Taff Ely Food Bank - now have a new app, where you can keep up to date on all news. Download the app from the Apple store or android equivalent, make sure to confirm you want notifications, then look for Taff Ely foodbank on the list, tick it and submit, then you’re in. Items most needed for donations at the moment are: tinned fruit, biscuits, tinned tomatoes, rice pudding, UHT milk, UHT juice and squash. Foodbank still open 9am-1pm, Monday-Friday at Bethel Baptist Church, Pontyclun. For referrals/vouchers for anyone in crisis, please contact a member of the wellbeing team: Wellbeing@interlinkrct.org.uk
Pontypridd Food Bank – Emergency support to those in crisis. Open at St Luke’s Church, Rhydyfelin, Monday and Friday 2pm – 4pm, Wednesday 10am – 12pm. Offering deliveries of emergency food parcels to people self-isolating. Please contact your housing officer, Citizens Advice or a member of your local wellbeing team if you need a voucher. Still accepting non-perishable food items at Sainsbury’s Pontypridd and St Luke’s Rhydyfelin during opening hours. Contact Mandy Haydon-Hall: 07562 137392
Llanharan Drop-in Centre – Providing childcare (6 weeks to 12 years) for key working families only. MUST be registered through local emergency childcare scheme. Contact 01443 229723 or info@llanharandropin.org.uk
Salem Chapel, Tonteg – Local volunteers supporting those self-isolating or vulnerable with picking up shopping, dog walks, calling for a chat, delivering foodbank packages for those in crisis, posting mail and any other essential support. Contact Emma 07581 888006 or Rev Rosa 07807 893373
Pontyclun Community Friends – Community support through volunteers to those self-isolating in Pontyclun and surrounding areas. Shopping service, friendly phone calls and other urgent supplies. Also recruiting local volunteers. Contact Margaret Griffiths or 01443 229301
Glyncoch Support Group – Providing practical help such as shopping, prescription pick up and welfare calls via volunteers. Contact 01443 540104 10am – 4pm daily, leave a voicemail outside of those times. Email keith.lewis@glyncoch.org.uk
Glyncoch Community Regeneration Project - Although staff are not working from the centre at the moment, we can still support the community through email for anyone who needs work searching support. If you need help seeking work, you can contact gary@glyncochcpco.uk, emily@glyncochcp.co.uk or cheryl@glyncochcp.co.uk or message through Facebook
Tylagarw Community Support – Volunteer help with picking up shopping, urgent supplies, a friendly phone call and posting mail. Recruiting volunteers. Contact 07395 157540
Ynysybwl Community Network – group of community volunteers supporting those self-isolating with practical tasks. Please contact via Facebook
Pontypridd town Covid19 community support group - Supporting people in the Pontypridd town ward, providing a befriending service, picking up shopping/medication. Also recruiting volunteers. Contact: Heledd Fychan (cllr) on 01443403375 / heledd@gmail.com
Beddau & Penycoedcae Community Support: A local volunteer is available to help with picking up shopping and medication. Contact your Wellbeing Coordinators; Aminah (07515166035) or Hannah (07730431859) if you would like support.
Taffs Well Village Hall Volunteer Support – support for anyone vulnerable of self-isolating in the Taffs Well area. Volunteers can support with a basic food pack delivered to your property, prescription delivery, urgent supplies or just a friendly phone call. Unfortunately, they are not currently able to support with shopping on people’s behalf. Please call or text Zoe on 07721758323, Mike on 07796261093 or Dean on 07907436297.
Llanharan Community Resilience Volunteers – Support for those needing help with shopping or small errands due to self-isolating. Please contact Catherine Kennedy on 01443 231430 or 07745642136 or email actingclerk@Llanharancc.co.uk Covering Llanharan and the surrounding area, including Pencoed and Pontyclun if needed. If you are willing and able to volunteer to carry out tasks for vulnerable people in this community, please also contact on the same details.
Hawthorn Covid-19 Community Support Group – anyone in need of essential practical help or a friendly phone call they will do their best to help with local volunteers. If you need support please call 01443 540143 (from 9am-6pm, Monday to Friday, answerphone at other times).
Rhydyfelin and Treforest Covid-19 Community Support Group - anyone in need of essential practical help or a friendly phone call they will do their best to help with local volunteers. This support network is being looked after by Councillor Maureen Webber on 07885430690, Councillor Carl Thomas on 07841721832 and Councillor Steve Powderhill on 07795466252. If you need support please contact one of the above between 9am and 6pm, Monday - Friday.
Breathing Space (Creativity for Wellbeing) - group usually based at St Catherine’s Church, is continuing online every Thursday, 1pm-3pm through Zoom meetings. For more information on joining in, please contact Katja at katja@taniocymru.com
Taff Ely 50+Forum - meetings are cancelled for the foreseeable future due to Covid 19. Members are encouraged to join the Taff Ely 50+Forum on Facebook which is regularly updated with useful information and tips on keeping fit and healthy during this stressful time. Contact Angela at angela_tritschler@yahoo.co.uk if you need further information.