The London Borough of Bexley is delivering the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme, which is funded by the Department for Education.
The HAF programme provides a variety of fun activities, including sports, food-making activities, arts and crafts and other exciting opportunities to learn and develop skills. It’s for school-aged children and young people from Reception to Year 11, and runs during the easter, summer and winter school holidays.
Places are funded for those who receive benefits-related Free School Meals (FSM ) only, (except in extenuating circumstances where vouchers can be issued by the Local Authority on receipt of a professional referral), and attend a school in Bexley. Children and young people also receive a free balanced meal as part of their day.
Benefits-related Free School Meals are available to children and young people if their parents receive one of the qualifying benefits. Please note that they are different from universal infant free school meals, which provide free meals to all pupils in reception, year 1 and 2, and the Mayor’s Free School Meals Initiative (which provides free meals to all pupils in Key Stage 2 attending a school in a London Borough).
Find out if you are eligible to apply for free school meals
Paid-for places are also available at some of the schemes for those not eligible for the funded places.
HAF Programmes are also running in Bromley, Greenwich and Kent, so families attending schools outside of Bexley will be able to apply to those programmes. Information about them is available here:
Easter Holiday Programme
Between Monday 30 March to Friday 10 April, eligible children and young people will be able to attend up to 4 days at different holiday schemes across Bexley at no cost. The activities are accessible to all children.
Bookings for the funded places on the Easter holiday programme will need to be made on the HolidayActivities centralised booking system. Voucher codes were e-mailed to eligible families on Thursday 5 March. If you are eligible for a funded place and did not receive one, please contact your school.
Please only book funded places for the days you know your child or young person will attend.
If you book a funded place but find you are no longer able to go, even for a day, please cancel the booking so it can be offered to another child who needs it.
If a child does not attend two or more booked sessions over the Easter and their place isn’t cancelled in advance, unfortunately, this will result in all bookings being cancelled for the remainder of the holiday. This will enable another child to be offered the place.
