{"id":77108,"date":"2023-03-17T16:41:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=77108"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:41:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T16:41:20","slug":"new-community-food-hub-offering-free-three-course-meals-to-open-in-ely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/03\/17\/new-community-food-hub-offering-free-three-course-meals-to-open-in-ely\/","title":{"rendered":"New community food hub offering free three-course-meals to open in Ely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The existing FoodCycle food hub in Riverside has reached capacity and now it&#8217;s coming to Ely, too<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>FoodCycle, a UK-based food charity, is set to open its second Cardiff location in Ely on March 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They provide anyone in the community who needs it with free three-course meals and are already operating in Wyndham St Centre, Riverside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donated food is used to make healthy hot meals while also tackling food poverty and waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the high demand and full capacity mean that one location is not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"FoodCycle to open new community food hub in Ely\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5gw4x1WCgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"FoodCycle to open new community food hub in Ely\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5gw4x1WCgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FoodCycle will open its second Cardiff location in Ely on March 27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pretty much full to capacity every week now &#8211; demand is definitely on the increase,\u201d said FoodCycle\u2019s South Wales regional manager, Suzanne Wareing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to volunteers and guests, FoodCycle is more than a food bank \u2013 it\u2019s a place where the community can get together to help tackle loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Idrissa Camara is a local musician who says that he enjoys visiting FoodCycle as a guest and often brings along his drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to come here, sometimes I bring my drum and play the drum to make other people in the community happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Cycle Ely will be in The Dusty Forge community hub and will be running once a week on Mondays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also visit <a href=\"https:\/\/foodcycle.org.uk\">FoodCycle<\/a> Riverside every Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The existing FoodCycle food hub in Riverside has reached capacity and now it&#8217;s coming to Ely, too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":907,"featured_media":77115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,3,72],"tags":[227,7841,115,8463,1013,8462,73,8432],"coauthors":[8094],"class_list":["post-77108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ely-caerau","category-news","category-riverside-where-you-live","tag-community","tag-cost-of-living-crisis","tag-ely","tag-food-hub","tag-food-poverty","tag-foodcycle","tag-riverside","tag-srcdc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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