Healthy Start Scheme

If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.

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If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We’ll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks.

You can use your card to buy:

  • plain liquid cow’s milk
  • fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
  • fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
  • infant formula milk based on cow’s milk


You can also use your card to collect:

  • vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old
     

Visit website to find out more including eligibility, how to apply, your payments and how to shop, and contact details for the Healthy Start Scheme.

Vitamins can also be collected from your local Children’s Centre

Or you can search for your nearest location for collecting vitamins

Or speak to a practitioner supporting your family for further help.  

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