Holidays Together - Easter Applications *OPEN NOW*

Posted: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 10:00

Holidays Together - Easter Applications *OPEN NOW*

Is your organisation interested in providing holiday provision to free schools meal eligible school-aged children in Leicestershire?

Active Together, working with Leicestershire County Council are coordinating the Department for Education funded Holiday Activities & Food Programme (HAF), known as 'Holidays Together', across Leicestershire in 2022.

Holidays Together is specifically targeted to offer holiday activities to school aged children (5 to 16 years) who are eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals. The aim is that the children who attend the provision will be supported:

  • to eat more healthily over the school holidays;
  • to be more active during the school holidays;
  • to take part in engaging and enriching activities;
  • to be safe and not to be socially isolated;
  • to have greater knowledge of health and nutrition; and
  • to be more engaged with school and other local services.

Leicestershire County Council will be awarding funding to Leicestershire schools, charity, voluntary and community sector organisations and other out of school and holiday activity organisations to deliver Holidays Together provision for children eligible for benefits-related free school meals during the Easter, Summer and Christmas 2022 holiday periods.

Please see below the dates for the Round 1 Easter delivery of Holidays Together.

Round 1 (Easter) Applications Open

7th February 2022

Round 1 (Easter) Applications Close

25th February 2022

Assessment of Applications, Checks, Grant Decisions/Agreements Sent, Provider Support Workshops

14th February - 1st April 2022

Easter Holidays Together Delivery

11th - 22nd April 2022

For more information, to hear from previous providers and view the application form, please visit the link provided.

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