Healthy Start

Use this page if your food needs are linked to pregnancy, very young children and help with the cost of healthy food.

This redesigned page summarises the original Leeds FAN Healthy Start route and takes users to the official NHS pages rather than back through another Leeds FAN internal page.

What the original Healthy Start page says

The original page explains that Healthy Start vouchers help parents and guardians access healthy food free of charge.

It presents the support as:

  • £4.25 each week during pregnancy from 10 weeks
  • £8.50 each week for children from birth to 1 year
  • £4.25 each week for children between 1 and 4 years old

When this route is most useful

Use this route if your household needs food support linked to pregnancy, babies or young children rather than a general emergency food parcel route.

If you need urgent food immediately, go back to Get Help or Food Banks first.

Official next steps

NHS Healthy Start

The original Leeds FAN page points users to the NHS Healthy Start website as the main official route.

Open NHS Healthy Start

Healthcare professionals information

The original page also points to the NHS Healthy Start healthcare professionals area for further information and local uptake data.

Open healthcare professionals page

What the original page also highlights

The original page notes that the scheme is linked to digital access and application support, and that users may need clear signposting to the official NHS route.

Why this page is here in the redesign

This summary keeps Healthy Start inside your redesign structure first, so users do not have to go back into the original Leeds FAN website just to understand what this category means.

Need something different?

If your need is wider than Healthy Start, go back to Advice & Support. If you need urgent food now, go to Get Help.

Back to Advice & Support