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Your child will continue to receive a free school meal this week and arrangements remain the same. However, the provision of chilled free school meals will end on Thursday 2nd of April. Two free school meals will be provided on the 2nd of April, one for the 2nd of April and another for the 3rd of April. Parents/carers of children eligible for free school meals will shortly receive a letter from the Council detailing how to apply to receive a cash equivalent amount paid directly into your bank account. Please look out for this letter and if you have difficulty in registering or do not have access to the internet, then please do not hesitate to contact the school.
The process is as set out below :
·A direct website address (www.rctcbc.gov.uk/fsmcovid19) is included in the letter; note this is not an open page on the council web-site to avoid fraud attempts;
·A unique 12 digit “key-code” which must be entered into the appropriate field on the website;
·Parent/carer required to enter bank account details and submit form.
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The Council’s emergency provision of Free School Meals will change from April 6, with a cash payment made by bank transfer replacing the current packed lunch system – and residents MUST re-apply to receive it.
Following the closure of all schools for statutory education in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Council put in place immediate arrangements for pupils entitled to Free School Meals. Currently, a cold meal provision of a lunch and breakfast is being provided for collection each weekday by parents/carers at their local primary school (11am to midday). This arrangement will change from Monday, April 6.
In response to changing demand during this period, from Monday, April 6, a cash payment will instead be made to parents’/carers’ bank accounts.
The entitlement for eligible pupils within Rhondda Cynon Taf is £3.90 per day – which equates to £19.50 per week. Payments will be made each Monday.
This payment is instead of a Free School Meal, and parents/carers are expected to use the money for the benefit of their eligible child/children.
The Council is now writing to parents/carers of eligible pupils to explain the arrangements for re-applying.
The following message is on behalf of RCT Council:
Coronavirus is continuing to spread throughout Wales. Public Health Wales have now confirmed 34 people have died in Wales as a result of the virus and the number of confirmed cases in Wales continues to grow by the day.
The social distancing advice is there for a reason, it is absolutely imperative that we all personally take the responsibility to minimise the contact we have with one another to slow the spread of the virus. We must all work together and help the NHS which will come under huge strain in the coming weeks.
If your children are not in the Emergency Childcare settings please keep them safe at home, this extends to the evenings and weekends. We all have to do this for the safety of them, our family, friends and neighbours, the message is to STAY AT HOME as much as possible.
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eligible parents please apply for a place for emergency childcare in the appropriate hub by Friday the 27th by midday. The link is