or dental check, advice about keeping active, support with your mental wellbeing, or simply want to find out more about looking after your health, there will be plenty of opportunities to chat with the team and partner organisations.

- Dentaid, The Dental Charity (Dental Checks)
- Live Life Aberdeenshire Health & Physical Activity Team (Health Checks)
- Leanne Reid Physiotherapy
- NHS Grampian Oral Health Team
- Mental Health Improvement and Wellbeing Service
- Aberdeenshire Alcohol & Drug Service
- Public Health
- Clan Cancer Support
- Liver UK
- Prostate Scotland (Peterhead only)
- Community Pharmacy & Stop Smoking Service (Peterhead only)

No booking is necessary — just come along on the day.

Autumn is here and we are pleased to share the latest edition of the Banff and Buchan e-bulletin with you.

Click below for the latest round-up of projects, services, events, and activities, alongside signposting to key information sources.

Banff & Buchan Community Planning E-Bulletin - September 2026 Welcome to the September 2026 Banff and Buchan Community Planning E-bulletin Scroll down for the latest information and signposting on local events, activities and services.

See brlow for North East Open Studios (NEOS) local trail map

Banffshire Coastal Trail Map NEOS 2026

💙 Meet the Parent Connect Team! 💙

We know reaching out for support can sometimes feel daunting, so we'd like to introduce ourselves!

Rebecca supports families in Fraserburgh, Leanne covers Banff, Angela works across Peterhead, and Clare leads our Parent Connect Team.

We are here to support parents and families across our communities, offering a friendly listening ear, practical guidance, and help to access the right support at the right time. If you're looking for help with training, qualifications, wellbeing or employment - look no further 🌟

📢 We are currently open for referrals. Whether you're a parent looking for support or a professional wishing to make a referral, we'd love to hear from you.

Click below to fill in our quick form and we'll be in contact:
https://loom.ly/hnP3Ago

We have some exciting news about Banff Town Hall.

Banff Castle Community Association is investigating the possibility of taking the Town Hall into community ownership through a Community Asset Transfer from Aberdeenshire Council.

As part of the feasibility work, our consultants, SKS Scotland, have launched a community survey to find out what you think Banff needs and how the Town Hall could be used in the future.

What activities or facilities are missing? What do you currently travel elsewhere for? What would bring you into the town centre more often?

This is very much an early stage of the process and your views will help shape what happens next.

The survey takes just a few minutes to complete:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BanffTownHall

Please share it too. The more people who take part, the clearer the picture we'll have of the needs and priorities of Banff and the surrounding area.

NESCOL will be offering another NOLB ICDL Essentials course starting from 22nd September 2026 at their Fraserburgh campus – see flyer for details. This course is ideal for anyone looking for a computing/IT qualification for their CV (it is still the qualification many employers ask for as proof of digital competency). Also good for anyone looking to brush up on their IT skills in general. Thereafter, they can then move onto our ICDL Advanced course.

To note interest, please email [email protected]

Remember to check out our newly updated website!

NHS Grampian Aberdeenshire Health & Social Care Partnership - AHSCP

Are you a parent or carer in Aberdeenshire? The Aberdeenshire Getting It Right For Every Child Mental Health Group is asking parents and carers to share their views on the support available to help children and young people stay happy, healthy and well.

By taking a short survey, you can help us understand the challenges families face and what information, advice and support would make the biggest difference.

Your feedback will help shape future planning and improve support for families across Aberdeenshire.

There are separate surveys for different age groups. Please complete the surveys that match your child or children:

👶 Early Years (0–5)
📚 Primary (P1–P7)
🎓 Secondary (S1–S6)

👉To find out more and take part, visit https://engage.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/parent-carer-survey-supporting-wellbeing

📢 Young people aged 11-30 are invited to take part in UNESCO's global consultation on the future of education!

This is a great opportunity for Scotland's young people to take part in a short survey and share their thoughts on . Session plans are available to help facilitators engage different age groups.

Find out more - survey closes 20 September⌛ https://bit.ly/4zqchT9