What we have achieved

Devon County Council have been awarded £1.9m for 2023 from the Department of Education to run the Holiday Activity and Food Programme over a 12-month period during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.

Here we detail stats, case studies and examples of what has been achieved. We will be posting updates about 2023 events throughout the year.

Parent and carer feedback – you said, we did

375 parents and carers had their say about the HAF programme in the Summer 2022 Survey. Here’s what you told us, and what we’ve done as a result.

Annual report

• Annual report 2023

Feedback from the Department for Education

Read the feedback we received from the DfE following its visit in the summer of 2022.

Summary of HAF events

2023

• Easter 2023 summary of events
• Summer 2023 summary of events
• Winter 2023 summary of events

2022

• Summer 2022 summary of events
• Summer Survey 2022 – Parent and Carer Feedback

2021

• A summary of events for the Summer 2021
• Summer 2021 – Case studies and feedback
• Easter 2021 – Case studies and feedback

Easter holiday 2021 summary

• £180,000 was ring-fenced for the Easter holiday programme.
• We were able to access further funding of £200,000 so we could offer places to children and young people with other vulnerabilities, as well as eligible free school meal (FSM) children.
• We spent £250,000 enabling us to carry over £130,000 to the summer programme.
• Providers had to run for a minimum of four days of four hours over two weeks.
• 110 food and activity groups and organisations expressed an interest in the HAF project by mid-February.
• 33 applied for a HAF grant.
• 31 grants were approved.
• 47 different activity schemes ran over the Easter holiday.
• 8,891 places were provided for eligible children.
• 3,021 children and young people attended.
• On average, these children attended 4 days of the Easter holiday programme.
• 72 were secondary school age.
• 2,949 were primary school age.

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.

• 2,155 referrals were received.
• 4,467 children were supported.

Accessibility

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