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21 Aug 24

Vale Foodbank Fundraising Pilgrimage Walk

Date: Friday 27th September Route: Llancarfan Church to Barry Island Distance: 6.13 miles Public Transport: Arrive at Barry Island Railway Station by train or on B1 bus. Parking: Use any of the public car parks on Barry Island Start: 9.30am bus departs Barry Island Railway Station to drop walkers at start of route in Llancarfan. […]

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19 Aug 24

Winter Fuel Payments – The Facts 

Winter Fuel Payments – The Facts  You may have heard on the news that the government are changing the rules around the Winter Fuel Allowance. Here are the new rules on who qualifies and how you claim it.    People born before 23rd September 1958 could receive between £100 – £300 towards their heating bills.  […]

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16 May 24

Reserves at local foodbanks at crisis point.

It was announced on Friday last week that the UK is no longer in recession. As much as this is good news for the national economy it does not mean that we are seeing any reductions in food prices in the shops, nor in the cost of rent. One place where the impact of this […]

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15 Sep 22

Celebrating Our Volunteers

Our Dinas Foodbank Centre is celebrating their volunteers for being able to serve the community for 10 years! What started off hoping it would be a short-term project has evolved over the years to meet the increasing need. We celebrate and thank all our wonderful volunteers for helping us meet that need through their dedicated work […]

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19 Mar 22

Mayor of Barry running Cardiff Half Marathon for the Vale Foodbank

The Mayor of Barry Steffan Wiliam will run the Cardiff Half Marathon on 27th March 2022 to raise money for the Vale Foodbank, and a couple of other charities: Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice and Barry Dock RLNI. The Cardiff Half Marathon is taking place for the first time since October 2019, and will be broadcast […]

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21 Feb 20

Financial donations

We need finance as well as food to help us respond to increasing needs. So we’re really grateful to CEO Paul Roberts and the Newydd Housing Association staff for their recent donation of £500. If you’d like to know more about how to support our work simply click on the ‘donate’ button on our home […]

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23 Dec 15

6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need

A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.

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21 Oct 15

Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics

MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]

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