MHA backs Aberdeen charity with financial literacy grant

Accounting and consulting agency MHA has donated £3,500 to assist enhance the financial literacy of younger folks in Aberdeen. The most recent award has gone to Neighborhood Meals Initiatives North East, which goals to deal with meals poverty and financial hardship throughout the area.

The MHA 1892 Basis takes its title from the yr wherein north-western skilled providers agency MHA Moore and Smalley – which merged into MHA in April 2024 – was established. Its nationwide roll-out comes after a profitable pilot within the North West of England, which awarded eight grants in 2023.

In January 2026, it was introduced that the organisation would supply grants of as much as £3,500 to initiatives that promote financial schooling and help younger folks in growing important profession and life abilities. Earlier this yr, the primary such grant for finance and budgeting workshops was made to Edinburgh-based Grassmarket Neighborhood Challenge.

Now, MHA has adopted this up by donating £3,500 to assist enhance the financial literacy of younger folks in Aberdeen. The most recent award has been made to CFINE (Neighborhood Meals Initiatives North East), an Aberdeen-based social enterprise tackling meals poverty in Scotland.

Graeme Robbie, CFINE’s deputy chief government, stated, “CFINE is delighted to be awarded funding from the MHA 1892 Basis. This grant will allow us to assist younger folks in Aberdeen who’re furthest from work. By way of a collection of employability programmes, we are going to present one-to-one assist, financial schooling and alternatives to construct confidence and develop sensible abilities.”

A social enterprise, CFINE operates meals banks, group meals pantries and a cellular pantry service, alongside a industrial fruit and vegetable enterprise and produce field deliveries that enhance entry to reasonably priced, wholesome meals. CFINE additionally redistributes surplus meals to over 100 frontline charities and group teams throughout North East Scotland, together with Aberdeen, Moray and the Highlands. 

The grant will assist an employability initiative for twenty-four folks aged 16 to 25. Delivered in 4 12-week blocks at CFINE, the programme presents one-to-one assist to construct confidence, vocational abilities and job readiness, alongside digital abilities, on-line security and financial consciousness. The funding will cowl accredited coaching and supply workers prices.

Alan Stewart, accomplice at MHA’s Aberdeen workplace, added, “This initiative continues to mirror our concentrate on addressing gaps in financial literacy via community-led assist. Equipping younger folks with financial data is important to shaping a brighter future. The MHA 1892 Basis appears ahead to supporting initiatives that assist construct the data and confidence wanted to handle funds as they transfer into maturity, notably the place entry to financial schooling could also be restricted.”