Times and places to collect free food

Please note that the services on this page may be affected due to Covid-19 and some may be closed.

Please try and make contact with them before you visit. If you need urgent help please visit our COVID-19 webpage for more information. 

A range of agencies provide free food to take away or meals to have on the premises. See details under the individual entries below.

Each agency may have specific criteria for providing such help and this is not always limited to homeless households.

Monday

• Lighthouse Support Centre
  Tillydrone Community Campus
  01224 489546
  Time: 1.30pm to 2.30pm
   
• Fountain of Love Church
  31 Palmerston Road
  01224 574 511
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Free lunch
   
• Social Bite
  516 Union Street
  01224 981863
  Time: 9am to 11am
  Free breakfast roll and drink
  Time: 2pm to 3pm
  Free take away item

Tuesday

• Fountain of Love Church
  31 Palmerston Road
  01224 574 511
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Free lunch
   
• Gilcomston South Church
  Union Street
  01224 647 144
  Time: 12:45pm
  Soup and sandwiches
   
• Aberdeen Cyrenians
  62 Summer Street
  01224 625 732
  Time: 5:30pm to 8pm
  Free evening meal (service user card required*)
   
• St. Vincent de Paul Society
  St. Mary's Cathedral
  Huntly Street
  01224 640 160
  Time: 7:30pm to 8:30pm
  Food and clothes parcels given out
   
• Social Bite
  516 Union Street
  01224 981 863
  Time: 9am to 11am
  Free breakfast roll and drink
  Time: 2pm to 3pm
  Free take away item

Wednesday

• Peace House
  46 Union Street
  01224 905 594
  Time: 10:30am to 11:30am
  Free breakfast
   
• Fountain of Love Church
  31 Palmerston Road
  01224 574 511
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Free lunch
   
• Social Bite
  516 Union Street
  01224 981 863
  Time: 9am to 11am
  Free breakfast roll and drink
  Time: 2pm to 3pm
  Free take away item
  Time: 4pm to 5.30pm
  Free evening meal (women only)

• The Salvation Army
  Winter Feeding Programme
  Citadel
  Castlegate
  October - March
  01224 579370
  Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Thursday

• Peace House
  46 Union Street
  01224 905 594
  Time: 10:30am to 11:30am
  Free breakfast
   
• Fountain of Love Church
  31 Palmerston Road
  01224 574 511
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Free lunch
   
• Aberdeen Cyrenians
  62 Summer Street
  01224 625 732
  Time: 5:30pm to 8pm
  Free evening meal (service user card required*)

• Social Bite
  516 Union Street
  01224 981863
  Time: 9am to 11am
  Free breakfast roll and drink
  Time: 2pm to 3pm
  Free take away item
  Time: 4pm to 5.30pm
  Free evening meal

Friday

• Peace House
  46 Union Street
  01224 905 594
  Time: 10:30am to 11:30am
  Free breakfast
   
• Fountain of Love Church
  31 Palmerston Road
  01224 574 511
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Free lunch

• Social Bite
  516 Union Street
  01224 981863
  Time: 9am to 11am
  Free breakfast roll and drink
  Time: 2pm to 3pm
  Free take away item

• Lazarus Project Soup Kitchen
  RCCG City of God Church
  20 Holburn Street
  01224 588884
  Time: 5.30pm
  Free evening meal on the last Friday of the month.

Saturday

• Aberdeen Cyrenians
  62 Summer Street
  01224 625 732
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Lunch (service user card required*)
   
• Gilcomston South Church
  Union Street
  01224 647144
  Time: 9pm to 11pm
  Hot chocolate
   
• Rehoboth Banquet (Jesus House Torry)
  Old Torry Community Centre
  2 Abbey Place
  01224 4874158
  Time: 4:30pm to 5.30pm
  Free evening meal on the first Saturday of the month.

Sunday

• Aberdeen Cyrenians
  62 Summer Street
  01224 625 732
  Time: 12pm to 2pm
  Lunch (service user card required*)
   
• Lovebridge Community Church
  Manor Park Learning Centre
  Danestone Circle
  01224 049184
  Time: 11am to 1pm
  Free lunch served on the first Sunday of the month.

Monday to Friday

• Instant Neighbour Charitable Trust
  Instant Neighbour House
  5 St. Machar Drive
  Non-perishable food parcels available

*Service user card available from Aberdeen Cyrenians' Duty Team at Summer St.

• CFINE
  2-4 Poynernook Road
  Aberdeen
  01224 596156
  Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm