Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the update of progress made by the Aberdeen City Pathfinder to deliver a Bairns Hoose and the Scottish Government grant award for 2025/26 to support delivery of Aberdeen’s Bairns Hoose;

(ii)       to note that an incremental approach to opening the Bairns Hoose would commence from the Summer of 2025;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Support / Chief Social Work Officer to arrange a visit for Committee Members to the Bairns Hoose upon completion of the build; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Support / Chief Social Work Officer to provide a service update in June 2026.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director Families and Communities which  provided an update on progress in relation to Aberdeen City’s Pathfinder activity to develop the Bairns Hoose.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the update of progress made by the Aberdeen City Pathfinder to deliver a Bairns Hoose and the Scottish Government grant award for 2025/26 to support delivery of Aberdeen’s Bairns Hoose;

(b)      note that an incremental approach to opening the Bairns Hoose would commence from the Summer of 2025;

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Support / Chief Social Work Officer to arrange a visit for Committee Members to the Bairns Hoose upon completion of the build; and

(d)      instruct the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Support / Chief Social Work Officer to provide a service update in June 2026.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.