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About us

CFINE’s core purpose and aims are to improve health and wellbeing and the environment, tackle poverty and build resilience for and with disadvantaged, vulnerable, low-income individuals, families and communities in North East Scotland.
To achieve our core purpose and aims we run the following support services:
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Emergency Food

Our food bank, located at 2-4 Poynernook Road AB11 5RW, is open every weekday from 10am-3pm. No referral is required.

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Community Food Pantries

We operate five community food pantries across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. The pantries work on a membership basis, offering you a family-oriented, shop-like experience at a fixed weekly price.

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FareShare

CFINE operates FareShare Grampian, Highlands & Islands which covers 7 local authority areas - Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland. Together in 2023 we delivered 1020 tonnes of food, equivalent to over 2.42 million meals with a retail value of £2.88 million, to individuals and third sector organisations supporting vulnerable people across the north of Scotland.

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Volunteering

Our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, and we simply could not function as an organisation without their help. In 2022/23 volunteers contributed an estimated 91,000 hours!

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SAFE

SAFE stands for Support, Advice, Finance and Education. We will work with you to help you navigate the welfare system and ensure you are claiming the benefits you are entitled to, aiming to improve your household income.

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Warehouse Skills Development Programme

The Warehouse Skills Development Programme is an 8-week course available to people aged 16 plus. It is aimed at those currently experiencing long term barriers to employment.

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Cook at the Nook

We established the Cook at the Nook training kitchen in 2016 to create a community space where anyone can master cooking a variety of budget-friendly meals. Cooking is a vital life skill, and we firmly believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn how to cook delicious, affordable and nutritious meals.

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Community Growing

Our Community Growing team offer free support services to community growing projects and run growing courses throughout the year.

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Free Period Products

CFINE ran pilot, distributing free period products in Aberdeen, on behalf of The Scottish Government. This resulted in the roll out of a national scheme in Scotland (first country in the world). In 2022/23 we distributed 225,608 packets of period product.

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Granite City Good Food

We are the lead partner of Granite City Good Food - Aberdeen City’s Sustainable Food Places Partnership, one of 114 partnerships in a national network.

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HOPE

CFINE established the HOPE (Happily Optimistic Positively Energised) Programme in 2021 with the aim of supporting prisoners being released from HMP Grampian to reintegrate successfully into their local communities.

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The Fruit Mart

The Fruit Mart in Peterhead sells fresh produce and provides adults with learning difficulties with supported training and skills development.

CFINE is also a social enterprise, generating income through the following activities. All surplus profits are re-invested into our support services (see above).
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Business Enterprise

We sell fruit, veg, eggs, pulses, and healthy snacks to businesses, schools and charities. Sales include smaller scale orders, helping to promote healthy eating among employees, and larger wholesale deliveries. We hold proud contracts with NorthLink Ferries, Fletcher Shipping, Compass, and Tidewater.

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Vegaroonitoon

We run a fruit and veg box scheme, called ‘Vegaroonitoon’. Customers can choose between set small (£12), medium (£18), and large (£25) fruit and veg boxes or complete a ‘pick your own’ form.

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Corporate Fundraising

Businesses can take part in a range of corporate volunteering opportunities and corporate team building through ‘Ready Steady Cook’ type activities in our Community Kitchen – Cook at the Nook.

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