Councillor Desmond Buchanan
Email: DBuchanan@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Council: Aberdeen City
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
65 meetings · Page 1 of 13
Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Thursday, 4th June, 2026 10.00 am
Education and Children's Services Committee - Tuesday, 28th April, 2026 10.00 am
Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Wednesday, 11th March, 2026 10.00 am
Decisions from Meetings
278 decisions · Page 10 of 56
Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland - CORS/25/230
From: Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 10.00 am - November 26, 2025
...to instruct the Chief Officer Data Insights (Health Determinants Research Collaborative Aberdeen) to report back to the Committee at the conclusion of the Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland and to otherwise note the report on the collaboration's work.
Urgent Business
From: Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 10.00 am - November 26, 2025
Recommendations approved
Fairer Aberdeen Fund Annual Report - CORS/25/229
From: Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 10.00 am - November 26, 2025
...to note the Fairer Aberdeen Fund Annual Report for 2024-25, request confirmation on childcare mapping, and instruct thanks to the Fairer Aberdeen Board members, funded partners, and volunteers.
Citizens' Assemblies Approach - Aberdeen City Council Response to the Scottish Women's Budget Group Study on Gender Inequality and Poverty - CORS/25/228
From: Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 10.00 am - November 26, 2025
...to note planned actions, thank stakeholders, review survey questions, map women's groups, note the importance of childcare, and provide an update on improvement actions related to gender inequality and poverty.
Recommendations approved
Committee Business Planner
From: Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 10.00 am - November 26, 2025
...to approve the Committee Business Planner, including removing the item concerning the Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Work and Pensions and noting the January 2026 visit to the Tillydrone Community Flat and Campus.
Recommendations approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 65
Average per Month: 2.5
Decisions Recorded: 278