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.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some shops.
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:
- Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
- vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old
How to apply
Find out more and apply through the NHS website link below.
What happens next
When you receive your new Healthy Start card, you must activate it by calling Healthy Start on 0300 330 2090
For further details on where and how to use your card, see What you'll get and how to shop.
Cardholders are also entitled to free vitamins for both mother and child up to 4 years. These vitamins are tailored to mother and child’s nutritional requirements and are fundamental to healthy growth and development.
In Harrow, these can currently be collected from:
- Milmans Resource Centre, Grove Avenue, Pinner, HA5 5PF. Call 020 3317 2555 to book your collection
- Cedars Children’s Centre, Whittlesea Road, HA3 6LS. Call 020 8736 6222 to book your collection
- Kenmore Park Children’s Centre, Warneford Road, HA3 9HZ. Call 020 8416 8400 to book your collection
- Wealdstone Baby Bank, Wealdstone Methodist Church, Locket Road, HA3 7ND. Fridays 9.30-11.30am only. No need to call in advance, just turn up.