More than 200 people have signed up to a proposed new youth group in Portlethen.

Local resident Morag Kennedy started the Facebook group on 19 November and by today she had 214 members signed up. She is working with Community Learning & Development (part of Aberdeenshire Council) to find out if there’s a need for accessible and inclusive youth provision, i.e. in the form of a dedicated youth space/centre/hub/cafe.

“At the moment I really need young people to complete the survey. It can be completed multiple times by the same person if they have new ideas.

“But I need people from P6 up to the age of 25 to engage with the survey and tell us what they would like. We are finding this age group don’t really understand what a youth club is, which is a real shame and we want to change that.

“We may have a location to use in Portlethen, and I hope to visit it soon.”

The survey form can be found at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=BpPZ_i1NCUSVndDttzBKC1-651y-mY9NgzN_eL5TtmZURUlMSFpIUEdYVjBXNUYxWk02TE1FNkxONy4u&fbclid=IwAR1y_nYA9MKWINerADEUDgj-TkoVLw4GkilHu0xVHKXuMgqYlveiRX7TqqU