Free fruit & veg?

dotcouk

Free Fruit and Veg for infants at schools!!? True, but my son it is normally a horse carrot!!

willfrnch

dotcouk this is a different scheme to the school fruit & veg one. its vouchers to use at home

lostcrusader

Anyone know if you can get milk tokens for specialist diets that are approx 35 pints of semi skim milk per week.

On a clincial diet via a hospital and only have fluids as part of the diet. It gets quite expensive having to travel 3 miles to get milk and 3 miles back, especially transport in rural areas is limited.

lottee

Fran wrote:

But there again, you have a much better standard of living if you have a decent wage, even after the tax is taken off.

(If you have a decent income then buying some fruit is not a problem is it?)

Well if you earn a decent wage, you have normally made an effort to help yourself, hence you own your home etc. So you have more to pay out, as no one else is going to pay your mortgage or council tax.
Once again, another scheme that penalises workings families who bring home over a certain amount. IMO schemes such as this should be available to all, to give each child the best start in life. I think the government should also take into account what a family/individual has to pay out, not just what the total income is. But as if that is ever going to happen.

BTW OP, there was a thread a while back about this. Pretty sure it turned into a breastfeeding debate in the end!

Graham_Devon

I live in Devon. I want a pineapple.

Will Mr Blair give me one (a pineapple)?

Anyway, I'm not gonna get started on this whole 'if you work your better off' argument. Shock horror, imagine paying for your prescriptions. Not just for the whole thing, but for every single item. It's about £6.40. I got my mums the other day for her, had to hand over over £25. Great price for the drugs as they keep her well, but someone who don't work get's that for free?! She does work and has no savings, infact the recent mortgage interest rate rise means shes left with £3 per week after mortgage, council tax, energy prices, running the house, shopping etc. And she don't even drive.

So yer, were better off.

And she still has to buy her own pineapple!

I should start pineapples for the working people!

Personally yes I'm a lot better off than I would be on benefits and that's taking into account all the taxes I pay and the mortgage I pay and the car I run (which is a 3.2 litre V6, so costly to run). But, I go to work every day and often work until 11pm at night to earn this 'better off' position.

But, why that means I have to pay to going rate to get my 5 veg which is shoved in my face compared to someone who don't wanna go to work (not talking about people who can't because of illness and disability, talking spongers) is beyond me. Is that not discrimination? It was my choice to go to work, my choice to look further for other oney making ideas, not my choice to not get a free pineapple.

I'm off to make myself feel better and splash the cash for 2 pineapples! And maybe a mango....

astonsmummy

http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/
yes there was a thread before that decended into a breatfeeding campaign, then a row!
I am entitled to these but havent yet applied for them as i have to get a health proffessional eg doc or HV to sight the form and stamp it, i dont see why they cant just be done automatically like before.
but tbh i manage my money well and buy fruit and veg anyway so i dont miss them, although if i did have them i'd probably use them for milk as i use alot of frozen veg.

clairec79

It's £2.80 a week - you can buy milk (cows or formula) or fresh fruit and veg. For children under 4 or pregnant women (it's basically anyone who would have got milk tokens, which these have replaced) - for babies under one you get two tokens a week.

I wish they'd include frozen fruit and veg as the shop where I normally buy myfruit from doesn't take them

clairec79

I think if you qualfy through tax credits you don't have to get anything signed - it's only if you are pregnant that you do. I didn't have anything signed to start receiving mine

raq

clairec79 wrote:

I think if you qualfy through tax credits you don't have to get anything signed - it's only if you are pregnant that you do. I didn't have anything signed to start receiving mine

Morning

Thanks for this information. I have just input all my details and printed this form ready for the health visitor to sign.

Are you saying though if I ring WFTC/TC department they will automatically send these vouchers out ??/ if so how come this wasn't automatic when I had my 3rd baby in August. I don't qualify for the milk tokens as I am £10.00 a month too much ( annoying isn't it ).

Any help would be great.

Thanks

astonsmummy

If you already receive milk tokens they get sent out automatically, if not then you do have to get the form signed.
I went back on IS just after the change over so i wont get any automatically, pain in the bum!