Healthy Start Training

This session will provide an overview of the Healthy Start scheme, which in Newham, includes both a food and vitamins offer. The session will cover the following:

Healthy Start Food Scheme

• What is the Healthy Start Food Scheme?
• Who is eligible for Healthy Start food payments?
• How do families sign up for the scheme?
• What promotional material is available to help promote the scheme?
• NEW*** What changes are being made to the Healthy Start scheme?

(Healthy Start is moving to a paperless scheme – which means that families will stop receiving paper vouchers and instead, receive money on a prepaid MasterCard. ALL families currently on the scheme must reapply for the digital scheme by the end of March. If they do not, they will stop receiving payments. This session will explain this change in more detail to ensure that you are equipped with the knowledge you need to help families during this transition period).
 

Healthy Start Vitamins Scheme

• What is the free Newham Universal Vitamins Scheme?
• Who is eligible for the scheme?
• How do families sign up?
• Where can families get free vitamins?
• What promotional material is available to help promote the scheme?