Healthy Start Scheme
What is the Healthy Start Scheme?
Healthy Start is a Government scheme for pregnant women and their families and provides everyone who qualifies with vouchers which can be used to buy milk, fruit, vegetables and infant formula. The scheme also gives free vitamin supplements to pregnant women and young children.
Who is eligible for the Scheme?
People are eligible if they are pregnant or have a child under 4 years old
AND:
- You or your family get IncomeSupport, or,
- You or your family get income-basedJobseekers Allowance, or
- You or your family get Child TaxCredit and have an annual family income of £16,040 or less, or
- You or your family get income-relatedEmployment and Support Allowance
OR:
Pregnant women under 18 years of age.
Healthy Start in Kirklees
NHS Kirklees is extending the vitamin part of the scheme to those who are not currently eligible under the National scheme.
So anyone who is pregnant or has a childunder 4 years old and living in one of the following localities can get free supplements:
- Batley,Birstall and Birkenshaw
- Spen
- Dewsbury and Mirfield
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- HuddersfieldSouth (Crosland Moor, Netherton, Newsome, Almondbury and
Click here for further information on Healthy Start
It would be really helpful if schools could signpost parents who are eligble for this scheme to this informaiton. The following word document can be used in your school newsletters to alert parents to the scheme.
The document also contains information about how families can sign up to the scheme, and where the supplements are available from.
For more information about the scheme, please email kate.parker@kirklees.nhs.uk or visit the national website at www.healthystart.nhs.uk