For Medical Professionals
The Meals to Heal pilot program provided Medically Tailored Meal deliveries between September 2024 and May 2025. The program has now been completed and we reviewing the results and fundraising to restart the program in Fall 2025.
We are not currently accepting referrals into the program from community members. If you have patients who are having trouble managing their medical condition or accessing or preparing the food and diets they require, please consider referring them into our program when it restarts. If accepted, they will receive meals delivered to their home each week, for a six month or greater time period. All meals are designed to be appropriate for the community member’s health condition(s).
Participants receive six evening meals, delivered frozen plus a selection of health snacks.
Our meals are prepared by trained chefs in a certified local commercial kitchen (The Station Food Hub in Newport Station) and recipes have been assessed by our registered dietitian advisors, for the specific medical conditions. The information you provide on a referral will help us allocate the appropriate diet for the community member .
Where do the Meals Come From?
Who Can We Accommodate?
For the program, we can accommodate those who have primary conditions of diabetes, heart disease or frailty or those who are undergoing cancer treatment. We are also planning to develop meals for those with kidney disease and hope to launch these in winter 2025.
As part of our program, we conduct an evaluation to help us measure the impact of the program – this will take the form of questionnaires and interviews with participants. As the participant’s medical professional, we plan to contact you after they have received meals for six months, to determine if you have noted any benefits associated with the meals.
