The service consists of a hot main meal and dessert delivered at lunch time – this might be every day or just a few days each week. If you receive this service you will also be able to have a chilled evening meal delivered at the same time.
What's on the menu?
A variety of nutritionally balanced meals are available for each service:
- Hot meals – we offer a 4 week menu cycle comprising of traditional meals and desserts such as roast beef, cottage pie, chicken casserole, apple pie, rice pudding, etc.
- Chilled evening meals – this consists of a sandwich, cake or cold dessert and a fruit drink. There is a choice of either wholemeal or white bread with a variety of fillings, including turkey and stuffing, salmon salad, cheese and tomato, etc.
'Special' diets
We cater for 'special' diets – this includes: diabetic, vegetarian and low fat. There are also a selection of meals for specific cultural needs, such as Asian vegetarian, Asian Halal, Kosher and Caribbean.
If you don’t like a particular menu item we willl try our best to supply you with an alternative meal.
Cost of the service
At the present time the rates are:
| Hot meal and dessert |
£2.80 per day |
| Chilled evening meal |
£1.20 per day |
How do you pay?
You can pay:
- by cash to the driver, either weekly or each time you receive a meal,
- by cheque weekly, or
- by cheque monthly.
What time are the meals delivered?
Hot meals are delivered between 11.15am and 1.30pm. We do try to deliver your meal at the same time on each occasion, but times can vary if there are severe weather conditions or traffic delays.
What do you do if you are going out?
If you don’t need your meals for whatever reason (doctors appointment, going out with relatives, etc), you need to contact the Community Meals Service as soon as possible. This will ensure that the food is not wasted and also help the staff who may have to spend time making sure that you are okay if there is no reply.
The meal has to be delivered to you, so please don’t ask the driver to leave the meal anywhere else.
How to access the service
Contact the Central Duty Team and ask for an assessment of your needs. The assessments helps us to decide whether or not you are eligible for the service and, if so, which is the most suitable for you. We use Department of Health guidance 'Fair Access to Care Services' to work out eligibility.
