Common Good Fund (Aberdeen)

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Common Good Fund (Aberdeen)

Aberdeen's Common Good Fund is a fund to benefit the people of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
, Scotland

Scotland

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. It was created as a result of Robert the Bruce granting the cities Great Charter in 1319, after they sheltered him during his days of outlaw. In 2005, the value of the fund was £31 million.

Along with the Great Charter, Bruce gave Aberdeen the Forest of Stocket (now the Mid Stocket

Mid Stocket

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Aberdeen's Common Good Fund is a fund to benefit the people of Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
, Scotland

Scotland

Mid Stocket

Midstocket is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is named after the Forest of Stocket, which was a gift from Robert the Bruce to the people of Aberdeen in 1319....
area of the city), in return for a yearly rent. As a result of the finances generated from the forest, the Common Good Fund was created to benefit the people of the city. Later, the lands of Cruvie (now Woodside) and Rubislaw

Rubislaw, Aberdeen

Rubislaw is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is located around Queens Road, Rubislaw Den North and South. It is close to Rubislaw Quarry and the Rubislaw Playing Fields used by Aberdeen Grammar School....
were also granted to the people.

The fund helped to create Marischal College

Marischal College

File:Marischal College New.jpgMarischal College is a building in the Scotland city of Aberdeen belonging to the University of Aberdeen. It was formerly an independent university in its own right....
by gifting land to George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal

George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal

George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal was a Kingdom of Scotland nobleman and Earl Marischal.Described as one of the most important and powerful men of his day in Scotland, he was sent as ambassador to Denmark in 1589 to negotiate the marriage of King James I of England to Anne of Denmark....
to help him build the institution; it helped the people during the 1640 plague and also gifted funds to Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery is the main visual arts exhibition space in the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It opened in 1885, in a building designed by Alexander Marshall McKenzie....
, the Central Library

Central Library, Aberdeen

The Central Library of Aberdeen in Scotland is located on Rosemount Viaduct and is the main library for the city.It cost ?10,000 to build and was publicly funded through local campaigning that began in 1889....
, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary or ARI is a teaching hospital on the Foresterhill site in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is run by NHS Grampian and has in excess of 1000 beds....
and the purchase of Hazlehead Park

Hazlehead Park

Hazlehead Park is a large public park in the Hazlehead, Aberdeen area of Aberdeen, Scotland. 180 hectares in size, it was opened to the public in 1920, having formerly been the estate of Hazlehead House, home of William Rose, shipbuilder....
.

In recent times it has been used to provide the elderly with tea dances and a festival for older people.. It is also used to help charity as has been a substantial contributor to the Instant Neighbour Trust in the past.