Sorry I couldn't make it last night. Actually I completely forgot about it -
but had a gig the night before and didn't get to bed till 4.30am and then
had to get up for work at 7.50am - so I was shattered. And I'm super crazy
busy at the moment.

You might want to check the following typos:

whislt - should be whilst
benfits - should be benefits
provisoin - should be provision

But it sounds good.

SBV


----- Original Message -----
From: "Redditch Veggie-Vegans" <reddiveggie@...>
To: "Redditch Yahoo Group" <redditchveggies@...>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: [rvv] school meals draft letter


> Following on from discussions about the lack of provision for
> vegetarians/vegans in Redditch schools at last nights meeting, Karen has
> written the following draft letter. Does everyone think this is ok??
>
> Kevin
>
> Dear Ms Smith
>
> PROVISION OF SCHOOL MEALS
>
> We are members of the newly formed Redditch Vegetarians and Vegans Group,
> and we would ask for clarification on the present and future availability
> of vegetarian/ vegan meals in Redditch Schools.
>
> We note, according the DFE website that you have responsibility for
> School
> meals / healthy schools and equality issues including race and ethnic
> minorities in education. Ruth Kelly recently made a statement that this
> government would make changes to the provision of school meals to ensure
> that healthy options are to be made available to all students. Whislt the
> DFE website provides strict guidance as to what food should not be given
> to people of different faiths, the only information to school caterers
> for
> vegetarians is as follows:
>
> " Vegetarians * Many people are vegetarian. You should make every effort
> to offer a variety of vegetarian options".
>
> This statement indicated that there is no compulsion on schools to
> provide
> any vegetarian or does not even mention provision of vegan food.
>
> We are aware, of at least one pupil within Redditch, who is not given any
> choice of meal. The only food made available is pizza and chips, five
> days
> a week. Whilst we understand that salad pots are put out for other
> students, the fact that this pupil allegedly " benfits" from the
> provision
> of free school meals, means that salads for some unknown reason are not
> offered as an option. We understand that vegan food is never made
> available. Protestations to the head teacher have not resolved this
> unsatisfactory position, and there is no formal grievance procedure
> provided to allow further action. There may be more schools within this
> area that do not cater for vegetarians/vegans * does the DFE monitor the
> provision of meals?
>
> We are sure that the government has not intentionally overlooked
> vegetarians but unless something is done to address the situation now,
> the
> provisoin of foods to certain groups of young people will go unresolved.
>
> We ask for your assistance on this matter and ask that stronger guidance
> is given to schools as we believe that we as a major and growing group of
> people have somehow been missed out of the future plan for schools.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Redditch Vegetarians & Vegans
> PO Box 10202, Redditch, Worcs B98 8YT
> Tel: 07905 739611
> Email: reddiveggie@...
> Website: www.redditchveggies.makessense.co.uk
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