Healthy Eating
BFS: delivering early years health and wellbeing for children aged 0 to 5 in Birmingham.
BFS healthy eating support
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Vitamin D campaign
In an effort to prevent cases of rickets, Birmingham has introduced a citywide policy of free vitamin supplements for women from the start of pregnancy until their child is 12 months old, and for all children under four. Healthy Start Vitamins for Women and Children's Vitamin Drops are available from Health Visiting teams, some Health Centres and Children's Centres and some pharmacies (look out for the poster in the window).
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Startwell logo |
The Startwell programme is based around 8 key characters and their messages to help early years settings, parents and health professionals create a healthier environment for our children and families |
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Healthy Start Vitamins are free in Birmingham. The vitamins are for children under 4 years old and pregnant women from the start of their pregnancy up until their child is 12 months old. |
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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. With Healthy Start, you get free vouchers to spend on milk, fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. |
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Learning, food and play for families when they need it most. To find out whether you can access Holiday Kitchen activities in your local area, please contact your local children's centre. Based on a simple formula of holiday learning, food and play for families when they need it most, Holiday Kitchen offers a 12-day family well-being programme that works directly to address these holiday challenges. Run for pre-school and primary school children, this includes breakfasts or snacks, nutritious communal lunches and a half-day educational play activity each day. Parents and carers are supported to take an active role in activities alongside their children. Through creative and fun family learning activities, we are committed to:
The programme is not a drop-in service, but requires families to register for the full programme and aims to complement existing services and work with families that may already be receiving support from agencies. In particular, Holiday Kitchen can support improving outcomes relating to early help and health improvement. Book your place on the Holiday Kitchen by phoning your local children's centre. |
 Infant and Toddler Forum |
The Infant and Toddler Forum is dedicated to early-life nutrition from pregnancy to pre-school. Visit to see fussy eating, weaning, portion sizes. |
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