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  • A woman using crutches, bundled up in winter clothes, is walking out of a food bank.
    News article

    Welfare reform bill risks forcing nearly half a million disabled people to turn to food banks

    'Additional protections’ in the bill are not new and will do almost nothing to stop these cuts driving disabled people into severe hardship.
  • We have become living wage accredited
    News article

    Taff-Ely: Taff-Ely Foodbank becomes Living Wage Accredited

    We are now a living wage accredited employer.
  • Analysis

    Our response to the Spending Review

    The Spending Review was focused on delivering the UK government’s missions and election promises, but what of the promise to end the need for emergency food parcels?
  • A sign outside to the entrance to the Lewisham foodbank
    Press release

    Nearly half a million people in disabled households will be forced into severe hardship if UK government goes ahead with cuts to social security

    Hundreds of thousands of people will be pushed into severe hardship if government goes ahead with ‘cruel’ cuts to disability payments.
  • Guarantee our Essentials Sign
    Analysis

    Taff-Ely: Hunger and Hardship in RCT: Why we need an Essentials Guarantee

    See how Universal Credit is impacting food bank use locally and why we need an Essentials Guarantee.
  • A crate full of squash bottles.
    Press release

    Taff-Ely: RCT Foodbanks share stats for 2024/25

    Press Release - the foodbanks in RCT have published their stats for 2024/25.
  • A crate full of squash bottles.
    Press release

    More than 1.8m emergency food parcels provided for families with children in past year

    New figures show that 2.9 million emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship across the UK between April 2024 and Mar 2025, with more than a million of these provided for children.
  • Photo of Ystrad Community Conversation event
    News article

    Taff-Ely: RCT Foodbanks host Community Conversations events

    We have been hosting network events to discuss our Guarantee our Essentials campaign.
  • Cardiff foodbank warehouse
    Press release

    Ending hunger and hardship could benefit the UK economy and public finances by over £75 billion each year

    Trussell is calling on the UK government to take action to alleviate pressure on our already stretched public services and lift millions of people out of hunger and hardship.
  • A photo of our hardship and hope tablecloth
    Press release

    Taff-Ely: RCT Foodbanks concerned over Disability Cuts

    Food banks immensely concerned about the impact of proposed disability cuts.