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From: Foi EnquiriesTo:Subject: FOI-18-0154 - CelebritiesDate: 22 February 2018 10:06:11Attachments: Further Information - Right to Review & Appeal.pdf

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Dear Thank you for your information request of 25 January 2018. Aberdeen City Council (ACC) hascompleted the necessary search for the information requested.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you give me details on the amount ofmoney spent hiring celebrities. They may have been hired to present awards, recordvideo/audio clips, turn on Christmas lights, visit a local school or for any other purpose.Going back to May 6, 2014, please state: 1) Which celebrity was hired to make an appearance2) What they were hired to do3) When they were hired4) How much they were paid5) Were they given anything in lieu of payment – eg night in a hotel, cab fares etc6) In some instances a celebrity may have asked the money be paid to charity. If you have arecord of this, please say7) How long were they hired for?Please see attached three documents. One in relation to celebrities hired for schools, one forcelebrities hired for libraries and one for celebrities hired in relation to social care/communityinvolvement purposes. FOI-18-0154 – Celebrities – SchoolsFOI-18-0154 – Celebrities – LibrariesFOI-18-0154 – Celebrities – Response No other celebrities (based on the interpretation given below) have been hired by Aberdeen CityCouncil in the period requested. In some instances the council may have given another body – eg the local chamber ofcommerce – money to hire the celebrity. Please include these within your response – the keything is this is funded by the local authority. In our modern age, the definition of “celebrity” is open to many different interpretations. Forthe purpose of this FOI, a celebrity is not the local mayor. It is the local MP, it is anyone whohas appeared on television, reality television, it is people in the media and it is a well-knownauthors (eg JK Rowling and not a self-published novelist). I hope that guidance assists. We hope this helps with your request. Yours sincerely,

Grant WebsterInformation Compliance Officer INFORMATION ABOUT THE HANDLING OF YOUR REQUEST ACC handled your request for information in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom ofInformation (Scotland) Act 2002. Please refer to the attached PDF for more information aboutyour rights under FOISA. Information Compliance TeamCustomer ServiceCorporate GovernanceAberdeen City Council3rd Floor NorthBusiness Hub 17Marischal CollegeBroad StreetABERDEEN AB10 1AQ

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FOI 18- 0154 Celebrities Library & Information Services a) Which celebrity was hired to make an appearance

b) What were they hired to do c) When they were hired

d) How much they were paid e) Where they given anything in lieu of payment

f) In some instances a celebrity may have asked the money to be paid to charity.

2014/15

Paper Pop Arts across Learning Festival (4 sessions)

11/3/2014 & 13/3/2014

Paid by Creative Learning Team, ACC

n/a n/a

Catriona Yule and Richie Brown

Reader Development World Book Night

23/04/2014 £50 n/a n/a

James Oswald Reader Development World Book Night

23/04/2014 £150 n/a n/a

Laura Lam #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (4 Sessions)

13/09, 15/09, 17/09 & 01/10

£647.98 – Funded by Awards For All Scotland

n/a n/a

Alan Bissett #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (3 Sessions)

15 + 16/09/2014

£450 - Funded by Awards For All Scotland Approx travel: £175

n/a n/a

Alison Irvine #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (2 Sessions)

17/09/2014 £394.76- Funded by Awards For All Scotland

n/a n/a

Sheena Blackhall #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (2 Sessions)

25/09/2014, 01/10/2014

£309 - Funded by Awards For All Scotland

n/a n/a

Cathy Forde #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (2 Sessions)

16/09/2014 £404.29 - Funded by Awards For All Scotland

n/a n/a

Olive Ritch #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (2 Sessions)

30/09/2014, 02/10/2014

£300 - Funded by Awards For All Scotland

n/a n/a

Lynda Radley #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (3 Sessions)

25 + 26/09/2014

£632.80 - Funded by Awards For All Scotland

n/a n/a

Allan Dunn Scottish Opera – A Little Bit of Cinderella (narrator)

25/10/2014 None n/a n/a

Professor Sue M Black, Forensic Anthropologist, (University of Dundee); Dr Sarah Hughes, Physical Oceanographer (Marine Scotland); Yolanda Arjona, Fisheries analyst (Marine Scotland); Nicola Levitt, Science Lecturer, NESCOL; Dr Florence Gunn-Folmer, Environmental chemist & Toxicologist (Marine Scotland); Catriona Forbes, Physician Associate studies, (University of Aberdeen); Lauren Du Bourg; Process Engineering associate (GMS)

To talk about their careers at Europe Direct Aberdeen’s event for inspiring girls to take up STEM subjects at school: Women in Research and Innovation

4/11/2014 None £15 John Lewis Voucher each funded by EU

No

Dr. David Watt, Lecturer in Human Geography (Aberdeen University)

Talk at Aberdeen Central Library Co-operative societies and local histories in Scotland

12/03/2015

None No No

Richard Gordon Reader Development Book Week Scotland

24/11/2014 £150 + expenses – Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Janis MacKay Reader Development Book Week Scotland (2 sessions)

28/11/2014 £367.50 n/a n/a

William Goldsmith Reader Development Book Week Scotland

29/11/2014 £150 + expenses - Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Shona MacLean Reader Development Book Week Scotland

29/11/2014 £150 + expenses Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Bag Books Arts across Learning Festival (4 sessions + CPD)

25/2/2015 & 26/2/2015


n/a n/a

Natalie Russell Reader Development World Book Day

05/03/2015 £75 + £75 expenses – Live Literature Fund

n/a n/a

Ann Cleeves Reader Development 12/03/2015 No charge Aberdeen City Libraries publications to approx. value of £30

n/a

2015/16

Sheena Blackhall Creative writing – Read and Remember (2 sessions)

08/04/2015 & 29/04/2015

£150 + £150 expenses – Live Literature Fund

n/a n/a

Quintin Jardine Reader Development – World Book Night


n/a n/a

Linda Strachan Reader Development – World Book Night


n/a n/a

Shane Strachan Creative writing – Read and Remember (2 sessions)

29/04/2015 £300 n/a n/a

Mike Vettese, Director of Trade Marks, Murgitroyd Aberdeen

Provide a talk on the basics of Intellectual Property protection for Charities

30/04/2015 None A sandwich lunch was provided.

No

3 Dancers from CityMoves

To teach dance taster sessions at Central Library for Dance for Europe Day event.

9/05/2015 £157.50 No No

Brian Donald (Head

of the Office of the Director, EUROPOL)

To talk at Europe Direct Aberdeen’s event for World Humanitarian Day: Human Trafficking: A Humanitarian Crisis.

19/08/2015 None No No

Alan Spence Reader Development – National Reading Group day


n/a n/a

Macastory Reader Development – launch of Summer Reading Challenge


n/a n/a

Isabel Buenz (artist) Butterflies Book Sculpture Exhibition and events

22-23 July 2015

Workshop x 2 and expenses: £489

n/a n/a

Moira McPartlin #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (4 sessions)

07/09, 14/09, 21/09 & 28/09/2016

£650 + £308 expenses Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Alan Spence #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival

07/10/2015 £150 + £96 expenses Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Laura Lam #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (4 sessions)

16/09, 30/09, 14/10 & 28/10/2015

£600 – Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Allan Dunn Scottish Opera – A Little Bit of Carmen (narrator)

08/10/2015 None n/a n/a

John Killick Reader Development – Luminate Festival


n/a n/a

Helen Lynch #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival

15/10/2015 £150 - Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Anne Park, researcher

Drop-in session Research your WW1 ancestors

27/10/2015 None No No

Shane Strachan #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (4 sessions)

02/11, 09/11, 30/11 & 07/12/2015

£600 + £46.92 expenses - Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

David Ross, railway historian

Talk at Aberdeen Central Library The Railway and the City: The Great North and Aberdeen

04/11/2015 No appearance fee paid. £117.92 paid for expenses.

No No

Danny Weston Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event - 12 to 16 category


n/a n/a

Elizabeth Wein Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event - 12 to 16 category


n/a n/a

Lindsey Fraser Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event – 12 to 16 category

10/11/2015 £150 + 145.40 expenses n/a n/a

Amina Shah Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist events for 12 to 16 and 8 to 11 categories

10/11/2015 & 17/11/2015

No charge Aberdeen City Libraries publications to approx. value of £30

n/a

Ross MacKenzie Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event – 8 to 11 category


n/a n/a

Gillian Phillip Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event – 8 to 11 category


n/a n/a

Elizabeth Laird Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event – 8 to 11 category


n/a n/a

John Killick Reader Development – 50+ Festival - Dementia awareness


n/a n/a

Pamela Butchart Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event – 3 to 7 category


n/a n/a

Simon Puttock Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist


n/a n/a

event – 3 to 7 category

Emily MacKenzie Reader Development – Scottish Children’s Book Awards shortlist event – 3 to 7 category


n/a n/a

Richard Gordon Reader Development Book Week Scotland


n/a n/a

Willie Miller Reader Development Book Week Scotland


n/a n/a

Catherine Brown, food writer and television presenter

Talk and food-tasting at Aberdeen Central Library Scotland’s changing food culture

25/11/2015

Paid £150 fee + (accommodation and travel expenses claimed directly from Scottish Book Trust)

No No

Chris Brookmyre Reader Development Book Week Scotland


n/a n/a

Laura Reid (artist) The Snow Queen 16/12/2015 £150 n/a n/a

Grace Banks (storyteller)

The Snow Queen 16/12/2015 £150 n/a n/a

Christopher Trotter, award-winning food writer

Talk at Aberdeen Central Library Scotland’s story of Kale

27/01/2016

Fees as part of a Live Literature Funded session were £150. This also covered travel and accommodation to a value of approximately £50

No No

Alex Gray Reader Development – National Libraries Day


n/a n/a

Anthonius De Vries (former Sanction Coordinator at the European

Give the keynote address at Europe Direct Aberdeen’s discussion: EU as a Global Actor: The role of EU

16/02/2016 £213.43 travel expenses from Brussels

No No

Commission) sanctionsin helping striving democracies

Simon Puttock Reader Development – World Book Day

03/03/2016 £75 £75 + expenses – Live Literature Fund

n/a n/a

Nina Murray and Ayanda Dube (Scottish Refugee Council)

Speak at Europe Direct Aberdeen’s event: #Refugee Crisis: International Women’s Day

08/03/2016 £107.60 travel expenses from Glasgow

No No

Sophie Bates (Glasgow Women’s Library)

Speak to guests at Europe Direct Aberdeen’s event: #Refugee Crisis: International Women’s Day

08/03/2016 £29.80 travel expenses from Glasgow

No No

Mike Shepherd, author

Talk at Aberdeen Central Library Oil Strike North Sea: A first hand history of North Sea oil

09/03/2016

None No No

Douglas Lockhart, historian

Talk at Aberdeen Central Library Village history in Buchan

14/03/2016

None No No

2016/17

Jane Alexander Creative Writing – ReaDiscover (2 sessions)


n/a n/a

Pippa Goldschmidt Reader Development – World Book Night


n/a n/a

Jane Alexander #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (4 sessions)

03/09, 17/09, 01/10 & 15/10/2016

£600 + £133.65 expenses Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Chris Riddell Reader Development – Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour

13/09/2016 Paid by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Lindsay Fraser Reader Development – Talk at Literacy Coordinators meeting

08/11/2016 £215.58 n/a n/a

Simon Scarrow Reader Development – Book Week Scotland

21/11/2016 Paid by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Malachy Tallack Reader Development – Book Week Scotland

23/11/2016 £150 + £22.05 expenses Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Vivian French Reader Development – Book Week Scotland


n/a n/a

Helen Lynch #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival (4 sessions)

11/01, 18/01, 25/01 & 01/02 2017

£600 Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Rosemary Goring and Alan Taylor

Reader Development 04/02/2017 £239.70 n/a n/a

Graeme Milne Reader Development – Arts Across Learning


n/a n/a

Jane Alexander #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival - Book launch

22/03/2017 £150 + £36.16 expenses Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Helen Lynch #WriteCity – Creative Writing Festival - Book launch

22/03/2017 £150 Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Graeme Milne, Shane Strachan, Monica Wisniewski

Arts across Learning Festival (18 sessions each)

29/03/2017 & 30/03/2017


n/a n/a

2017/18

Bill Jamieson Local History Conference – keynote speaker

04/03/2017 £2,000 Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Sara Sheridan Local History Conference - speaker

04/03/2017 £200 + £42.60 travel expenses

n/a n/a

Fiona-Jane Brown Local History Conference – keynote speaker

04/03/2017 £2,000 Funded by Cultural Grant

n/a n/a

Leila Aboulela Reader Development – World Book Night

22/04/2017 No charge Aberdeen City Libraries publications and book

n/a

token to approx. value of £35

Kevin McAllion Reade Development – Mental Health Awareness Week


n/a n/a

Alec Thompson-Miller

Reader Development – Bookbug Week in Scotland

20/05/2017 £80 travel and expenses n/a n/a

Alison Irvine Reader Development – Summer Reading Challenge volunteer training


n/a n/a

Graeme Obree Reader Development – Cycle Tour series talk

25/05/2017 £750 + expenses Paid by Cultural Fund

n/a n/a

Emma Fraser Reader Development – 125 Celebrations


n/a n/a

Katie Leiper Reader Development – 125 Celebrations


n/a n/a

Tom Foster Reader Development – 125 Celebrations


n/a n/a

Douglas Jackson Reader Development – 125 Celebrations


n/a n/a

Lari Don Reader Development – Summer Reading Challenge Celebration

07/10/2017 No charge n/a n/a

Andy Hall Reader Development – Libraries Week

09/10/2017 No charge n/a n/a

Helen Lynch Creative Writing – Read the Past (2 session)

10/10 & 21/11/2017

£150 £200 + expenses – Live Literature Fund

n/a n/a

Michael Malone Reader Development – 125 Celebrations

21/10/2017 £75 £100 + expenses – Live

n/a n/a

Literature Fund

Shirley McKay Reader Development – Book Week Scotland


n/a n/a

Esther Woolfson Reader Development – Book Week Scotland – Creative writing

29/11/2017 £150 – Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Alan Rowan Reader Development – Book Week Scotland

29/11/2017 £190.05 – Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Michelle Sloan Reader Development – Book Week Scotland (3 sessions)

30/11/2017 £150 £200 + expenses – Live Literature Fund £150 – Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Daniel Gray Reader Development – Book Week Scotland

02/12/2017 £250 Funded by Scottish Book Trust

n/a n/a

Stuart Delves Business Creative writing workshop


n/a n/a

Helen Lynch Creative Writing – workshop for teens


n/a n/a

Andy Hall Reader Development 22/01/2017 No charge n/a n/a

Please note - Author visits and talks usually last for no more than two hours, workshops will be half a day.

Which celebrity was hired to make

an appearance What they were hired to do When they were hired How much they were paid

Were they given anything in

lieu of payment – eg night in

a hotel, cab fares etc

In some instances a

celebrity may have asked

the money be paid to

charity. If you have a

record of this, please say

How long were they hired

for?

Matt Dickinson Author / Explorer talk Oct-14 £250 n/a n/a 2 sessions

Keith Gray Author Talk Nov-14 £300 n/a n/a 2 sessions

Metaphrog Author / Illustrator Talk Nov-14 £900 n/a n/a 6 sessions

Metaphrog Author / Illustrator Talk Mar-15 £1,050 n/a n/a 7 sessions

Allan Burnett Author Talk Mar-15 £300 n/a n/a 2 sessions

Dave Cousins Author Talk May-15 £150 n/a n/a 1 session

Metaphrog Author Talk Sep-15 £750 n/a n/a 5 sessions

Metaphrog Author Talk Nov-15 £450 n/a n/a 3 sessions

Cathy MacPhail Author Talk Feb-16 £300 n/a n/a 3 sessions

Metaphrog Author Talk Feb-16 £750 n/a n/a 5 sessions

Anita Govan Slam Poetry Oct-16 funded n/a n/a 4 sessions

Matt Dickinson Author / Explorer talk Jan-17 £300 n/a n/a 2 sessions

Metaphrog Author / Illustrator Talk Jan -March 17 2550 n/a n/a 17 sessions

Alan Bissett Author Sep-16 £350 n/a n/a 2 sessions

Stephanie Inglis

Approached by Sports for

Champions charity to run a

sponsor circuits to raise funds

for both school and the charity. 24.11.17 N/A N/A Sports for Champions UK 1 day

Celebrities - Schools

Act /Performer/speaker What were they hired to do? Event/Programme

Dame Evelyn Glennie OBE Musical Performance Over 50's Programme/Festival

John MacRuvie Compere Over 50's Programme/Festival

Pixie Productions/Fiona Kennedy Compere and Musical Performance Over 50's Programme/Festival

Red Hot Chilli Pipers Musical Performance Over 50's Programme/Festival

Red Hot Chilli Pipers /green room / lunches /soft drinks Musical Performance Over 50's Programme/Festival

Red Hot Chilli Pipers lunches and green room Musical Performance Over 50's Programme/Festival

David Brindle Talk ONE Community Event

No acts/performers/speakers fell into the provided definition of celebrity

Fred McAulay (Comedian) Talk Practice Improvement Event

Celebrities - Response

Financial Year 2015-6



Financial Year 2014 -2015


Venue Date Duration of Hire (days) Fees

Marischal College 8-9 September 2 £206.84

Duthie Park 07-Sep 1 £350.00

Marischal Quadrangle 09-Sep 1 £3,500.00

Duthie Park 07-Sep 1 £3,500.00

Inn at the Park 07-Sep 1 £339.67

Inn at the Park 07-Sep 1 £339.67

Beach Ballroom 14-Oct 1

Beach Ballroom May 1 (approx) £40.00






Payment made to Charity Was anything given in lieu of payment?

No Price of Flights

No

No

No

No

No

No Price of train


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