Foodbank Collection@ Park View

We are delighted to announce that the Park View Cafe will now act as a collection point for  Cardiff Foodbank, joining the growing net work of venues which are supporting this excellent and much needed Cardiff resource.

 “We are delighted to be able to offer the residents of Canton and Victoria Park this opportunity to donate any surplus food which they might have in their cupboards,” said Park View catering manager, Rob Khoo.

“Cardiff Foodbank does a tremendous amount of work in combating the hidden hunger which afflicts certain sections of our Cardiff community.

“I am confident that by offering the Park View Cafe as a collection point for surplus food donations, the local community will support our commitment to this excellent scheme so we can play a small part in ensuring the ongoing success of Cardiff Foodbank and prevent families going hungry.”

How it works

The system could not be easier. We have set up a  food collection box inside the Park View Cafe and all you have to do is drop off any surplus food you may have, be it a few tins of beans or bag of rice, pasta etc.

Food is donated by individuals, schools, businesses and churches and is sorted and stored for future use in the Cardiff Foodbank warehouse in Ely.

The kind of food stuff we are looking for

Milk (UHT ), cereal and porridge oats, pudding (tinned), custard, tinned tomatoes, pasta / rice/ lentils, savoury rice, noodles, couscous, tinned Vegetables, instant mash / tinned potatoes, tinned meat, tinned fish, tinned fruit, sugar, biscuits / snack bars, vegetable oil, jam, tea bags and coffee, chocolate

Front line professional care workers such as health visitors, charities, church pastoral workers, social services, etc issue clients vouchers.

Clients collect food from our distribution centers across the City, where they find a safe place to chat over a hot drink and snack and receive signposting to a range of support services.

• The Cardiff Foodbank is a long-established  charities, setting up in Cardiff in 2009. In the past 12 months Cardiff Foodbank has been able to help more than 3,000 people who, due to financial pressure, have found it difficult to provide their family with enough food.

•  Nearly 50% (1,827) of those fed in Cardiff are as a result of benefit cuts and delays. Over 20% received (865) food due to low income. 

• A Christian Initiative enabling the whole community to fight hidden hunger in Cardiff, where upwards of 50,000 are deemed 'deprived' and in some areas 78.5% of children live in benefit reliant families.

http://www.cardifffoodbank.org.uk