Welcome to Udny Community Trust!

We exist to help the community of Udny to develop and are working hard to transform local facilities to best serve the needs and wishes of Udny.

Udny is a rural community in Aberdeenshire which includes the villages of Pitmedden, Udny Green and Hattoncrook.

We are mainly funded by our subsidiary organisation, Udny Community Wind Turbine Company, which manages the community owned wind turbine at Tillymaud (just outside of Pitmedden going towards Aberdeen). The funds produced from selling locally produced clean energy are ploughed back into the community.

We are based at The Medan Centre at 14 Oldmeldrum Road in Pitmedden along with our successful community cafe, Cafe48. Our Office Manager is Ruth Cluness. Ruth can be contacted by telephoning 01651 843776 or by emailing manager@udnycommunitytrust.org.uk for all things Trust related.

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Become a Member

Become a member of the Trust to have a say in what we do and how we do it. All residents of Udny Parish are welcomed as members and there is no cost to join. Apply here.

Volunteer with the Trust or Cafe48

We employ 2 full-time members of staff, but we also rely on volunteers to help deliver our activities. We have a growing range of volunteering opportunities available. From serving customers in Cafe48 to evaluating large grant applications, we are sure to have a role to suit you! Get in touch to find out more.

Apply for grant funding to support your own community project

Voluntary and not-for-profit organisations and community groups within Udny Parish are eligible to apply for grants to support projects that will benefit the local community. Terms and conditions apply. Find out more and apply here.

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Lovely local cafe, very friendly and attentive. Food was delicious and super kid friendly – thank you all so much, We’ll be back soon

Very attractive cafe and very welcoming. Has good quality coffee and tasty cake, table opposite had a huge sausage in a roll will definitely be back

Local friendly relaxed cafe

Service excellent and food good, definitely recommend it

Lovely bacon roll, good coffee and tasty soup I had as take away today. Go along and support

We popped into cafe 48 this morning and were delighted with our cooked breakfast and the service provided. All in beautiful surroundings. Cafe 48 is a credit to the Community Trust

Lovely lunch – will be back soon!

On behalf of the Formartine Youth Project (FYP), we would like to thank the Udny Community Trust for their continued support this year with FYP. We appreciate the encouragement, financial support and partnership opportunities that have arisen over the past months and look forward to continuing these in the coming years.

Formartine Youth Project

Green energy from the turbine means grants for environmental projects in Udny – a win – win all round

Udny Climate action

It’s interesting, it’s not time consuming and it helps the trustees decide what projects to fund – that’s my experience of being on the Trust’s Project Evaluation Group (PEG)

Project Evaluation Group

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Grant funding awarded to the local community over £667,000!

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