{"id":6151,"date":"2021-10-06T18:23:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/?p=6151"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:28:52","slug":"free-fruit-and-veg-boxes-for-families-eligible-for-healthy-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/?p=6151","title":{"rendered":"Free Fruit and Veg Boxes for Families Eligible for Healthy Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h1 style=\"color:#002749;\" class=\" ztl-accent-font ztl-left \">Free Fruit and Veg Boxes for Families Eligible for Healthy Start<\/h1>[vc_column_text]Devon County Council are offering free boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables this Autumn, to help promote the national Healthy Start scheme &#8211; only about 50% of those eligible in Devon are currently receiving this important support and the Get a Healthy Start team want to try and help as many people as possible access the support they are entitled to.<\/p>\n<p>As you may already know, the Healthy Start scheme is set to go digital in mid-autumn, and everyone will need to apply to receive it, even those who are already signed up \u2013 so there is a risk some families may lose the support they currently receive if they are unaware of the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The Get a Healthy Start! promotion will provide FREE fruit and veg boxes to those who are eligible for Healthy Start within the Devon County Council area. The promotional boxes will contain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fresh fruit and vegetables<\/li>\n<li>A booklet containing recipes, information on Healthy Start, and signposting<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Start vitamins<\/li>\n<li>Fun 10 minute shake-up games for children<\/li>\n<li>Breastfeeding support information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The eligibility criteria is below.<\/p>\n<p>The boxes are available on a first come serve basis until 12pm on 24th September, or until all boxes have been allocated.<\/p>\n<p>Families must order a box directly using the link below.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about the promotion or the Healthy Start scheme, please email publichealth-mailbox@devon.gov.uk<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll qualify for the Healthy Start scheme if you\u2019re at least 10 weeks pregnant or you have at least one child that\u2019s under 4.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you must be receiving any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Child Tax Credit (only if your family\u2019s annual income is \u00a316,190 or less)<\/li>\n<li>Income Support<\/li>\n<li>Income-based Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance<\/li>\n<li>Pension Credit (which includes the child addition)<\/li>\n<li>Universal Credit (only if your family\u2019s take-home pay is \u00a3408 or less per month from employment)<\/li>\n<li>Working Tax Credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will also be eligible for Healthy Start if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you\u2019re under 18 and pregnant, even if you are not claiming any benefits<\/li>\n<li>you claim income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and are over 10 weeks pregnant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out if your family earns \u00a3408 or less per month from employment whilst claiming Universal Credit, look at your \u2018take-home pay for this period\u2019 on your monthly Universal Credit award notice.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Order your Fruit &amp; Veg Box from Get A Healthy Start&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;far fa-file-pdf&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fdevon.cc%2Fgetahealthystart|target:_blank&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon County Council are offering free boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables this Autumn, to help promote the national Healthy Start scheme, read on to see if you qualify. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-6151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-fruit-and-veg-box"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6153,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6151\/revisions\/6153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highamptonpreschool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}