Who does this website help and how?
Adults based in the UK who are considering ordering Meals on Wheels, their carers, and the wider public, because we can signpost you to providers plus offer valuable resources
Meals on Wheels providers, health and social care professionals, commissioners and policymakers in the UK, because we act as an information point and resource hub to foster collaboration and informed decision-making to enhance Meals on Wheels services
Social care researchers who would like to learn more about Meals on Wheels services in the UK
About us
Dr Angeliki Papadaki
Associate Professor
Dr Angeliki Papadaki is an Associate Professor in Public Health Nutrition at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.
She is a specialist in the study of dietary patterns, with a particular interest in traditional diets. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, her research expanded to the investigation of food provision models for adults with care and support needs. At present she is working on examining the role of Meals on Wheels services in Adult Social Care provision. She is a member of the National Association for Care Catering and First Editor of the British Journal of Nutrition.
Rayne Roberts
Senior Research Associate
Rayne Roberts is a Research Associate at the Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol, with an interest in how nutrition and physical activity affect quality of life.
Rayne is currently the Research Associate for the Meals on Wheels UK Map Project. Her previous research has included a rapid review, where she conducted desktop research to document the Meals on Wheels providers and provision models in the UK, and an online review about the quality of Meals on Wheels information in Local Authority websites. She is a graduate of the University of Bristol (2021).
Other members of our Meals on Wheels research team include
Professor Ailsa Cameron, Professor of Health and Social Care, University of Bristol
Professor Paul Willis, Professor of Adult Social Care, Cardiff University
Dr Demi Patsios, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
Dr Joanna Thorn, Senior Research Fellow, University of Bristol
Dr Miranda Armstrong, Associate Professor, University of Bristol
Dr Becky Lambert, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
Yijing Zhang, Doctoral Candidate, University of Bristol
Dr Mary Wakeham, Research Associate
Paul Barrington, Web Developer
Since 2022, we have worked with users of Meals on Wheels services and / or those who have referred a family member to them. Their lived experience of Meals on Wheels has been invaluable to our research. We very much consider this group to be an active member of our research team and we would like to give our sincere thanks for helping us set priorities for our research.
This website, and our Meals on Wheels UK map, were user-tested by this group of people with lived experience of Meals on Wheels, and a group of health and care professionals and Meals on Wheels providers. We are indebted to them for their constructive feedback and suggestions, which was indispensable to produce this site’s content and design. Our partners, Healthwatch Bristol and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, have also provided feedback on the website and map.
