Emergency Food
Our food bank, located at 2-4 Poynernook Road AB11 5RW, is open every weekday from 10am-3pm. No referral is required.
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.
FareShare
CFINE operates FareShare Grampian, Highlands & Islands which covers 7 local authority areas - Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland. In 2024/25 FareShare Grampian, Highlands & Islands redistributed 1,093 tonnes of surplus produce, from the food industry to 330 community members. This saved 1,988 tonnes of carbon emissions, equating to 2.6 million meals at a retail value of £2.9 million.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Community Growing
Our Community Growing team offer free support services to community growing projects and run growing courses throughout the year.
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). Between April 2024 and March 2025, we distributed approx. 217,640 packets of product , including 6173 individual reusable products.
Granite City Good Food
We are the lead partner of Granite City Good Food - Aberdeen City’s Sustainable Food Places Partnership, one of 120 partnerships in a national network.
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.
The Fruit Mart
The Fruit Mart in Peterhead sells fresh produce and provides adults with learning difficulties with supported training and skills development.
Lived Experience Group
CFINE's Lived Experience Group brings together local people with lived experiences of food poverty/food insecurity who feedback on a variety of issues with the aim of informing decisionmakers and advocating for progressive anti-poverty policies.
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.
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.
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.