News
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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, […]