HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme
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HAF Explained
The Holiday Active Food Programme (HAF) is a programme of activities for children and young people from Reception to Year 11, during the school holidays (Winter, Easter, and Summer), funded by the Department of Education. The funding is available for children who receive benefit related Free School Meals (FSM); for example, parents can be on universal credit. Universal FSM are not the same thine, so if you are on benefits, please let your school know.
Other children who may be eligible to attend Camps:
Being assessed as being in need, at risk or vulnerable
Children living in areas of high deprivation or from low-income households
Looked-after children or previously looked after children
Children with an EHCP
Children with low attendance rates or who are at risk of exclusion
Children struggling with transition between different phases of school
Young carers
Migrant refugee and asylum seekers
Since 2018, the holiday activities and food programme has provided support to children in receipt of free school meals or those that fall into the above categories during holiday periods.
Research has shown that the school holidays can be pressure points for some families. For some children this can lead to a holiday experience gap, with children from low-income households being:
less likely to access organised out-of-school activities
more likely to experience ‘unhealthy holidays’ in terms of nutrition and physical health
more likely to experience social isolation
Most children will receive a minimum of 4-hours funding per day for a certain number of days set by the local authority.
Most schools will give out vouchers which the parent will then enter during the booking process.
Get With the Kids Vibe, are already approved suppliers for the:
London Boroughs of Enfield
London Borough of Haringey
Essex County Council
Hertfordshire County Council.