Swindon Borough Council says its Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) has scored a Summer success.
Just before the summer holidays, more than 8,400 invites were sent to parents of eligible children to join the programme.
This unlocked free activities for children to enjoy over the summer break, such as sport, arts and crafts and outdoor games. All the children who took part also got a free healthy meal each day.
Of those 8,400 invitations, 3,843 vouchers were redeemed, with children enjoying 20,172 sessions throughout August.
Providers included Draycott Sports Camp, which spent the summer with eligible children across Swindon learning new sports, socialising and playing together.
The council is now looking forward to the Christmas HAF programme, and people can learn more here, including eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Young people accepted for the programme have the opportunity to:
- Eat more healthily over the school holidays, with a meal provided at each session
- Be more active, by being involved in physical activities and a range of engaging and enriching activities to develop resilience, character and wellbeing
- Be safe and not socially isolated over holiday periods
- Most importantly, have fun with friends
School aged children from any of the following categories are eligible to access the programme:
- Children in receipt of benefits related free school meals
- Children in need (must have a social worker working with the child)
- Children in protection
- Young carers
- Children in receipt of benefits related free school meals
- Children in need (must have a social worker working with the child)
- Children in protection
- Young carers
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