News
16 Jul 19
Cardiff Foodbank fears for busiest summer ever!
Appeal for donations as Cardiff Foodbank fears for busiest summer ever with increased food bank need during school holidays. Cardiff Foodbank is asking local people to check what donations are most needed in the area, as they prepare for a busy summer with increased need during the school holidays. In previous years, the rise in […]
25 Apr 19
13248 Emergency food parcels given to local people in Cardiff this last year!
13248 emergency food parcels given to local people in the last year, Cardiff Foodbank reveals. Cardiff Foodbank provided 13,248 three-day emergency food parcels to local people between April 2018 and March 2019. Of this number, 5041 (38%) went to households with children aged predominately 0-11 years. 48% went to single people. The local food bank’s […]
6 Nov 18
5976 emergency food supplies in six months!
Concerns for this winter as foodbank reveals 5976 emergency food supplies went to local people in six months. Cardiff Foodbank provided 5976 three-day emergency food supplies to local people between 1st April and 30th September this year. Of this number, 2247 went to children. The foodbank, a member of The Trussell Trust’s network, which has […]
13 Jun 18
World Cup 2018 Foodbank Bingo
Download our World Cup Bingo sheet For more information please visit: https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-involved/world-cup-foodbank-bingo/
11 Jun 18
You’ll be seeing red!
This past week we’ve updated our food vouchers from green to red. The green vouchers in circulation can still be used, but any new ones from now will be printed on red paper. Also to coincide with new GDPR guidelines the ethnicity and working household questions are no longer required and The Trussell Trust have […]
24 Apr 18
118 tonnes of Emergency Food to local people in Cardiff!
118 tonnes of emergency food supplies given to local people in last year, Cardiff Foodbank reveals. Through the generosity of hundreds of individuals across the city of Cardiff 134 tonnes of food were donated to Cardiff Foodbank last year. In particular, during the third quarter alone just over 55 tonnes were donated. As well as providing emergency food […]
12 Feb 18
Quiz for a Cause
Quiz for a Cause 7th March 2018 7.30pm (for 8pm Start) The Gate Arts Centre Keppoch Street, Cardiff, CF24 3JW. Book your tickets: https://uk.patronbase.com/_TheGate/Productions/E5/Performances Please come and have a great night out and support our ‘quiz for a cause’ so that we can raise much needed funds for Cardiff Foodbank. Cardiff Foodbank is seeking to […]
16 Jan 18
Do you remember this?
Back in October last year we were donated a tin of kidney soup that was approximately 50 years old! We had a massive following on social media including well over 11,000 social media shares, likes and comments, along with huge local and national press interest to tell the story. All of this resulted in some international […]
30 Oct 17
Thank you to United Way UK
We are so grateful to United Way UK for their kind donation of £1000 that will go towards the salary of the Distribution Manager here at Cardiff Foodbank. The Distribution Manager is responsible for receiving all food donated by the general public into the warehouse and manages the committed regular volunteers who sort, date mark, […]