The Healthy Start Scheme
Give your kids the best start in life...families on certain benefits can get free milk, fruit, vegetables and vitamins
Find out:
- What is Healthy Start?
- Do I Qualify?
and
- Where do I apply?
What is Healthy Start?
Healthy Start is the new name for the Welfare Food Scheme - instead of milk tokens you will now get Healthy Start vouchers to spend on milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegtables and infant formula. You can also get free vitamin supplements.
Under Healthy Start:
- If you're pregnant, you get one voucher a week
- for each baby under the age of one, your family gets two vouchers a week
- for each child aged over one and under four, your family gets one voucher a week
Do I Qualify?
Families on certain benefits can get free milk, fruit, vegetables and vitamins.
How to get vouchers:
To find out if you qualify then log onto www.healthystart.nhs.uk and either apply online or download a paper form.