Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)          to note that officers would clarify whether leaflets in different languages promoting free school meals had been circulated to / by schools and would update Members outwith the meeting;

(ii)         in respect of paragraph 3.4.5 (Phase 2 of the initiative), to request that officers provide further information outwith the meeting to Members in respect of the use of rewards and the monitoring of the uptake of media campaigns and tasting sessions;

(iii)       to note that officers would clarify whether there was a requirement for an annual registration process;

(iv)       to note that officers would clarify whether information on the Council’s national award-winning school meals service was included in the leaflets sent to parents, and to request that this be included if not done so already;

(v)        to note the impact of the current work which had focussed on raising awareness;

(vi)       to approve the proposed workstreams for ensuring maximum registration and uptake of free school meals through continued raising awareness and collaboration and use of digital; and

(vii)     to instruct the Chief Operating Officer to ensure that functions across the Council collaborate to deliver and monitor planned work in order to maximise the number of families registering for free school meals.

With reference to article 5 of the minute of its meeting of 19 April 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which outlined the actual and likely impact of current and future workstreams for ensuring maximum registration and uptake of free school meals, including a promotional campaign in schools, a free school meals leaflet and poster, an upgrade to the Council’s School Meals webpage, social media campaigns, the creation of short videos by schools, work on the Torry Free School Meal Initiative, and improvements to the application and registration process.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)      note the impact of the current work which had focussed on raising awareness;

(b)      approve the proposed workstreams for ensuring maximum registration and uptake of free school meals through continued raising awareness and collaboration and use of digital; and

(c)       instruct the Chief Operating Officer to ensure that functions across the Council collaborate to deliver and monitor planned work in order to maximise the number of families registering for free school meals.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to note that officers would clarify whether leaflets in different languages promoting free school meals had been circulated to / by schools and would update Members outwith the meeting;

(ii)       in respect of paragraph 3.4.5 (Phase 2 of the initiative), to request that officers provide further information outwith the meeting to Members in respect of the use of rewards and the monitoring of the uptake of media campaigns and tasting sessions;

(iii)      to note that officers would clarify whether there was a requirement for an annual registration process;

(iv)      to note that officers would clarify whether information on the Council’s national award-winning school meals service was included in the leaflets sent to parents, and to request that this be included if not done so already; and

(v)       to approve the recommendations.