The meals on wheels service provides freshly cooked hot meals direct to your door.
Meals on Wheels provides delicious hot meals direct to your door, across all of the borough. Our seven-day service allows people to remain independent in their own home.
The service can be provided for as long as you need, so whether you want a couple of days a week or something more long-term, we can deliver a service that suits you.
We can provide a range of specialised diets such as vegetarian, gluten free, soft or diabetic. We endeavour to provide meals that meet the medical and cultural needs of our customers.
And our service isn’t just a hot meal! Our volunteer delivery drivers have a quick chat with everyone on the round, making sure everything’s okay and giving peace of mind to friends and family.
The weekday Meals on Wheels service is for people who:
Additionally, we can provide a weekend service to residents who:
do not have family/other support living within 10 miles
and
For residents who do not meet the criteria for weekend delivery, we can provide frozen meals to be heated up by the resident alongside a hot meal delivery before the weekend.
Our service can deliver all 3 daily meals.
| Service | Provides | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Hot lunchtime service | Either a 2 course (main meal and pudding) or 1 course meal. Meals include classics such as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding or fish in parsley sauce. Puddings include apple crumble and chocolate cake. | £6 for 2 courses or £5.65 for 1 course |
| Supper service | Delivered with the lunchtime meal, consisting of a sandwich and cake, fruit or other cold dessert. | £3.80 |
| Breakfast service | Delivered at lunchtime for the following morning, consisting of either cereal, yoghurt or rolls (with butter, jam or marmalade) and a carton of fruit juice. | £1.70 |
For meals delivered at weekends and bank holidays to Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge, Cobham, Oxshott and Stoke D'Abernon, there is an additional cost of 10p per day.
We process applications during the week (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday). We are not open at the weekends or during the bank holidays.
The turnaround time to process meals on wheels referrals is 3 working days, and therefore your online form needs to have a start date of at least 3 working days from completion.
If you have any questions about the service, email commservices@elmbridge.gov.uk or call us on 01372 474552, during office hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.
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