Healthy Start

Help to buy food and milk
You can now use your Healthy Start card to shop at Tamar Valley Food Hubs. Buy seasonal vegetables, locally produced milk and organic pulses for delivery to your home or free collection point on Fridays.
About the Healthy Start scheme
What is Healthy Start?
Healthy Start provides eligible pregnant women and children aged 1-4 years old with weekly vouchers to buy healthy food and milk and claim free vitamins. The scheme aims to help low-income families to access more nutritious foods to support a healthy diet during pregnancy and early years development.
How does it work?
If you’re eligible, you will receive a Healthy Start chip-and-pin card and money will be added to it automatically every 4 weeks. You can use the card in some UK shops and now online with Tamar Valley Food Hubs and some other shops on the Open Food Network.


Can I get a Healthy Start card?
You may be able to get a Healthy Start card if you are more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, and your family’s monthly ‘take-home pay’ is £408 or less from employment.
Find out more and apply online here >
What can I buy with a Healthy Start card?
You can use a Healthy Start card to buy:
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plain liquid cows milk
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fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
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fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
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Infant formula milk based on cow’s milk
You can also use your card to collect:
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Healthy Start vitamins
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Vitamin drops for babies and young children
Visit the NHS Healthy Start website >
