{"id":18194,"date":"2025-06-19T10:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=18194"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:46:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:46:40","slug":"online-booking-for-this-summers-holiday-activities-and-food-programme-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/online-booking-for-this-summers-holiday-activities-and-food-programme-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Online booking for this summer\u2019s Holiday Activities and Food programme is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bookings are now live! Parents and carers can book places on the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Government-funded scheme provides activities and nutritional meals over the holidays for children aged five to 16 who receive benefits-related free school meals.<\/p>\n<p>And if your child is not eligible for benefits-related free school meals they still may be able to access activities under our \u2018extended criteria.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information about our extended criteria \u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/information-for-parents\/\">information for parents and carers on our children, families and education<\/a>\u00a0webpage.<\/p>\n<p>And now, to make it easier, you can view and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">book activities<\/a>\u00a0online. The new EEQU system displays all the holiday activities on offer, with links detailing where and when the activity is, how to get there and other important information.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve applied the booking system will carry out an instant assessment of their eligibility to attend. If eligible, you will receive a confirmation of the booking and you will be sent reminders ahead of the session.<\/p>\n<p>And if you need to cancel its easy to do and will free up the slot allowing those on the waiting list the chance to book.<\/p>\n<p>The HAF programme is a government-funded initiative which we have been delivering since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>We now work with over 100 holiday activity providers around Devon who provide a wide range of activities for children and young people.<\/p>\n<p>From arts and crafts workshops to sports and outdoor activities, the programme is designed to keep children engaged, active, and well-nourished during the school break. All clubs will be operating for a minimum of four hours and will include a hot meal.<\/p>\n<p>We have also increased the number of places for secondary school aged children, with some sessions taking place during the evenings and at weekends.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/booking-for-this-summers-holiday-activities-and-food-programme-is-now-open\/\">Online booking for this summer&#8217;s Holiday Activities and Food programme is now open &#8211; News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents and carers can book places on the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 05:04:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18196,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18194\/revisions\/18196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}