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It may be one week before our foodbank collection before the Rotherham United game next Saturday but we’re pleased to have received some early donations.

The list of food items most urgently needed by the foodbank are canned meat, canned fish, canned vegetables/tomatoes/rice pudding, custard, soup, tea and coffee, jam, pasta sauce and UHT milk. No perishable food, please. 

Cash donations can also be made to the foodbank on the day. If anyone wants to make a donation through  bank transfer please contact members@ccfctrust.org and we’ll pass on the account details of the foodbank.

Our collection starts at 12.30pm outside the Trust Office, near Gate 5. Anything you can give would be gratefully received by the foodbank.

Thanks to all at Cardiff City for their support.

Keith Morgan, Trust Chair

The Trust has written to MPs in south Wales, as it is almost a year since the Fan-Led Review of Football led by Tracey Crouch, MP, was completed.

We have asked for their support to ensure legislation is enacted in the wake of media speculation about whether the Westminster Government intends to honour the commitments made by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP.

It would, to say the least, be hugely disappointing if the UK Government was to renege on this policy now, given it was a manifesto commitment in the run-up to the 2019 UK General Election.

As fans will be aware this issue was brought forward in response to the proposed European Super League and the review was carried out by the respected Conservative MP, Tracey Crouch, herself a previous Minister for Sport. It won universal acclaim, including cross-party Parliamentary support. Only those vested interests which it threatens questioned the need for it.

It was somewhat reassuring, therefore, that the current Minister for Sport, Stuart Andrew, recently made time to meet with a delegation from the Football Supporters’ Association. The FSA was able to make a very strong case for why implementation of the Review must carry on at pace.

Mr Andrew later confirmed that implementing the main findings of the Review remained Government policy and that he remained committed to a White Paper in the autumn. Whilst this is helpful, the full implementation of the Crouch report will also require legislation to give it teeth, especially given the dismal track record of the FA and the leagues in properly regulating the game over a very long period.

The health of the English pyramid remains under threat – at least one Premier League club remains in danger of a breach of financial rules while at least three Championship clubs are facing difficulties of various kinds. League One club Morecambe may well be affected by the failure of Rugby Union club Worcester Warriors, as both are owned by the same business group.

There is no sense that any of these problems are being dealt with decisively – or will be. Nor is there a sense that there is any appetite inside the game to tackle the problems caused by the gross inequalities in revenue distribution. We need wholesale reform, and we need the help of our MPs to make sure that it actually happens.

The Trust has asked them to lobby key figures within the UK Government on our behalf and offered to meet local MPs at any time.

Cardiff City v Coventry City programme article

Excellent article in today’s Cardiff City v Coventry City programme about the collection for the Rhymney Valley Footbank at the Rotherham United game on Saturday, October 29th.

Please help by bringing an item or more if you can on the day. We’re collecting from 12.30pm at the Trust office near Gate 5. You can read what’s needed on the Trust website and in this article. The foodbank is accepting cash/cheque donations on the day for those unable to bring items of food.

Thanks once again for the support of all those at Cardiff City Football Club.

This is such a worthy event.  Peter Whittingham was not only one of Cardiff City’s greatest ever players but a great bloke.

We hope fans will support this memorial match in their droves. No one deserves a celebration of his genius more than Whitts. Get your ticket! Full details on the link.- https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/legacy-celebration-family-friends-unite-pw7

With a terrifying cost of living crisis hitting families and individuals hard, Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust – with support from Cardiff City Football Club – will hold a third foodbank collection to help those in need.

A food donation point will be set up from 12.30pm close to the Trust office (near Gate 5) before Cardiff City’s clash against Rotherham United (3pm) on Saturday,  October 29th, 2022.

Food collected will be delivered to the Rhymney Valley Foodbank Centre and the Trust hopes to carry out further collections next year.

Steve Evans-Jones, Operations Manager at Rhymney Valley Foodbank in Aberbargoed, explained that the foodbank, which also has distribution points in Rhymney and New Tredegar, was struggling to meet increasing demand.

He explained:  “Between April and September 2021, the foodbank issued 1,842 parcels with 1,132 adults and 710 for children. But between April and September this year we issued 917 parcels – a 50% reduction and at time when demand had increased.

Steve said the reasons for rising demand included people falling into debt trying to meet rising energy and food prices as well as issues like changes to benefit income, domestic violence and homelessness.

Trust vice-chair David Craig said: “We know so many families and individuals are really struggling to put food on tables and heat their homes and that has meant donations to foodbanks have fallen.

“The Trust is appealing to all fans to give whatever they can afford – whether it is a tin or jar of food or a bag of items. Really, anything supporters can give will be gratefully received by those running the foodbank.”

Fellow board member Mike Spear said: “The story we were told of the struggles many face in the Rhymney Valley with enormous deprivation was both moving and worrying. The Trust knows life is difficult for many and we hope Cardiff City fans will again show their generosity and help those who are on the breadline, struggling to live.

“We’d once again like to thank Cardiff City Football Club, its staff and players for their support.”

Here is a list of food items most urgently needed by the foodbank: canned meat, canned fish, canned vegetables/tomatoes/rice pudding, custard, soup, tea and coffee, jam, pasta sauce and UHT milk. No perishable food, please. 

Cash donations can also be made to the foodbank on the day.

• The Rhymney Valley Foodbank was established in 2012, at first in portacabins but more recently in their present location St Peter’s Church, Aberbargoed. The Foodbank shares the space with the congregation at services twice a week! The church itself was opened in 1955, the building paid for using public subscriptions from Aberbargoed residents and miners.