- The Service is managed by Kim Worgan who has a Catering Manager (Debbie Greenman), 2 Assistant Cooks and 2 Kitchen Assistants. Volunteer drivers
deliver the meals. Currently the service provides 100 meals daily.
We supply good quality hot, nutritious, three course meals for older people,
five days a week at a cost of £3.10 per meal.
We deliver meals into the homes of many older people living in the area,
giving our volunteer drivers the opportunity to offer to arrange any additional
support.
We also supply meals to existing Luncheon Clubs and give support to
volunteers setting up new clubs and centres to enable older people to get
together helping reduce the isolation and loneliness associated with old age.
We can offer a diverse range of meals that reflect individual preferences (eg
diabetic choice).
The service has been running since 1993 starting life on a shoe string
operating from space within the Dilke Hospital. We are now delivering over 600
meals per week from a fully fitted kitchen built up with the aid of funding over
the years situated at commercial premises in the Enterprise Centre, Cinderford.
We are dependant upon our team of about 40 volunteer drivers to deliver the
meals, some of whom have been with us from the beginning. Without their
dedication, turning up in all weathers the service would not survive.
We are grateful for the ongoing financial support of Forest of Dean District
Council and Gloucestershire County Council who subsidise this social service to
the elderly members of our community.
The service can be contacted on 01594 827927.
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