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What's new at Taff Ely Foodbank

16 Apr 24

JOB VACANCY: CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR

The Campaign Coordinator will engage with Prospective Parliamentary Candidates during the General Election, build strong relationships with local food banks, and lead community teams to change minds, and policies, and create empathy about poverty. Contract: 1-year fixed-term contract. Salary: £30,000 Hours: 37.5 hours a week; 9 am – 5 pm Monday – Friday with occasional weekend […]

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15 Dec 23

Christmas and New Year locations and opening Times

Christmas opening times 2023/2024 Saturday 23rd December – 10:00 – 12:00 The Rock Church, Gilfach Goch Monday 25th December – All centres closed. Tuesday 26th December – All Centres Closed. Wednesday 27th December – 13:00 – 15:00 St. Davids Church, Tonyrefail Thursday 28th December – 10:30 – 12:30 Bethel Baptist Church, Pontyclun 12:00 – 14:00 […]

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1 Apr 23

Bank Holiday Monday Closure

Ebenezer Church will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 28/08/2023 but will reopen the following week 04/09/2023

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15 Sep 22

The Queens Funeral

Due to the Queen’s funeral taking place on Monday, all our centres will be closed. We will however be open 10:30 – 3:00 pm on Tuesday 20th at Unit 3, Ely Valley Business Park, Tylagarw, Pontyclun. CF72 9DZ

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22 Jun 22

Discuss how to improve your wellbeing with us

We are excited to announce that from the 4th of July, we have Hannah Furnish who is our local wellbeing officer holding drop-ins at our main warehouse. You can contact Hannah directly to book an appointment, her details are: Mobile: 07526 520967 Email: [email protected]

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27 May 22

Queen’s Jubilee

With the celebrations on Thursday 02nd June and Friday 03rd June, Please note that ALL OUR CENTRES will be closed for the bank holiday. We will return on Monday 06th June.

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31 Jan 22

Time To Talk Day 2022

This week it’s Time to Talk Day – the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. Talking and listening are things that food banks do every day in our work. Even during the pandemic when interactions have been shorter, we know how important having a chat is, especially for our mental health. One in four of us […]

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1 Jun 21

We are open again!!!

From Tuesday 01st June, our centre’s are reopening. You will still need a e-voucher and will have to book an appointment to collect your food from the relevant centre. We are so grateful to all our volunteer’s and to our clients for their patience over this very difficult time.

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6 Jan 21

A new Van

In November 2020, we were able to purchase a new van with funding help from Asda and Tesco. It is a refrigerated van, so this allows us to collect fresh fruit and vegetables at the end of the day, which can then be distributed with our foodbank hampers. (Pictures to follow)

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6 Jan 21

A new Warehouse

In March 2020, right at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, we secured a large warehouse. It came at just the right time, although to begin with, we weren’t sure we would last two weeks, but in the following 8 months, we received over 25 ton of food donations from the public and some larger […]

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