Slough Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme - provider applications

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme - grant application process  will resume from January 2024 

The Department for Education (DfE) is providing funding to local authorities to coordinate a programme that provides healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children during the 2023 school holidays.

In Slough there are approximately 5,000 children eligible for free school meals. This year the Department for Education will be providing grant funding to coordinate free holiday provision (including healthy food and activities) for children who receive benefits-related free school meals (FSM). It will of course be optional for eligible children to attend this provision if they wish. If not eligible, children can pay to attend and join in the fun!

We are seeking to engage with a wide network of community-based organisations, including existing:

  • holiday care providers
  • schools
  • childminders
  • sports coaching
  • creative and performing arts providers
  • and many others.

Healthy hot meals must also be provided, and each activity session must last for a minimum of four hours a day, for at least four days (flexibility allowed for trips) for a week at Christmas and Easter and four weeks during the summer holidays. Providers can apply for any of the holiday periods.

Grants will be awarded to organisations who can demonstrate an ability to deliver:

  • high quality enriching activities
  • provide healthy meals (further discussion)
  • skills, activities/classes aimed at helping children and their parents to make healthy and affordable choices
  • a positive legacy that lasts longer than the experience.

For further details check the following appendices.

For enquiries and invitation to the provider brief, please email HAF@slough.gov.uk quoting HAF 2023 in the subject line.

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HAF@slough.gov.uk

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This information has been collected from third party providers. Slough Information and Services Guide and Slough Borough Council cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of this information and recommend that parents, carers, young people, residents and professionals check with providers regarding DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), OFSTED and CQC registrations.

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