NHS Healthy Start – free vitamins and help with healthy food costs for eligible families with small children

With the @NHSHealthyStart scheme, you could get help towards the cost of vegetables, fruit, milk, infant formula, and pulses.

Families within Chiseldon Parish may be entitled to use NHS Healthy Start but do not know about it.

Under the scheme, qualifying families with children under 4-years, can apply for a Healthy Start Card which then gives them money towards fruit, veg, formula milk and vitamins.

Get help to buy food and milk (Healthy Start)

The Healthy Start card is a pre-payment card which is topped up every 4 weeks and can be used in shops that accept Mastercard.

Families are also entitled to collect free vitamins for both mum and baby from local distribution points, which have been set up across Swindon.  These can be found here: Swindon Food Map (padlet.com) highlighted as purple markers.  The nearest distribution point for families in Chiseldon is The Shop, Cavendish Square in Swindon.

 Check your eligibility for Heathy Start and apply online today: www.healthystart.nhs.uk