{"id":11754,"date":"2021-07-06T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=11754"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:29:46","slug":"what-we-have-achieved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/","title":{"rendered":"What we have achieved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Devon County Council was awarded \u00a31.9m for 2023 from the Department of Education to run the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/haf-programme\">Holiday Activity and Food Programme<\/a> over a 12-month period during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we detail stats, case studies and examples of what has been achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"document-download-list clearfix\" id=\"block_acf-block-68820b165135e\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h2>Document<\/h2><\/header><ul class=\"content-download\"><li class=\"content-download-inner\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" viewBox=\"0 0 99 140\"><path d=\"M12 12h75v27H12V12Zm0 47h9v9h-9v-9Zm0 18h9v9h-9v-9Zm0 18h9v9h-9v-9Zm0 18h9v9h-9v-9Zm18-54h57v9H30v-9Zm0 18h39v9H30v-9Zm0 18h57v9H30v-9Zm0 18h48v9H30v-9Z\" style=\"fill:#767676\/*b1b4b6*\/;stroke-width:0\"\/><\/svg><div class=\"details\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/Edn7hxfdnvtLvj6xbXRcY9gBo2E7LKjZMt3jVwfq_jU56g?e=9tslxw\" rel=\"noopener\">HAF Annual Report 2023<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"description\">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.<\/p><p class=\"meta\">PDF, 8.29MB, 21 pages<\/p><div class=\"accessibility-format\"><ul class=\"accordion\" id=\"block_acf-block-68820b165135e-0\" data-responsive-accordion-tabs=\"accordion medium-accordion large-accordion\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" data-multi-expand=\"true\">\r\n                    <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item=\"\">\r\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Request an accessible format.<\/a>\r\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain\"><p>If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email <a href=\"mailto:haf@devon.gov.uk\">haf@devon.gov.uk<\/a> Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. <\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"content-download-inner\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon\" data-name=\"Layer 1\" viewBox=\"0 0 99 140\"><path d=\"M12 12h75v27H12V12Zm0 47h9v9h-9v-9Zm0 18h9v9h-9v-9Zm0 18h9v9h-9v-9Zm0 18h9v9h-9v-9Zm18-54h57v9H30v-9Zm0 18h39v9H30v-9Zm0 18h57v9H30v-9Zm0 18h48v9H30v-9Z\" style=\"fill:#767676\/*b1b4b6*\/;stroke-width:0\"\/><\/svg><div class=\"details\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/EXRuPzijtZhBmgreihltb3wBRIFc-CsfvNCuvacaYqnz1g?e=aBpE56\" rel=\"noopener\">HAF Annual Report 2024<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"description\">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.<\/p><p class=\"meta\">PDF, 7.36KB, 18 pages<\/p><div class=\"accessibility-format\"><ul class=\"accordion\" id=\"block_acf-block-68820b165135e-1\" data-responsive-accordion-tabs=\"accordion medium-accordion large-accordion\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" data-multi-expand=\"true\">\r\n                    <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item=\"\">\r\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Request an accessible format.<\/a>\r\n    <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain\"><p>If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email <a href=\"\"><\/a> Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. <\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parent and carer feedback \u2013 you said, we did<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>375 parents and carers had their say about the HAF programme in the summer 2022 survey. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-summer-22-summary\/yswd-summer-2022\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14309\">what you told us, and what we&#8217;ve done as a result<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feedback from the Department for Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-summer-22-summary\/feedback-from-the-department-for-education-summer-2022\/\">Read the feedback we received from the DfE<\/a> following its visit in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of HAF events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-programme-easter-summary-2023\/\">Easter 2023 summary of events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-programme-summer-summary-2023\/\">Summer 2023 summary of events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-programme-winter-summary-2023\/\">Winter 2023 summary of events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-summer-22-summary\/\">Summer 2022 summary of events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-we-have-achieved\/haf-summer-22-summary\/\">Summer Survey 2022 \u2013 Parent and Carer Feedback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/EXJm2-nESaZPoYDP1_SjGBkBF1gptR8ik_xykiEB0n6LKg?e=S2zk2L\" rel=\"noopener\">A summary of events for summer 2021<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/EXJm2-nESaZPoYDP1_SjGBkBF1gptR8ik_xykiEB0n6LKg?e=S2zk2L\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer 2021 \u2013 Case studies and feedback<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/document\/haf-programme-feedback\">Easter 2021 \u2013 Case studies and feedback<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Easter holiday 2021 summary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a3180,000 was ring-fenced for the Easter holiday programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We were able to access further funding of \u00a3200,000 so we could offer places to children and young people with other vulnerabilities, as well as eligible Free School Meal (FSM) children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We spent \u00a3250,000 enabling us to carry over \u00a3130,000 to the summer programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providers had to run for a minimum of 4 days of 4 hours over 2 weeks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>110 food and activity groups and organisations expressed an interest in the HAF project by mid-February<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>33 applied for a HAF grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>31 grants were approved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>47 different activity schemes ran over the Easter holiday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8,891 places were provided for eligible children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3,021 children and young people attended<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On average, these children attended four days of the Easter holiday programme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>72 were secondary school age<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2,949 were primary school age<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2,155 referrals were received<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4,467 children were supported<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We take accessibility seriously and recognise that some of the information presented in the files available on this page may not be fully accessible to someone using assistive technology such as a screen reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need guidance or an alternative format please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:childsc.holidayactivitiesfoodprogramme-mailbox@devon.gov.uk\">haf@devon.gov.uk<\/a> with details of any preferred format and the assistive technology you 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