The financial support was given to 124 organisations across the city, 138 grant awards were under £25,000, and 23 organisations received grants worth a total value of £100,000 and over.

The figures were part of a report on Grant Review for the financial year 2023-2024 which was approved at Finance and Resources committee last week.

Committee convener Councillor Alex McLellan said: “The £49.8m of grant money given to organisations by the council range from major projects to small community events.

“The grants, given to a number of partners and third sector organisations, will make a positive impact on our city in their own way.”

Council co-leader Councillor Ian Yuill said: “These grants have made a real positive difference for organisations and people across Aberdeen. Many of the organisations that received funds support some of the most vulnerable people in our city.”

The report to committee said the total value of grants awarded in the financial year 2024/2024 was £49,821,827.20, with 218 grants were awarded.

All grants recorded in the Review were in the Following the Public Pound Register which were administered to organisations in 2023/2024, including those to Arms Length External Organisations (ALEOs) and those administered on behalf of government bodies for ringfenced activity.

Grants to individuals, such as the Scottish Welfare Trust and School Clothing Grant, were excluded from the review due to being means tested.

The report to committee said council’s finance team is considering how to align grants to the three tier model used by the Council - prevention is tier one, early intervention is tier two, and response is tier three - and then record the information in its Following the Public Pound Database.

The majority of grants awarded in 2023/2024 aligned with tiers one and two (preventative and early intervention) with only £299,533 allocated to tier three (response). The report said this demonstrates that the council’s grant making process aligns with a preventative and early intervention approach.