Welcome to Compass

Our project is all about practical solutions for healthy, sustainable living. Join us onsite or discover more about our project in a short video created by clicking About Compass below.

Support Us

We rely on fundraising, your donations and volunteers to develop and grow Compass.

 

Become A Volunteer

Discover first hand from our volunteers what makes the Compass site so special…

 

Camphill Estates fundraising team invites you to take part in the Corporate Goals Football Tournament.  

This is a fantastic 5-a-side competition bringing businesses together for a great cause! 

Hosted at Goals Aberdeen, this event is in aid of the medical charity, Camphill Wellbeing Trust.  All proceeds will go directly to support their Compass Project –  a ground-breaking initiative which is transforming a former school campus into a community-orientated  centre offering hands-on experiences and practical solutions for healthy, sustainable lifestyles.

Date:           Friday 13th June 2025
Location:   Goals Aberdeen (AB12 5XA)
Teams:       5-a-side, with rolling substitutes
Entry Fee:  £375 per team

You and your team will have the chance to compete, network and make a real difference to a local charity, all while enjoying a brilliant day of football. 

Every goal scored will help support wellbeing activities, social prescribing initiatives and community experiences at Compass.

Limited spaces available – register your team now

If you would like further information or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on fundraising@cwt.scot

Walk for CWT in the 2025 Kiltwalk!

Join up: To support our fantastic Compass Project

Visit: thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/Aberdeen
Choose your walk: ‘Mighty Stride’ or ‘Wee Wander‘
Select Camphill Wellbeing Trust as the beneficiary

JustGiving Fundraising Page: Tick “My charity is not listed”
Complete the registration on the Kiltwalk page

Set up a CWT support fundraising page at www.localgiving.org/charity/CWT , mention you are fundraising for Compass and share it with family, friends and colleagues.

Support Us

As a charity, we rely on the generosity of volunteers, donors and funders to deliver our community-orientated services, breathing life into this beautiful, disused site.

Please help us to continue our much needed work.

Buy our Organic Produce

Support your health and wellbeing with organically-produced local, seasonal produce harvested from the gardens of Compass. We also offer plants, firewood, kindling, wood chippings and Compass honey.

Hire a Space

Our fully-refurbished North Point Building is available for hire from 1st November 2024.

With sports flooring, changing rooms, kitchen, meeting room and storage space, we aim to offer a high-quality venue at a reasonable cost.

Volunteer

We welcome volunteers from all walks of life!

Come along to help in the garden, utilise your DIY skills or simply lend a hand with our ‘to do lists’.

Social Prescribing

Our Skills for Health service can help you develop practical skills to bring about the health-promoting changes that you want in your life.

News & Events

Keep up to date with the latest opportunities at Compass. You can also read our newsletter, Directions.

Our Achievements to Date

No. Volunteers

Volunteer Hours

Organic Produce (kg)

Waste Recycled / Reused (m3)

%

Fundraising Goal Phase 1: £200,000

Sep 2020 – Sep 2021

%

Fundraising Goal Phase 2: £1m

Oct 2021 – Sep 2024

%

Fundraising Goal Phase 3: c. £1.2m

Oct 2024 – Sep 2026

%

Fundraising Goal Phase 4: c. £7m

Oct 2026 –

Phase 1
  • Tidy outdoor areas with composting and recycling
  • Restore paths and steps
  • Survey trees and plan scheduled management
  • Increase site security to counter crime and vandalism
  • Complete essential building repairs
  • Begin sustainable refurbishment and re-purposing of some buildings
  • Set up demonstration garden plots
  • Appoint project co-ordinator
  • Engage with local community
Phase 2: Places
  • Complete refurbishment of North Point: a multi-purpose building with new multi-user access
  • Create temporary volunteer and staff hub
  • Erect polytunnel and two composting toilets for volunteer and participants
  • Purchase two volunteer cabins for shelter and social space
  • Plan and start refurbishment of enterprise and kindergarten buildings
Phase 2: People
  • Increase Compass team from 1 part-time to 5 full-time staff to deliver our community orientated services
  • Increase volunteer numbers and volunteered hours by 50% 
  • Expand volunteering activities
  • Establish social prescribing service with therapeutic activities in collaboration with NHS
  • Expand Duke of Edinburgh and Saltire Awards volunteering opportunities by 50%
  • Increase corporate & school volunteering groups by 75%
  • Delivered employability skills opportunities, including 12 dry-stone walling sessions 
Phase 2: Produce
  • Plant 150 fruit bushes and native tree species
  • Expand no-dig organic garden by 100% and increase year on year production: over 3300kg harvested to date.
  • Distribute seasonal, organically-grown produce to the local community
  • Increase bee colonies from 1 to 12 and establish wild flower areas
  • Produced 60 m3 of compost and re-used 150m3 of woodchips/cardboard
  • Sustainably recycled over 30 of materials / metal
Phase 3
  • Deliver sustainable refurbishment and re-purposing of former kindergarten and science buildings to create new East Point Hub with:
    • Cafe and play cafe
    • Health & Education Hub to support local NHS practices through our social prescribing services and outdoor learning activities
    • Extension to current Blue Door charity shop [N. Deeside Road] to support and upcycle larger items
    • Zero-waste kitchen for processing onsite produce, education and skills development
    • Smokery unit for smoking Camphill and other local produce, education and skills development
  • Resurface main driveway and car-parking area
  • Finalise masterplan for revitalisation across the whole site
Phase 4

Staged refurbishment of main C-listed building will be a major and exciting aim in phase 4 onwards.

Timing and progress in phase 4 onwards will be dependant on funds raised. 

Contact Us

Visit the site: Compass, Craigton Road, Cults, Aberdeen, AB15 9QD

Email: compass@cwt.scot

Donate to Compass

Your donation will help us continue to restore and re-purpose the site for the benefit of the local and wider community of Aberdeen.