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Thank You and Happy New Year!

Thank You!

We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Pontypridd and surrounding areas.  Individuals, Churches, Businesses, Schools, Colleges and many, many more have donated so much to us during 2024, both money and stock. We know who some of you are, but others don’t want any acknowledgement of their donations. We want to […]

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Get Free Cashback For The Foodbank When You Shop Online!

We’re using a great website called easyfundraising to help raise money for Pontypridd Foodbank. easyfundraising is the UK’s biggest charity shopping site and turns everyday online shopping into FREE donations for us. All you need to do is sign up and shop via the easyfundraising website or App when you’re shopping with over 7,500 brands […]

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Parc Lewis Primary School visit the Foodbank

Parc Lewis pupils visit 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, […]

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Guarantee Our Essentials Petition Goes to Westminster

Guarantee our essentials petition hand-in by the Trussell Trust and JRF, Westminster. Photo credit: Jess Hurd

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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Christmas Opening 2023

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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 […]

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