Family support

If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under four, the Healthy Start scheme can help you:

• buy healthy foods such as milk or fruit
• get free vitamins

You need to be claiming certain benefits to qualify.

Find out more about Healthy Start

Hart Foodbank runs a baby bank and can provide donated formula milk - please note that it might not have the formula you usually use. The food bank can also provide baby wipes and nappies. Most nappies are donated by parents who have them left over from a pack and tend to be the smaller sizes.

More information on Hart Foodbank

Fleet Phoenix stores baby products, including milk, food, nappies, wipes, nappy sacks, baby shampoo, creams, lotions, wash etc, but only holds a small amount of stock. They will endeavour to purchase specialist products for babies if needed, for example if the right type of milk is not in stock.

More information on Fleet Phoenix

Fleet Lions Community Store has set up a baby bank and are looking for items in good condition, including cots with mattresses (must have fire labels attached), changing mats, baby bags, cot bedding, unopened nappy packs, baby clothes and bottle sterilisers. Items not accepted are cot beds, travel systems, pushchairs and changing tables. Items can be dropped off between 10am and 12pm Tuesday to Thursday. Please email for collections: admin@communtystore.org.uk.

Fleet Lions Community Store is based at Basingbourne Road, Fleet, GU52 6TQ

More information on Fleet Lions Community Store

If you are an eligible working parent of a child aged 9 months - four years, you can apply for up to 30 hours of funded childcare over 38 weeks (school term time) or stretched over more weeks, but less hours - 1,140 hours per funded year.

All three and four-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of free early education or childcare per week.

If you or your child get extra support, you may be eligible for free education and childcare for two-year-olds.

Find out more about  early years education in Hampshire