Did anyone receive a food package today

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Today the door knocked and a man left a food package we asked who it’s from and they said the government my son is extremely high risk but we had no idea this was coming I will try post a pic of the letter that came with it

@SirVixofVixHall I think you may have misread - here is the appropriate paragraph on Coeliac UK's website:

The government has also provided advice on shielding for people defined as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19. People with coeliac disease (including those who have problems with their spleen) who have no other health conditions do not fall into this category. If you fall into this category you should receive a letter by Sunday 29 March 2020. The Government website has more

www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coronavirus-information-hub/coeliac-disease-and-coronavirus-covid-19/

FFS @SuperLoudPoppingAction are you one of these people on the thread from yesterday who was worried that the children of NHS staff who were being looked after in schools were getting an unfair advantage? Because your response on this thread is equally as mean spirited. You sound really bitter.

I am glad people are getting the free food. However don't thank the government - thank those of us who pay thousands in income tax and will have massive tax hikes next year to pay for it even though we are getting nothing now in terms of support.

This is wonderful. We registered for my grandad who is undergoing cancer treatment- I really hope he gets one as I know he's panicking.

Yes there’s a difference between “vulnerable and should self-isolate” and “extremely vulnerable and qualifies for a food box”.

That’s good to hear that it’s up and running.

I’d like a tin of sliced peace too 😊

That is fantastic - what a brilliant system.

For some people Jesus Christ could come down to earth and hand them a food parcel and they would find something to whine about.

@SirVixofVixHall I did see that. Only DD is the coeliac but it seems very rare in children. She’s not going out anyway anywhere.

How lovely.

Wow. What amazing idea. Love this. We so lucky to live in the uk

@Selfsettling3
I stated that some people have genuine allergies like your children.
I was talking about the people who have supposed allergies, not diagnosed by a doctor, not really an allergy - an intolerance perhaps at most.
There are plenty of fad-eaters around claiming to have allergies when they don't. I was wondering if these people's allergies will disappear when they have no choice.

Xenia 🤦🏻‍♀️ No one else but you would comment like that. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

To those in receipt, please ignore the couple of mean-spirited pps - their sort pop up on every thread.

We got ours on Friday, without warning. Totally impressed and will clap for our government for making it happen.

This pack is ONLY for those identified as extremely vulnerable and who need shielding.
Im sure if something as major as coeliac disease was on the list they would have sent out a box of gluten free stuff, as it would have been a bit pointless otherwise.
Its for people who received the letter and the text, and who registered on the site to say they had no support to get food and medicines.

In a family setting where no person NEEDS to leave the house, and to give the shielded person more freedom it is OK for the whole family to be in isolation, which means that they cannot go to the shops and need deliveries, so then they would fall into that category.

If you DONT want the support package, you simply do not register for it

I had registered on the website

Thanks- we don't have any food shortage and I didn't want to take a box that could have gone to others.

It is a very random food collection. I wonder where they sourced that much corned beef from?

thank those of us who pay thousands in income tax and will have massive tax hikes next year to pay for it even though we are getting nothing now in terms of support.

Awww... poor you :(

My husband got a box, he is on the vulnerable list and I am disabled and cannot get to the shops. It had bread , milk, corned beef, small tin tuna. a bag of potatos, 2 cartons milk, tin of peaches, 2 toilet rolls, box of cereal, oranges, pears, dried spaghetti, a packet of fig rolls and a jar of pasta mix. I think that the government are doing a fantastic job under these circumstances.

For some people Jesus Christ could come down to earth and hand them a food parcel and they would find something to whine about

Like beard hair in their fig rolls.

It might have been for a neighbour though OP?

@xenia. My high earning DH has said for a while now that he would happily pay more tax to help people who were sick or vulnerable get more aid. Not everyone is just thinking about themselves at this time.

Is the Govmt paying for the food or supermarkets donating?

It's a great idea imo.

I wish there was a way of everyone being able to have their food shop delivered to keep people out of the supermarkets!

The list is very specific. My dad has stage four terminal cancer, in three places including his lungs, and he's at home with my mum and four carer visits a day, palliative care only, waiting to die. They both also have COPD and mum can't drive and has mobility problems.

And they are not on the vulnerable list.

So I don't think someone with a "chronic lung condition" had been missed, it just doesn't apply to them.

Xenia thank you so so much for paying your taxes. I pay tax too can I have my thanks now? My pat on the back? .
If you have or are eligible for a box really no need to thank me. I don't actually give a stuff as long as out vulnerable are looked after.

@Xenia I work FT and claim nothing. I'm vulnerable and shielding. I have nobody to go out and get food and no delivery slots. I mean I could just not eat 🤷🏽‍♀️
I'm working from home so paying tax and NI as usual

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