Free School Meals

Free School Meals Delivery

Carmarthenshire County Council (CCC) is arranging delivery of Free School Meals for those families who are unable to collect their pack. If you are having difficulty collecting your free school meals food pack please email direct@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or call 01267 234567.

Deliveries of free school meals to families by CCC will take place by area on one day of the week each. CCC will be notifying parents on which day of the week their free school meals will be delivered. The deliveries of free school meals to parents will take place as follows:

Week Commencing 13th April

Free School Meal Provision after the Easter Holidays

CCC have confirmed that they will be continuing with the provision as present for next week (w/c 20th April). The Food Hub at Bro Dinefwr will be open Monday 20th – Friday 24^th April between 9am – 12noon.

CCC have been looking at other alternative options for the provision of free school meals, in line with recent government advice with regard to non-essential travel where the statement notes that families should not be travelling to collect food unless this is unavoidable (see link below):

https://gov.wales/free-school-meals-coronavirus-guidance-schools?_ga=2.161323192.40122557.1585745547-1462680609.1524563381

CCC are looking at alternative provision for the forthcoming weeks (w/c 27th April onward) and further information will follow regarding this in due course.

FAQs

Can I get a family pack?

Family food pack/parcel requests should be sent to direct@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or call 01267 23456. As of Monday, 20th April all family food packs will be delivered to homes.

What day will I get my delivery this week?

Please see table below, for this week deliveries are a day later than last week, because of the bank holiday. Generally speaking, people receive their deliveries on the same day:

Can I request a FSM delivery as we are self-isolating?

New requests for deliveries to be sent to direct@carmarthenshire.gov.uk noting name, address, names of pupils, their date of births and school (please fill in the form as usual). Please include an e-mail address where possible. An e-mail will be sent out to the parent/guardian the day before delivery.

Why haven’t I had a delivery at all this week?

Please forward to direct@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

I’ve only received a delivery for 2 children and I have 4 children?

Please forward to direct@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

I had an e-mail to say that I would have a delivery today between 9am and 12pm but it hasn’t arrived?

Delivery may be delayed and may be delivered during the afternoon.

Will the Free School meals continue to be delivered when school is back?

Deliveries will be made for the first week back, week commencing 20th April. Please look out for any press releases on the Carmarthenshire County Council website / social media for any further updates.

https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/