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

• Healthy Start Food Scheme
• Why talk about Healthy Start?
• Who can use Healthy Start?
• What can you get from Healthy Start? 
• How do you apply for Healthy Start? 
• What should you do after baby is born?
• How do you use Healthy Start?
• If you need more help
• Resources to promote Healthy Start
• Other resources for families with young children

(Healthy Start has moved 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?