{"id":18308,"date":"2025-07-10T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=18308"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:55:49","slug":"help-us-spread-the-word-haf-summer-bookings-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/help-us-spread-the-word-haf-summer-bookings-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Help us spread the word \u2013 HAF summer bookings, book now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bookings are now live! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parents and carers can book <strong>fully funded places<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/\">Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme<\/a> 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 You can find more information about our extended criteria here: <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 &#8211; Children, families and education<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now, to make it easier, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">view and\u00a0book activities\u00a0online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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. 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>We have <strong>over 100 holiday activity providers<\/strong> 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 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><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/12\/HAF-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"HAF logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/12\/HAF-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/12\/HAF-logo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookings are now live! Parents and carers can book fully funded 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-18308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 18:16:41","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\/18308","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=18308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18314,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18308\/revisions\/18314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}