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Everything Electronic Youth Club

continues to operate online on Monday nights at 6.30pm.

The group had a great winter season. Harvey from Torphins was one of the winners of the International CoderDojo competition, and all of the youngsters who entered the national Brebas Coding Challenge were in the top categories for their age.

Currently we have three teams, one group are developing some films on climate change for a youth film-making competition; another group are working on our first “team coding” project developing a multi-layered game on a viking theme and the third group are learning to use digital tools for producing art.

Above (and on the cover of this Fountain!) is a picture of the wonderful Viking who is the hero of the game and a sample of first-attempt pictures for the young digital artists.

A new monthly Physics Debate Club has had its inaugural debate. To join any of their activities, see the contacts in their advert below. 17

When times are tough, don’t stop ADVERTISING!

The Fountain relies on advertising to pay for design and printing and it means a lot that so many regular customers have continued to advertise during the Covid calamity.

Always delighted to welcome new advertisers, I have opened up opportunities with a new value ad size, see p34.

At Myriad Pro Publishing, advertisers are not just a space on a page. All advertisers benefit from featuring in a Facebook album every quarter, and where advertisers’ own posts are seen on that social media platform, they will be shared. Feel free to tag The Fountain to make sure.

New customers can also benefit from introductory features, and there are perks to being a long-term advertiser too, as well as discounts for featuring in the Alford and Banchory publications.

The business landscape and publicity methods are changing all the time, and especially at the moment! So if you have any ideas on how The Fountain can further support you, do let me know.

No matter if you are on the main street, out in the sticks, working from your spare room or just operating online, I can help.

Have you started a new business in the Aboyne area? Want a mention? Get in touch.

The Fountain represents a unique opportunity for you to promote your business to a targetted area at reasonable cost. Ad rates start at just £27 for a quarter page. Around 1,500 copies are distributed through the doors of residences in the village, prominent spots in the local community and within businesses willing to stock it. Geographically it covers Aboyne and the surrounding areas and includes Tarland. All Myriad Pro Publications are also available to read online at issuu.com

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We enable people in the community to help other people in the community through volunteering opportunities supporting families or within one of our two charity shops based in Aboyne and Alford.

Can you volunteer to help HomeStart provide support for families with young children who are facing difficult circumstances? Or can you donate to support our work on early intervention that benefits children and parents alike?

For more information on how you can get involved please call 01330 824443 or email info@homestartdeeside.org

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Tarland Paths has launched a new FaceBook page which aims to share information about the extensive and varied paths network around Tarland.

Under the auspices of the Tarland Development Group, and supported by The MacRobert Trust, the TDG Paths Group aims to maintain existing waymarked paths in the Howe O' Cromar, as well as developing new possibilities for exploring. For more information, see the new page or email tarlandpaths@mossl.co.uk

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