Emergency Food Support Fund
Overview
Welsh Government has made funding available for emergency food support, combining:
- the provision of safe, secure and warm spaces
- direct food support
2025/26 funding
We have received £74,766 from the Welsh Government to deal with the food poverty crisis in Neath Port Talbot.
Organisations can apply for funding to help:
- address food poverty and its root causes
- vulnerable people struggling with food poverty and insecurity
Eligibility
The Fund will support
- local charities
- non-statutory activities that prevent or reduce food poverty
- not for private profit organisations
- schools (for activities that prevent or reduce food poverty)
- constituted voluntary or community organisations with a bank account in the name of the organisation. The bank account should require at least 2 authorised signatures to access funds.
The Fund will not support
- private individuals
- statutory activities funded by statutory agencies
Using the funding
Eligible spend
You can use the fund for things like:
- buying extra supplies of food and essential goods
- community growing or cooking projects to tackle food poverty
- extra costs as a result of more demand and overhead costs
- extra costs for outreach work, especially to reach the most vulnerable
- volunteer training
- support for organisations that are experiencing difficulties in operating
- start-up costs for developing services around community food provision, such as:
- social supermarkets
- community cafes
- lunch clubs
- advice services and hubs
- food partnerships, creating local food schemes that help tackle food insecurity
Ineligible spend
You cannot use the fund to cover:
- annual running costs
- staff wages
- Fare Share membership fees
- utility bills
- insurance costs
Apply
You can apply at any time, either until:
- the fund money runs out
- it gets too close to the 31 March 2026 deadline to be able to process and spend
Before you start
Read our funding guidelines.
There is up to £4,830 available per application:
- capital - up to £830
- revenue - up to £4000
Downloads
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Emergency Food Support - Guidelines (DOCX 46 KB)
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Emergency Food Support - Application form 2025-26 (DOCX 70 KB)
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Submitting your application
Email your completed application form to us before 31 March 2026.
What happens next
A Fund Assessment Panel will review your application. Their decision is final and you cannot appeal.
Successful applicants will need to:
- complete a Funding Completion Form
- supply proof of expenditure
- spend their allocated funding by 31 March 2026
You must return any underspend.
Contact us
If you have questions about the fund or need help to apply, please contact:
Business Support Officer
