Vital resource helping city's most vulnerable issues future warning

A COMMUNITY resource bank in Swansea that helps people with emergency food packages, free SIM cards along with data, and provides digital support services has said that it might have to close by Christmas unless more funding is secured.

- SHAURYA SHAURYA

It comes as a number of businesses have already shut their doors in the city this year.

In August the owners of a popular shop in Swansea, Uplands Emporium, announced that they made a “difficult decision” to close their doors for the last time.

This spate of closures has been seen in other parts of Swansea as well with the Humble Deli in Killay shutting down just five months after it opened.

CETMA (Community Engagement, Technology, Media, and Arts) Swansea opened in 2022 and has only seen the number of people it supports grow over the three years it has been in operation.

“We can provide people with emergency food packs if they're struggling for food on any particular day and they can’t get to a foodbank until a certain date or don’t have any money until a given date for their benefits,” said Elian Williams, 25, project coordinator at CETMA.

“We can also provide people with clothing and free SIM cards with accompanying mobile data for up toa year.