C.A.N at Senedd for manifesto launch
Trussell has launched its Senedd election manifesto for 2026
Last week Cardiff Foodbank staff and some of our C.A.N volunteers attended the launch of Trussell's 2026 Senedd manifesto at the Senedd building in Cardiff Bay. The event was to call on all political parties to prioritise tackling hunger and hardship in Wales. We heard from politicians, food bank teams and Emma Revie, Trussell's Co-Chief Executive, about what it would take to reduce the need for food banks in Wales in the next Senedd term.
We all particularly liked hearing from Sioned Williams MS, Deputy Whip and Spokesperson for Social Justice and Early Years, and as well from Suzanne Nantcurvis from Wrexham Foodbank and Paul Kennedy from Cefnogi. All of us there from C.A.N. took away the importance of safety nets actually working as safety nets and being there for people in a preventative way rather than after a crisis!
We all particularly liked hearing from Sioned Williams MS, Deputy Whip and Spokesperson for Social Justice and Early Years, and as well from Suzanne Nantcurvis from Wrexham Foodbank and Paul Kennedy from Cefnogi. All of us there from C.A.N. took away the importance of safety nets actually working as safety nets and being there for people in a preventative way rather than after a crisis!
Additionally, Em, a C.A.N volunteer, was particularly pleased to hear that in their manifesto, Trussell has called on the Welsh Government to keep providing cash-first crisis support through the Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF).
Em said, “I had experience of using DAF when I was only given £60 to use for a month on universal credit. I found out about DAF from going to a local charity, Dusty Forge, in Ely, but I think this really should have been told to me first by the job centre, and this would have made it a much less stressful time for me. So I’m really pleased that Trussell are calling to keep cash-first approaches for people and hope it means more people in the future will be told about cash-first approaches as soon as they enter a crisis rather than having to hunt around to find out what other support they can get.”
We look forward to seeing how different parties respond to the Trussell manifesto going forward to the Senedd elections.
