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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A table laid out with with boxes of cereal, cans of vegetables and bakes beans. In the corner of the corner of the frame, someone is holding a can in their hands.
    Analysis

    ​​Why the Spring Statement is set to drive up poverty and food bank need​

    This week saw the Chancellor confirm record cuts to social security for disabled people.
  • Two loaves of bread at the Peeblesshire foodbank
    Press release

    Our response to social security cuts for disabled people

    This week, the UK government announced cuts of over £5 billion to social security payments for disabled people, which will risk leaving many people without enough money to buy essentials such as food.
  • A crate of noodle packets stacked on a shelf a 'packet rice/noodle' over it
    Press release

    Taff-Ely: Bridgend CBC endorse Guarantee our Essentials campaign

    Bridgend CBC becomes the first Local Authority in Wales to support implementing the Essentials Guarantee.
  • Cardiff foodbank warehouse
    Press release

    Almost one in five people receiving Universal Credit and disability benefits used a food bank in the last month

    Hunger and hardship are already at record levels. Welfare and disability benefit cuts risk pushing even more people to the doors of food banks.
  • Two people having a cup of tea with some biscuits
    Analysis

    ​Why 2025 is a big year for tackling hunger and hardship​

    We’ve set out our priorities for the UK government’s Spending Review and Child Poverty Strategy, both due to be announced this summer.
  • A person holding a pack of pasta while unpacking their food parcel.
    Press release

    Scots are more concerned about poverty than people elsewhere in UK

    Trussell has revealed that Scots are the people in the UK most concerned about poverty.