Some people on low incomes can get healthy start vouchers which can be exchanged for free milk, fruit or vegetables. The value of the voucher is £3.10 per week for each child under 4 or if you are pregnant.
You can get healthy start vouchers if you are at least ten weeks pregnant and you're getting:
Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Child Tax Credit but are not getting Working Tax Credit and your income is low enough
Working Tax Credit for an extra four weeks after stopping working or reducing your working hours to fewer than 16 per week.
If you are a member of the family of someone who is on these benefits, and you are pregnant you can also get healthy start vouchers. A member of the family in this case is an opposite sex partner, same-sex partner or dependent child of the person who is getting one of these benefits.
You can also get healthy start vouchers if you're under 18 and pregnant, regardless of how much income you or your family have coming in.
Any of your children who are under four are also entitled to healthy start vouchers if you're getting:
Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Child Tax Credit, if your income is low enough, and you are not able to get Working Tax Credit
Working Tax Credit for an extra four weeks after stopping working or reducing your working hours to fewer than 16 per week.
If your child is under one, you can get additional vouchers.
If you are an asylum seeker getting government asylum support, you cannot get healthy start vouchers, but if you are pregnant or have a child under three, you will get an extra payment for milk or infant formula.
You can fill in the application form here: http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/en/qualifier/index.asp
Monday, 20 July 2009
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