The birthday cake about to be cut, marking the 15 years since the Bettridge Centre in Newtonhill was opened.

Manager Louise Shepherd-Burnett was doing the honours at the coffee morning.

The original part of the Bettridge was called the Newtonhill Community Hall. A huge campaign was launched at the turn of the century to expand into what you see today, and it was then renamed the Bettridge Centre, after the inlet which bites into the Coastal Park. The official opening of the Bettridge Centre took place on 1 March 2003.

You can find out more about the Bettridge including what’s on offer at https://www.facebook.com/Bettridge.Centre/