Holiday Activities and Food (HAF)
Information about the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme, how to apply for funding, how to book onto events and more
Contents
- Overview
- Information for providers
- Information for parents and carers
- Annual reports
- Research and good practice
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Overview
The Department for Education (DfE) has provided grant funding to all local authorities in England, to co-ordinate free holiday provision for children and young people entitled to benefit-related free school meals.
This is known as the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme. For information about the programme, visit GOV.UK: Holiday activities and food programme.
South Tyneside Council has received £750,000 and has around 6,700 children and young people that are eligible for support.
The HAF programme has 6 key objectives for children:
- To eat more healthily over the school holidays
- To be more active during the school holidays
- To take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience, character and wellbeing along with their wider educational attainment
- To be safe and not to be socially isolated
- To have greater knowledge of health nutrition
- To be more engaged with schools and other local services
Find out how you can apply for HAF funding, the type of bids you can make and the next steps once you application has been approved or refused.Information for providers
Children and young people who are eligible for benefit related free school meals in South Tyneside can attend free activity sessions throughout 2024.Information for parents and carers
Annual reports
View the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) annual reports:
Research and good practice
- Exemplar application form for HAF providers
- Holiday programmes: Activities and food: A programme of research by Northumbria University
- What does good holiday provision look like?
- Food Standards Agency: Introduction to allergy labelling changes
- GOV.UK: Working together to safeguard children
- South Tyneside safeguarding policies and procedures
- TheCPSU: Parents in sport - leaflet for coaches
- GOV.UK: Keeping children safe during community activities, after-school clubs and tuition: non-statutory guidance for providers running out-of-school settings
- GOV.UK: What to do if you're worried a child is being abused
- GOV.UK: Holiday activities and food programme
- GOV.UK: Keeping children safe in education
- GOV.UK: Working together to safeguard children
- GOV.UK: Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners
- GOV.UK: Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings
- Your School Games: Active Recovery