Holiday Activities and Food Grant

Do you enjoy delivering fun activities to children, young people or families?

Are you a constituted organisation, charity, faith group, school or business who would like to provide sessions in the Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays to local families?

If the answer is yes, apply to East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Christmas 2023 and 2024 annual HAF grants.

There’s up to £5,000 at Christmas and £150,000 available annually for organisations to provide a range of activities for children, young people or families who are in receipt of benefits related free school meals including sport, play, art, music, dance, crafts, drama, cookery, farm experiences or outdoor adventure.

Funding can be spent on management and delivery staff, venues, equipment, volunteer expenses, food, marketing, trips and capital costs.  HAF funds places or programmes for our eligible pupils, with organisations deciding on the age range, number of sessions and places they wish to provide.  A meal is to be provided each time pupils attend and all sessions should be four hours long, but recognise that shorter sessions for secondary school-aged pupils may be more beneficial.

The annual grant enables organisations to deliver fun and creative programmes in all three holiday periods of Easter, Summer and Christmas in 2024.

Minimum operating standards need to be in place, but support is available to meet these requirements.

• All staff and volunteers must hold a valid DBS and have undertaken safeguarding training
• A qualified first aider must be present when delivering the programme
• Activities and venues are assessed, with measures put in place to manage identified risks
• All staff to adhere to their organisation’s governance (safeguarding, safer recruitment, equality, privacy and health and safety policies)
• Holds public and employer’s liability insurance to a sum of 5 million.

The HAF team can help in finding a local catering supplier, grant application support, contract monitoring and also provide good practice training courses.

 

For an informal discussion please contact Vicky Jude, HAF Commissioning & Quality Monitoring Officer, email haf.programme@eastriding.gov.uk

 

Christmas grant deadline: noon on 25 September 2023. To apply, please visit the website here.

 

Annual grant deadline: noon on Monday 23 October 2023 and Monday 8 January 2024. To apply, please visit the website here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NB This is an Advertorial Feature for East Riding of Yorkshire Council