Elderly and housebound residents in St Albans City and District, who are unable to shop for food and cook for themselves, will be able to receive Meals on Wheels at weekends, from 31st July.

The move comes one year after St Albans City and District Council formed a partnership with Hertfordshire Community Meals (HCM) with the latter taking on responsibility for the delivery of meals to vulnerable residents in the District.

HCM currently delivers Meals on Wheels on weekdays to residents in St Albans, Harpenden, Redbourn and Wheathampstead, but will now extend its service to cover the weekend as well.

In July last year, HCM started to deliver Meals on Wheels from the Jubilee Community Centre in Catherine Street, St Albans to residents in the District as well as to vulnerable people living elsewhere in Hertfordshire.