{"id":190,"date":"2018-09-10T16:56:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/?page_id=190"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:59:13","slug":"school-meals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/?page_id=190","title":{"rendered":"School Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmenus\">http:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmenus<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0007-19-School-Meals-Clothing-Grants-Poster.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3557 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-School-Meals-pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-School-Meals-pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-School-Meals-pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-School-Meals-pic-271x270.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-School-Meals-pic.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Above is the link for the School Meals website (Information regarding current menus\/prices, special diets etc).<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When you visit the School Meals website please make use of the checker to see if your child qualifies for a free school meal. Click on the icon below to check now.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmeals\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-312 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Free-Meals-300x43.png\" alt=\"Free School Meals Checker\" width=\"300\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Free-Meals-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Free-Meals-360x51.png 360w, https:\/\/www.cdhs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Free-Meals.png 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants \u2013 2024\u201325 Academic Year<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Assessments for Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants (FSM-SCG) begin this week.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are assessing applications for FSM-SCG and parents\/guardians whose household meets all of the following criteria should begin receiving their SCG payment for their child or children from Monday 10 June:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You are in receipt of means tested Council Tax Reduction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You meet the eligibility criteria (<strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmeals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">available here<\/a><\/strong>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your child was assessed as entitled to Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants for the 2023\u201324 academic year as of 3 June.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your child\u2019s will be attending P1 through S5, but only where their date of birth is after 30 September 2008.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please note, we cannot make payments of School Clothing Grants for children moving into S5 or S6 who are born before 1 October 2008 until their school has confirmed their attendance to us after the summer holidays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you meet the criteria, we will send you notification of the awards that have been made for your child\/children. If you do not receive a notification or payment by 14 June, it is likely that you will have to reapply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you received Free School Meals-School Clothing Grant in the 2023\u201324 academic year and\u00a0do not\u00a0have an active claim for means-tested Council Tax Reduction, you will need to reapply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Applying for FSM-SCGs is quick and easy and can be done in around five minutes online here:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmeals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmeals<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have questions about an application, please email us with your full name, full address and the names and dates of birth for the child or children you are querying:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:EducationBenefits@dumgal.gov.uk\" data-linkindex=\"3\">EducationBenefits@dumgal.gov.uk<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmenus Above is the link for the School Meals website (Information regarding current menus\/prices, special diets etc). 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