HAF Alliance Launches #HolidaysMatter Campaign
The HAF Alliance is launching the #HolidaysMatter campaign to highlight the benefits of holiday activities and secure continued support from policymakers and partners. The campaign calls for ongoing holiday provision, policy backing, funding, and partnerships to expand its reach and impact. With over four million children growing up in low-income families, holiday activities in underserved…
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Leeds Partners HAF Resources!
Leeds Partners: Leeds Food Aid Network, FoodWise Leeds and Leeds City Council have been working hard to produce resources that can help guide HAF projects across the country. Keep reading to find out more… Follow the link below for a Healthy Holidays Food Standards Checklist. Allowing providers and attendees track their practical progress in food…
Holiday Programmes: Feeding Bristol’s Healthy Holiday Summer 2020.
Over 2,000 children benefitted from HAF work by Feeding Bristol during Summer 2020. Follow the links below for more details, including the challenge of working with Covid-19! Click Here to read Feeding Bristol’s Healthy Holidays- Food Provision during a Pandemic. An impact report on 2020 by Feeding Bristol. For more information on the work done…
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Developing your HAF 2021 local delivery: Learning from Leeds
Click here to access a presentation by F Wood Solutions, which gives practical advice for community organisations delivering HAF at a local level. For more information on how community organisation-led HAF clubs in Leeds have developed, and the wider impacts they deliver. Please click here to listen to the GiveLoveLeeds podcast titled- Healthy Holidays Programme. For…
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Marcus Rashford spreading the word | Holiday Activities & Food Programme 2021- Short Film.
Click below to watch a short film, produced by Yada Yada Productions and supported by thefoodpeople and FixOurFood. It’s spreading the word about the Government’s new £220m Holiday Activities and Food Programme to encourage parents to sign up this summer, with the support of Marcus Rashford, MBE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDgm8KpXAXE
Achievement For All -Update:
School Readiness: The national education charity Achievement for All has developed a comprehensive set of free resources that can be used by schools or community providers that will support the development of character, wellbeing and resilience through HAF activities. Piloted in Brent and Newcastle back in 2019, the Core Strength toolkit helps to put the development of skills…
New Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Alliance calls for urgent action from local authorities
New Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Alliance calls for urgent action from local authorities to access their expertise to ensure £220m school holiday programme works for the most disadvantaged. Leading not-for-profit groups come together to offer invaluable practical expertise to help local authorities scale-up the Government’s Holiday Activities and Food programme. “This year, especially, I…