Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE)

Did you know that CFINE distributes free period products across Aberdeen?

From 2024-2025 we distributed 94,248 packets of period product and 3036 reusable period products and 1,319,472 individual period products!

Find your nearest free period products here: myperiodlive.azurewebsites.net
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Our Warehouse Team are looking for two new volunteer drivers. 🚚
The role will involve working along side Drivers Mates to deliver surplus food to organisations across Aberdeen City.

When: Wednesday Mornings (9am – Midday)

Contact KDonald@CFINE.org
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Check out our cookbook Easy-Peasy Meals- ONLINE NOW! 👇👨‍🍳

We’ve raised £2748 so far in our Big Give campaign!

From 2–9 Dec, donations to CFINE are doubled.
There’s still time to support the campaign.

One donation. Double the impact.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

#BigGive #Aberdeen

We’re aiming to raise £5,000 for CFINE with Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge!

From 2–9 Dec, every donation is doubled. Helping your donation go further this winter.

One donation. Double the difference.

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

#Aberdeen

We’re taking part in Big Give’s #ChristmasChallenge! 🌲 From 2–9 Dec, every donation to CFINE will be doubled! Help us reach £5,000 & support your local community. First £2,500 matched!

Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

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We're proud to have @cfine.bsky.social in our network of over 4,000 #LivingWage employers in Scotland. Find out more about their commitment to people & communities by reading their Employer Profile: buff.ly/3H1P3Rc

CFINE are looking for volunteers for our Tesco Food Collection with FareShare to help support your local community! 📣

📅 27th-29th November
⏰3-hour time slots (9am-9pm)
📍Tesco Westhill and Aberdeen South (Torry)

Sign up here: fareshare.org.uk/foodcollecti...

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🍏 As part of @nescanhub.bsky.social's Climate Week North East, find out how to cut food waste at @cfine.bsky.social & Granite City Good Food’s Zero Waste Cooking Workshop!

📅 01 October 2025 | 10:30–3pm | Cook at the Nook, CFINE, Aberdeen

📧 Spaces are limited! Register by emailing: info@cfine.org

CFINE are looking for early morning volunteers! ☀️

This role would include assisting our pantry team to make up orders, load vans and other general warehouse work.

⏰8am onwards
🗓️ Monday – Friday
📍CFINE, 2-4 Poynernook Road, AB11 5RW

Contact KDonald@cfine.org for more info

#Aberdeen

A poster with two images of CFINE Lived Experience Group Members developing a manifesto for the 2026 Scottish Parliament Elections. The poster has text, which reads: 'Are you living in Aberdeen? Have you been affected by the cost-of-living crisis? CFINE's Lived Experience Group invites you to fill in a survey which will help inform 'Our Manifesto'. The Manifesto will be presented to all the main Scottish Political Parties ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament Elections. Contact SMcveigh@cfine.org to learn more.'

@cfine.bsky.social’s Lived Experience Group are creating a lived experience manifesto ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliamentary Elections!

Inform its development by completing this survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/M1YAbMsPwB

Find out more about the manifesto here: www.cfine.org/news/a-lived...

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to our pet food drive this weekend! 🐾

Over the weekend we received an incredible amount of pet food donations from our pet food drive at Pets at Home.

Thank you to @bluecrossuk.bsky.social and Pets at Home for giving us this opportunity.

Mind Store's New Women’s Wellbeing Group!

The community support group run for women will be holding its first meeting, teaching you how to make homemade bread.

🗓️Wednesday 2nd July
⏰11:30am-3pm
📍CFINE, 2-4 Poynernook Road AB11 5RW

Please contact Mindstore@cfine.org or 07907473894

CFINE is currently recruiting for a Volunteer Coordinator!

You can find out more about the role using the link below.

www.cfine.org/volunteer-co...

Contact SCockburn@cfine.org for an application form

Applications close 12pm on Wednesday 2nd July 2025

#AberdeenJobs

Aberdeen has been recognised with the GOLD Sustainable Food Places Award, highlighting our role in building a better food system, supporting the Good Food Nation vision & LOIP.

Read more: www.granitecitygoodfood.org/post/granite...

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Are you living in Aberdeen and impacted by the cost-of-living crisis?

CFINE’s Lived Experience Group invites you to contribute to their Manifesto!

Fill in the survey today: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/M1YAbMsPwB

#FoodPovertyAberdeen #LivedExperience #CostOfLivingCrisis

CFINE is low on supplies to include in our emergency food provision and want to encourage support through donations.

Our emergency food provision is a lifeline for many around the city and every donation can help to make a difference.

www.cfine.org/get-involved...

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@cfine.bsky.social's Cooking on a Budget is back at 'Cook at the Nook!

Friday, 23rd, 30th May, and 6th, 13th June
11:30 AM - 13:30 PM
2-4 Poynernook Road, AB11 5RW

Sign up now 👇

forms.office.com/e/BXA7MaF3qW

#GoodFoodAberdeen

Applications now close on May 21st!

📢CALLING ALL WOMEN IN SCOTLAND!

Our 2025 Women’s Survey is live — tell us what life is like for you. From unpaid work to Council Tax impacts, we want to hear it all. 💬

🕒 Takes 10–15 mins
🔗 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ZP1O4A/

#WomensVoices #Scotland

CFINE are currently recruiting for TWO positions within our SAFE Team

💷SAFE Team Advisor
www.cfine.org/safe-team-ad...

💷SAFE Team Outreach Advisor
www.cfine.org/safe-team-ou...

Applications will close on 12th May.

#AberdeenJobs #Aberdeen

Yesterday CFINE hosted an event around the discussion of food poverty.

Our Lived Experience Group will use feedback from this event to create a Manifesto ahead of the 2026 Scottish Election.

www.cfine.org/news/a-lived...

CFINE are currently recruiting for TWO positions within our SAFE Team

💷SAFE Team Advisor
www.cfine.org/safe-team-ad...

💷SAFE Team Outreach Advisor
www.cfine.org/safe-team-ou...

Applications will close on 5th May.

#AberdeenJobs #Aberdeen

🎵 The songs created by CFINE's Community Music Project are out now! 🎵

The ‘Growing with the Garden’ EP represents the different voices of the groups by exploring themes like identity, memory, and resilience.

Listen using the link below

www.cfinecommunitymusicproject.bandcamp.com

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📣 Saltire24 and CFINE's Fundraising Connection: A Call for Corporate Support 📣

2025 marks CFINE’s third year of working with Saltire24 to raise funds to support our essential services. Read our latest blog to find out how you can get involved 👇

www.cfine.org/news/saltire...

A huge thank you to the Khyber Pass Association for another generous donation of nappies! 💚

£750 worth of nappies where donated thanks to support from the Khyber Pass Association Donations like this make a huge difference for those who access our food bank.

Our community music project is coming towards the end. The official release date for the songs will be April 25th!

You can learn more about this project in our latest blog post:

www.cfine.org/news/cfine-c...

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We are thrilled to announce we that CFINE has been shortlisted for the 2025 Living Wage Champion Awards in the Living Hours Champion category. 🎉

Congratulations to all those who have been shortlisted! We look forward to attending the award ceremony in July!

#LivingWageEmployer

CFINE are delighted to have collaborated with GREC and the Earth & Worms Community Garden to mark 40 years since GREC was founded.

Chair of Earth & Worms, and CFINE's Community Growing Assistant, Lucy, put in impressive 'groundwork' to ensure the event was a success.

The participants of our community music project where recently at Tullos Community Garden to record parts of their music videos.

Since November last year, they have been exploring different aspects of music-making to create songs inspired by their community and greenspaces 🌿