Over the Summer holidays (Monday 7 July to Friday 15 August 2025) Aberdeen City Council and partners will be running the Summer in the City, a bumper programme of fun activities that supported the wellbeing of children and young people across Aberdeen.
Children and young people across the city have helped us to plan a wide range of FREE activities to ensure that there is something for everyone.
The priority programme has been created for children and young people aged 5-14 who meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Live in a single parent household
- Are from an ethnic minority family
- Have a disability/additional support need or who have a close family member with disability/additional support needs (this includes siblings of those with a disability/additional support needs)
- Have a parent aged 25 or younger
- Have siblings under 1 year old
- Are part of a large family (3 or more children)
Bookings
Bookings will open on Wednesday 25 June at 12:30pm.
Find out about what activities are available via the links below:
Summer in the City Activities for All
Summer in the City Activities for Priority Groups
Summer in the City Activities for Children/Young People with Additional Support Needs (ASN)
Please note that you can only book 3 half or full day activities OR 2 half/full day activities and 1 week long camp per child.
You can also visit our What's On page that lists a variety of activities, events and discounts available for families in Aberdeen city.
Providers will be doing their own bookings. For any queries, please get in touch with the provider directly.
Are you operating a waiting list?
Unfortunately we will not be operating a waiting list for Summer in the City 2025.
For more information, please read our frequently asked questions.