Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE), a charity and social enterprise based in Aberdeen has been awarded the Social Enterprise of the Year Award by Social Enterprise Awards Scotland on Tuesday, November 12 in The Scottish Parliament. Read more
CFINE was honoured with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service - the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. Read more to find out more about volunteering at CFINE Read more
CFINE awarded the Scottish Government Oral Health Community Challenge Fund to improve improve infant oral health and residents' health and well-being. Read more
CFINE was asked by The Scottish Government to operate a pilot scheme and fight 'period poverty'. Due to the success of the pilot, funds have been allocated to Scotland to support those in need. Read more
The Scottish Government, FareShare Scotland and Hey Girls run Access to Sanitary Products project received the Commercial Partnerships Award. Read more to find out how you can get involved Read more
Research into how food poverty is affecting people with long-term health conditions found that most interviewees using food banks and pantries were living with three or more debilitating health conditions. Read more
CFINE has been shortlisted in the Grampian Chamber of Commerce’s Northern Star Awards ‘Making A Difference’ category Read more
Read more about our future developments in the Shire. Read more
Find out more about the Torry Tasters initiative that aims to increase pupils' vegetable consumption and school meal uptake. Read more
CFINE's projects will be funded by the Fairer Aberdeen Fund that allows our charity to further develop our support services in the community Read more
On the 28th September, CFINE held the 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning' in the Cook at the Nook training kitchen to raise funds for people facing cancer. Read more
Our CEO and volunteers paid a visit to Nick and Penny Orpwood's fruit, vegetables and flower garden. Read about their day Read more
New Veg Cities campaign headed by Granite City Good Food! Read more
Aberdeen Standard Investments spent the day volunteering at CFINE, find out how they got on! Read more
Aberdeen has become the first city in Scotland and one of just a handful of cities in the UK to win a prestigious Sustainable Food Cities award. Read more
This week CFINE were delighted to accept a large quantity of food donations from TechnipFMC employees. Read more
Read more about CFINE's innovative pilot and how it has highlighted Scotland as world-leader in tackling period poverty! Read more
Something exciting is happening just now around Aberdeen. The VegBag is a simple, innovative project aimed at encouraging folk from across the city to get involved in growing their own vegetables at home. Read more
Find out more about our adorable Tuk Tuk! Read more
Find out how our mobile community cafe made an impression at Grampian Pride. Read more
Find out how investment from the Scottish Government Good Food Nation Fund has helped us develop Cook at the 'Nook, our community training kitchen! Read more
Fantastic night in the kitchen recently with some supporters of the Famous Aberdeen Football Club. Read more
An innovation story for AIM2Flourish. Read more
Volunteers from HomeStart enjoyed an afternoon and evening of cooking in CFINE’s training kitchen, Cook at the ‘Nook. Read more