Last updated:
6th February 2024
Help accessing food
Healthy start
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops.
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
You can also use your card to collect:
- Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
- vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old
Apply for Healthy Start vouchers
View the food map
Our food map has locations and options for help with food. This includes:
- Crisis support like foodbanks
- Topping up your weekly shop and helping reduce the borough’s food waste through SHARE Wokingham, offering end of life fresh fruit, vegetables, bread and more
- Lunch clubs and community kitchens
- Apps for end of day food
