Real climate action starts right here—in our communities, with the people who live, work, and care about North East Scotland.
As the North East regional climate action hub, we’re here to support and connect local groups, organisations, and partners who are passionate about making a difference. Whether it’s growing community gardens and protecting green spaces, highlighting how to have a warmer and more energy-efficient home, sharing funding and funding opportunities, or creating spaces and events for conversation and collaboration, we’re all about helping communities take climate action in ways that matter to them.
Everything we do is shaped by our shared vision, values, aims and ways of working. They’re what guide our choices and help us help communities build a future that’s fairer, greener, more resilient, and full of possibility—for everyone.
Transparency matters to us
As your local regional hub, we publish our audited accounts to provide clarity and accountability in how funding and donations are managed and used. Please feel free to examine our audited accounts.
Your support helps us support communities to take meaningful climate action and advance a fairer, greener just transition. By giving with confidence, you enable us to reach more people, strengthen local leadership, and deepen impact across the region.
Our aims
To support and develop community led climate action throughout Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire.
To support communities to be a part of a just transition to a sustainable North East Scotland, contributing to local, regional and national policy setting & decision making.
Our vision
A sustainable North East Scotland, with connected, empowered, active communities at its heart.
Our core values
- Sustainable: We aim to be sustainable in how we operate and encourage others to use our planet’s resources responsibly for future generations.
- Responsive: We are here to listen, learn, and change as we go – working side by side with all communities to meet real needs and provide the support and tools so you can take action that matters.
- Inclusive: We work hard to reach and make space for all people and to let their voices be heard by working together in a fun and friendly way so no one is left out of the climate conversation.
- Ethical: We always aim to do what’s right. We stand up for justice for the communities in North East Scotland so that everyone and our planet can benefit from a greener and fairer Just Transition.
Our core methods
- Connecting
- Supporting
- Learning
- Collaborating
NESCAN’s ethical engagement and communication framework
The Board and Hub members of NESCAN collaborated to develop the Ethical Framework of Engagement and Communication. This offers essential guidelines for membership selection, fundraising efforts, communication plans, information dissemination, and other key aspects for the NESCAN Hub team.