Published 3 years ago

Marcus Rashford urges health staff to spread word about food vouchers

Summary by Ground News

Healthy Start scheme enables parents in receipt of a welfare benefit to obtain free food vouchers worth £4.25 weekly. The vouchers can be exchanged for milk, infant formula, fruit, vegetables and pulses. Footballer Marcus Rashford has drawn on his own experiences of growing up to campaign on child food poverty.

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BBC News

Marcus Rashford: Poor families missing out on food vouchers

The footballer says health professionals need to do more to raise awareness about the NHS scheme.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Marcus Rashford urges health staff to spread word about food vouchers

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Marcus Rashford urges health staff to spread word about food vouchers

Healthy Start scheme for weekly vouchers not taken up by 40% of eligible low-income households

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Marcus Rashford urges health professionals to help families sign up for food vouchers

Rashford has written an open letter to health professionals, published in ‘The BMJ’

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Marcus Rashford urges NHS staff to boost take-up of vouchers for needy families

The footballer, who has campaigned to end child hunger, said 40% of eligible families had not signed up for Healthy Start vouchers

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Rashford urges NHS workers to help sign families up to food voucher scheme

Marcus Rashford wants more eligible families to sign up to the Healthy Start scheme (Picture: Getty Images)England star Marcus Rashford has urged medics to help get families in need signed up to a food voucher scheme.The footballer says he is concerned that more than 40% of those eligible for the Healthy Start initiative are still not registered.Now the Manchester United striker and anti-hunger campaigner says numbers could be ‘plateauing’ for t…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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