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  • Arms of one person handing another a leaflet
    News article

    Taff-Ely: Taff-Ely Foodbank Monthly Newsletter (June 2025)

    As June 2025 comes to an end, check out what we have been up to!
  • A photo of our hardship and hope tablecloth
    Press release

    Taff-Ely: RCT Council backs call for Essentials Guarantee in Universal Credit

    Press Release - RCT Council has supported our campaign for an Essentials Guarantee.
  • Group of people holding Essentials Guarantee placards with Houses of Parliament in the background
    News article

    Anti-poverty campaigners demand urgent action at Westminster

    More than 700 representatives from communities across the UK stood shoulder-to-shoulder to create an historic lobby at Westminster as part of the Guarantee our Essentials campaign.
  • 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.
  • Taff, Ponty, and Cardiff Foodbanks visiting Parliament
    News article

    Taff-Ely: Taff-Ely Foodbank visits Westminster for Guarantee our Essentials Lobby Day

    We visited the UK Parliament to discuss the Essentials Guarantee with our MPs.
  • 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.