Abertaysty

Abertaysty 🥑

Abertaysty is a project provided by Abertay Students' Association to offer free food to students.

The food is sourced from FareShare, a charity set up to fight hunger and tackle food waste. Working with FareShare we purchase quality surplus food that is available to us each week.

We try to get a variety of foods for a balanced diet of donated foods each week.

Follow @AbertaySA to find out when the food arrives.

 


Updated Timetable for January 2026 - May 2026

Abertaysty will run once a week every Tuesday, starting in September. The location is now:  Pop-Up, Abertay Students' Association, Ground Floor of the Library

To make it easier for you, we have two timeslots, which we alternate each week, see the table below:

Tuesday 20 January - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 27 January - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 3 February - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 10 February - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 17 February - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 24 February - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 3 March - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 10 March - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 17 March - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 24 March - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 31 March - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 7 April - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 14 April - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 21 April - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 28 April - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 5 May - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 12 May - 14:30-15:30
Tuesday 19 May - 10:30-11:30
Tuesday 26 May - 14:30-15:30


 


Other Food Sources

Too Good to Go - an app where local businesses such as restaurants, shops and cafes sell their surplus food for a discounted price. 

OLIO -  an app where people in your area can offer good, unwanted food to each other. Everything shared on OLIO is free

Dundee West End Community Fridge -  Open Monday to Saturday, 11 am-2 pm at Miller’s Wynd Car Park, Perth Road, DD1 4HY (beside Tartan Cafe) a walk-in supply of surplus food.

Lochee Community Larder -  Can purchase £2 basic bag + fridge and freezer items for an additional £2-£4 - Open Monday, Wednesday and  Friday 10 am – 2pm at 5 Whorterbank, Dundee, DD2 3AA.

Graham’s Kitchen – A faith organisation offering free hot soup, drinks, cake, filled rolls and fruit. Sat 7:30 pm – 9 pm Debenhams Car Park, Marketgait.

 


Recipe Ideas

Our cookbook was created to help you get the most out of your food and your budget and encourages you to learn to cook in an easy and fun way.

As much as possible, our recipes are adaptable for different diets – making this cookbook suitable for anyone.

All the recipes serve 1 – making it easy for you to not waste food and simply multiply the ingredients for more people!

Student eats

BBC Good Food

Make the most of leftovers

27+ quick & easy student lunches

Healthy porridge toppings

Quick & easy smoothies

Quick & tasty salad dressings

Easy wrap ideas

Omelette filling ideas