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Oh, and my letter also stated that if the driver were to find the box still outside the front door when they came back a week later, then they have a special number to call. Very reassuring to know the government is so concerned for its people's welfare...

Mine just appeared without me telephoning or requesting it and came with a letter stating I will now get one on the same day every week unless I cancel it (by re-signing up to the national list ticking I have help to get food). I had signed up again on the national list after I received my NHS...

If anyone is struggling with the increased costs of getting food, they may wish to sign this petition, which seeks parity for claimants on the legacy benefits (e.g. ESA) with new claimants receiving the £20 weekly increase on their UC claim...

My council don't even have an email address! They have a single point of contact telephone number for everything now (including the council housing and repairs) which I can't use. They've also put on their website that they won't be dealing with any mail enquiries as they've closed their...

Who did you contact?

I've just learned which company supply the 'extremely vulnerable' food parcels. They have nothing to do with food banks, so I'm very happy to be able to give a portion of my boxes to the local food bank and hence help other vulnerable local people who are in need mainly due to extreme poverty...

I found this site that offers whole grains and seeds, useful if you want to add these to plain white or wholemeal bread flour to make more interesting bread. They also sell other pulses and seeds: https://hodmedods.co.uk/

If you've not used it before, it's worth buying 'filtered' milk, like Cravendale or a supermarket's own brand. It can usually be kept at least 10-14 days in the fridge and I think tastes better than 'normal' milk. My preferred milk is organic unfiltered milk but this often has only 5 days fridge...

I got my Doves flour box today and was very pleased with it. It contained 6 different flours, including a rye and a malted one. My daughter also managed to pick me up a couple of white spelt flours when she was in Morrisons, so I'm now sorted for flour for the next few months. I also found a...

This will be a result of them being picked up individually and flagged by their GP/GP records/other specialist rather than any change in national strategy. The shielded list is being updated each week as more people who were missed by the national NHS algorithm-based data trawl are added by...

Various flours and other food items can be purchased here: https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/

You can buy 15kg dry food containers on Amazon. Some are aimed at storing rice or flour, but only seem to come from abroad: Or you could use a pet food storage container. I use the Curver ones for storing my dry cat food (available from Zooplus), which I buy in bulk. I also have some scoops...

I've seen a few 16kg sacks of flour being offered on Amazon, but I didn't check the delivery prices as I'd never get through that much. I rarely eat bread, just use flour in pastry, shortbread or cakes, which I'm only occasionally well enough to bake.

My MP is useless on all issues - she's one of those who won't speak out or take a position on any point of controversy. I don't currently have the energy to engage with the charity over this. They've built the system so are unlikely to change it - I've previously been involved with my Local...

I've just listened to the daily Coronavirus briefing. I'm not sure who was speaking at the time, but the problem of vulnerable and disabled people being excluded from the 'severely clinically vulnerable' group and hence not being prioritised by supermarkets for online shopping, was briefly...

I'm not sure I'd be covered by that as I only paid for one month's subscription at a time (e.g. not a 3, 6 or 12 month plan, although it was previously automatically renewed.

Moved from this thread My daughter just told me that NHS workers had written to the government stating they shouldn't even be thinking of reopening schools until there are low case numbers, contact tracing etc. The full letter is printed at the end of this TES article...

I had an active monthly 'anytime' delivery pass with Tesco for £8, but they have cancelled all their delivery passes for existing customers, even those now considered 'priority'. I can't use the late night deliveries due to not having outside lighting in my rural front garden (and no street...

Tesco are charging £2 for their priority slots. Sainsburys seem to charge a variable amount depending on which slot you choose. Using Tesco for non-priority delivery has now become very expensive, most of their available fixed time slots were £6-7 when I last looked (that was for 4 weeks' time).

I think it should be easier for disabled people to use the Equalities Act (2010) to get these 'reasonable adjustments' when things go back to 'normal' - because they will now be able to cite concrete examples of how these things can be done!