Devon County Council was awarded £1.9m for 2023 from the Department of Education to run the Holiday Activity and Food Programme over a 12-month period during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.
Here we detail stats, case studies and examples of what has been achieved.
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HAF Annual Report
A reflection on another year of serving our community through the Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF), this annual report highlights the invaluable impact of our collective efforts.
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Parent and carer feedback – you said, we did
375 parents and carers had their say about the HAF programme in the summer 2022 survey. Here’s what you told us, and what we’ve done as a result.
Feedback from the Department for Education
Read the feedback we received from the DfE following its visit in the summer of 2022.
Summary of HAF events
2023
2022
2021
- A summary of events for summer 2021
- Summer 2021 – Case studies and feedback
- Easter 2021 – Case studies and feedback
Easter holiday 2021 summary
- £180,000 was ring-fenced for the Easter holiday programme
- We were able to access further funding of £200,000 so we could offer places to children and young people with other vulnerabilities, as well as eligible Free School Meal (FSM) children
- We spent £250,000 enabling us to carry over £130,000 to the summer programme
- Providers had to run for a minimum of 4 days of 4 hours over 2 weeks
- 110 food and activity groups and organisations expressed an interest in the HAF project by mid-February
- 33 applied for a HAF grant
- 31 grants were approved
- 47 different activity schemes ran over the Easter holiday
- 8,891 places were provided for eligible children
- 3,021 children and young people attended
- On average, these children attended four days of the Easter holiday programme
- 72 were secondary school age
- 2,949 were primary school age
To compliment this programme, members of the steering group set up an alternative Goodie box scheme providing four meals for a family of four, recipe cards and activities.
- 2,155 referrals were received
- 4,467 children were supported
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