News
6 Mar 24
Parc Lewis Primary School visit the Foodbank
Some classes at Parc Lewis Primary have been reading “It’s a No-Money Day” by Kate Milner. They were inspired to collect food items to donate to the foodbank and came along to see what we do here. I hope they enjoyed their visit because it certainly brightened up the morning for us volunteers and Mandy, […]
29 Feb 24
Guarantee Our Essentials Petition Goes to Westminster
Yesterday (28th February), Mandy, our manager, went to Westminster to join a delegation handing in a petition to the leaders of UK political parties in Westminster, urging them to support the introduction of an Essentials Guarantee. The delegation included the chief executives of Trussell Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Emma Revie and Paul Kissak, […]
27 Feb 24
Top 5 Requests This Week
Great response to our urgent appeal last week. Many thanks to all those who donated those items we most needed. But we remain low on some essential items. These are our top 5 shortages this week. If you can help please drop off donations at: Foodbank, Riverside Centre, Nile St, Treforest CF37 1BW or Sainsbury’s donation […]
15 Feb 24
Year on year foodbank use continues to increase at start of 2024
Number of vouchers issued Week 5 January 2023 47 209 2024 64 320 Number of adults supported Week 5 January 2023 64 317 2024 85 433 Number of children supported Week 5 January 2023 18 152 2024 38 183 Total number of people supported Week 5 January 2023 82 469 2024 123 […]
30 Jan 24
Another busy week
Another busy week at Pontypridd Foodbank. It started with a visit from TV channel S4C on Monday. A reporter and camera crew filmed the operation of the foodbank and spoke with volunteers. The foodbank contracts Citizen’s Advice to provide a few advice sessions for foodbank clients at our centre. The reporter was able to interview […]
22 Dec 23
Thank you
Message from Pontypridd Foodbank Trustees, Manager and Volunteers We wish to thank everyone who donates to the Pontypridd Foodbank, whether it is food or money. We cannot thank everybody individually but we are sincerely grateful to you all. Your generosity is very much appreciated, even more so during these difficult times when the need for […]
18 Jul 23
A new start for Pontypridd Foodbank
A new start for Pontypridd Foodbank! We have been providing our services in Pontypridd for the last 12 years. This has been as part of the Church in Wales Pontypridd Ministry Area where we have been running as a project. We remain extremely grateful to the Ministry Area for all their guidance and support […]
10 Nov 22
Mid Year Stats
On Thursday 10th November, we released our stats for emergency food parcel distribution from April to September 2022, which shed light on the level of need for Pontypridd Foodbank in our local community. The stark new figures reveal that we provided 1397 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in the Pontypridd […]
15 Sep 22
Bank holiday opening times
Monday 19th September has been classed as a bank holiday, and as such we have made some changes for that day. On Monday we WILL be open for donations and for people to collect food parcels from our centre in Treforest between 2pm and 4pm. We are also open between 10am and 12 noon on Saturday. However […]