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About our Outcomes

The vision within our Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP) is for Aberdeen to be “a city where everyone can thrive, regardless of background or circumstance”. At the heart of this is a commitment to tackling poverty and inequality, and supporting the city’s people to live healthy lives.

To achieve this we have developed 5 Ten Year Outcomes that cover 5 themes:

Children Families and Lifelong Learning

Economic Stability

Communities and Housing

Neighbourhood and Environment

Health and Social Care

Previous Project Highlights

48 of our improvement projects for 2024-2026 LOIP have achieved their aims. Read our annual reports below.

Care Experienced Parents

Children, Family and Lifelong Learning

Care Experienced Parents

80% of care experienced parents will report that they believed they were sufficiently prepared for parenthood by 2026.

87% of young people feel confident at 36 weeks and 60% very confident. Read the full report on the project’s positive impact here.

Socially Prescribed Nature

Health and Social Care

Socially Prescribed Nature

100 people to be socially prescribed nature by 2026 to support positive outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing.

As of Oct 2025, 58 people have been socially prescribed nature, 38 through Link Workers and 20 people through the RSPB Nature Prescriptions. Read the full report on the project’s positive impact here.

Chronic Pain Management

Adults

Chronic Pain Management

Increase by 20% the number of individuals living with Chronic Pain into self-management and other pathways initiatives to support their conditions by 2026.

90% of attendees at the Chronic Pain Community Appointment Days, felt positive learning about what community support is available. Read the full report on the project’s positive impact here.

Reduction in Carbon Emissions

Neighbourhood and Environment

Reduction in Carbon Emissions

Addressing climate change by reducing Aberdeen’s carbon emissions by at least 61% by 2026 and adapting to the impacts of our changing climate

In 2024 we have achieved a 3.4% reduction in carbon emissions, bringing total emissions down from 1,128 ktCO₂e in 2021 to 1,063.1 ktCO₂e. This marks a 44.2% decrease from our 2005 baseline.