BREAKING: Low-income families miss out on £79m toward fruit, veg and milk as #HealthyStartScheme falters. We join Sustain The Food Foundation and over 100 orgs in calling for urgent action from Department of Health and Social Care Department for Work and Pensions NHS Business Services Authority Read our letter: sustainweb.org/news/dec22-hea…
No pregnant person or family eligible for the #HealthyStartScheme should miss out. Today is a really important day - automatic registration would be a big step forward Prof Matt Ashton FFPH Liverpool City Council Feeding Britain Sustain lan Byrne MP Kim Johnson MP Dr. Naomi Maynard Emma Lewell-Buck MP
Today, Emma Lewell-Buck MP will be presenting to Parliament our proposal for auto-registration for the NHS Healthy Start Scheme #HealthyStartForAll
In this months #blog ,Edwina discusses the #HealthyStart Scheme
Take a read to explore:
✅ how the scheme can help to support #families
✅ who’s eligible
✅ steps your #earlyyears setting can take to encourage families to access the scheme
➡️ earlystartgroup.com/nutrition-serv…
Don't miss out on a healthy boost for your little ones!
If you're eligible, you can sign up for the #HealthyStartScheme to receive free vouchers to contribute towards milk, fruit and vegetables.
Listen to our Paediatric dietitian, Mairi Farquharson, talk about the scheme.
Healthy Start Scheme Bill: House of Commons 2nd reading on 24 March 2023 ift.tt/bozsRIi #HealthyStartScheme ift.tt/bozsRIi
Pregnant women & eligible families can get free milk, fruit, vegetables & vitamins through the Healthy Start Scheme. Find out more about the scheme & who is eligible to receive vouchers here: streetcommunitygroup.org/news
#healthystart #healthystart scheme #freemilk #freeveg #freefruit
Fresh analysis from VegCities Sustain finds low-income families miss out on £79m in help for food essentials as #HealthyStartScheme beset with issues. 118 orgs and councils write to Steve Barclay Mel Stride Michael Brodie CBE calling for swift action. sustainweb.org/news/dec22-hea…
Donate to riseup.net! Their system powers the brilliant, collaborative email listserv networks for Sustainable Food Places FoodSHIFT2030 Sustain and VegCities #HealthyStartScheme ! This humble free service powers UK and EU #GoodFoodMovements . Who else uses it? riseup.net/donate
Footballer and #foodpoverty campaigner Marcus Rashford raised concerns that 40% of those eligible for the #HealthyStartScheme are still not registered. He has called on health professionals to urge families in need to sign up a to the scheme. bit.ly/3iBw7Ww
At the Greater Manchester Food Security Network this morning. #foodsecurtity #affordablefood #healthystartscheme #moneymaximising
This looks more promising!
Note, The Daily Mile UK #HealthyStartScheme & restricting promo of #HFSS products - all of which we are working on in #Lewisham as part of our #WholeSystemsApproachToTacklingObesity .
Lewisham Council Ian Thomas CBE Damien Egan #GrowingUpHealthy
So important to promote this scheme to everyone who is eligible to encourage uptake. Take a look at this blog by Early Start Nutrition about the #HealthyStartScheme
Low-income families miss out on £79m toward fruit, veg and milk as #HealthyStartScheme falters. As Chair of GMFSAN I have joined Sustain The Food Foundation and over 100 orgs in calling for urgent action from Department of Health and Social Care Department for Work and Pensions NHS Business Services Authority. Read our letter: sustainweb.org/news/dec22-hea…
Families miss out on an estimated £68 million in free food (£12m in #London ) as Govt misses #HealthyStartScheme uptake target. the SPACE Baby Bank joins Sustain The Food Foundation call for the government to do more.
Locally we should do more so @rbkc time to act
Govt keep saying #HealthyStartScheme supports families vulnerable to food poverty but almost half miss out and its not enough.
BREAKING: Low-income families miss out on £79m toward fruit, veg and milk as #HealthyStartScheme falters. We join Sustain The Food Foundation and over 100 orgs in calling for urgent action from Department of Health and Social Care Department for Work and Pensions NHS Business Services Authority.
Read our letter: sustainweb.org/news/dec22-hea…
WeCYPNurses 💙
Fresh analysis from VegCities Sustain finds low-income families miss out on £79m in help for food essentials as #HealthyStartScheme beset with issues. 118 orgs and councils write to Steve Barclay Mel Stride Michael Brodie CBE calling for swift action. sustainweb.org/news/dec22-hea…
Brilliant work Marcus Rashford & Alison Morton 💙 @iHV ALL HV Teams need to get right behind this and support as many families as possible to #EndChildFoodPoverty #HealthyStartScheme Let’s spread the word 💯 bit.ly/3y7Zchr
BREAKING: Low-income families miss out on £79m toward fruit, veg & milk as #HealthyStartScheme falters. We join Sustain The Food Foundation and 100+ orgs calling for action from Department of Health and Social Care Department for Work and Pensions NHS Business Services Authority
Read our letter: ow.ly/3ttV50M48A0
Emma Hardy MP Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈
