Healthy Start Scheme

Healthy Start bannerHealthy Start is a Government Scheme to help buy healthy food and milk and collect vitamins if you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4.

If eligible, you will be provided with a prepaid card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops and your benefits will be loaded onto the card every 4 weeks. 

For more information about the scheme, visit the NHS Healthy Start website.

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

Types of vitamins

Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Vitamin Drops – Suitable for babies and young children to 4 years old

Vitamin collection points

Vitamins can also be collected using your card from the following below locations across the county. Vouchers and cash payments are also accepted at all sites except those marked with an *astrix, these sites can only accept vouchers. 

Charges

Tablets 91p / drops £1.80 - Where cash payments are made, please have exact change available. 

Redditch & Bromsgrove

Click the links below to view Hub opening hours:

Holly Trees Family Hub 

St Stephen’s First School, Mabey Avenue, Riverside, Redditch B98 8HW: 01905 520032

Princess of Wales Community Hospital - Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

POWCH Main Reception, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove B61 0BB: 01905 520032

Pear Trees Family Hub 

Pear Trees Family Hub, Broad Street, Bromsgrove B61 8LW: 01905 520032

*Vouchers and cash payments accepted at all sites except those marked with an astrix, these sites can only acccept vouchers

Wyre ForestĀ 

Click the links below to view Hub opening hours

Kidderminster Health Centre - Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

Kidderminster Health Centre, Bromsgrove Road, Kidderminster DY10 1PG: 01905 520032

Brookside Family Hub 

Brookside, Borrington Road, Kidderminster DY10 3ED: 01905 520032

Half Crown Wood Family Hub

Princess Way, Stourport-on-Severn DY13 0EL: 01905 520032

*Vouchers and cash payments accepted at all sites except those marked with an astrix, these sites can only acccept vouchers

South Worcestershire

Click the links below to view Hub opening hours and contact details

Tudor Way Family Hub 

Tudor Way, Worcester, WR2 5QH: 01905 520032

Saffron Family Hub

Saffron Family Hub, Stanley Road, Worcester WR5 1BD: 01905 520032

Buttercup Family Hub 

Buttercup Family Hub, Carnforth Drive, Worcester WR4 9HG: 01905 520032

Sunshine Family Hub

Sunshine, Bluebell Close, Malvern WR14 3SW: 01905 520032

WANDS Family Hub

WANDS Westlands First School, Farmers Way, Droitwich WR9 9EQ: 01905 520032

Tenbury Community Hospital 

Tenbury Community Hospital (Main entrance) Worcester Road WR15 8AP: 01905 520032

Opening times: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm 

Evesham Adventure Playground

Woodlands, Evesham. WR11 1XH Tel: 01905 520032

Opening times: Monday — Friday 10am — 2pm (in the Community Pantry).

Pershore Wellbeing Hub

4 High Street, Pershore WR10 1BG

Opening times: Tuesday — Saturday 10am — 1pm and Thursday's from 1pm — 4pm 

The Lighthouse

Vine Court, Evesham WR11 4RE 

Opening times: Monday - Friday 10am - 2pm 

*Vouchers and cash payments accepted at all sites except those marked with an astrix, these sites can only acccept vouchers