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Healthy Start Vouchers
Hi ladies
I've just been chatting to my neighbour who is pg and she was telling me about these vouchers she gets whilst pg and will also get after she's had the baby. I'm 24 weeks and she is 19 weeks and says shes been getting them since she was 10 weeks as the midwife told her about them at her 12 week booking in. I don't know anything about them, apparently you get ??2.80 per week towards milk or fruit and veg if your having 1 baby and ??5.60 if its a multiple birth. Once baby/babies are born it doubles. Does anyone else get these vouchers? I think its a government thing and i will ask at my next mw appointment.
I've just been chatting to my neighbour who is pg and she was telling me about these vouchers she gets whilst pg and will also get after she's had the baby. I'm 24 weeks and she is 19 weeks and says shes been getting them since she was 10 weeks as the midwife told her about them at her 12 week booking in. I don't know anything about them, apparently you get ??2.80 per week towards milk or fruit and veg if your having 1 baby and ??5.60 if its a multiple birth. Once baby/babies are born it doubles. Does anyone else get these vouchers? I think its a government thing and i will ask at my next mw appointment.
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its worth asking your midwife next time u c her thats what im gunna do anyway
One of the ladies at my work was talking about them the other day and apparently you can claim them if you either don't work & claim certain benefits or if your income is low. I believe this is more or less the same as that sure start maternity grant of ??500 that you can claim too!
I've looked into that grant and I won't be able to claim it as both my oh & I work full time and don't claim any benefits! Seems slightly unfair but there you go!
Hope this has helped a wee bit!!
Who can get Sure Start Maternity Grants?
You are eligible for a Sure Start Maternity Grant if you or your partner are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Pension Credit, Working Tax Credit where a disability or severe disability element is included in the award or Child Tax Credit at a rate higher than the family element. [Legislation (2)] and one of the following applies:
You or your partner:
are pregnant and expecting a baby within 11 weeks,
have had a baby in the past 3 months,
have a dependent child or dependent young person who is pregnant and expecting a baby within 11 weeks or who has had a baby in the past 3 months,
have adopted a baby who is under 12 months old,
have, in certain circumstances, been granted a residence order by the courts in respect of a baby who is under 12 months old, or
have been granted a parental order by the courts in respect of a surrogate birth.
If you have a partner, either of you may apply for the grant. But if your partner applies, the name of the child's mother should be included.
We use partner to mean:
a person you are married to or a person you live with as if you are married to them, or
a civil partner or a person you live with as if you are civil partners.
If you have any savings
Savings do not affect Sure Start Maternity Grants.
Thanks for that!