{"id":19282,"date":"2026-01-29T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19282"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:40:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:40:55","slug":"holiday-activities-and-food-haf-programme-bookings-for-the-spring-half-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/holiday-activities-and-food-haf-programme-bookings-for-the-spring-half-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme &#8211; bookings for the February half term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This half\u2011term offer provides two sessions per eligible child\u00a0as part of a limited pilot\u00a0to help us understand how valuable half\u2011term provision is for families. <strong>Sessions will run between 14th and 22nd February.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please remember if you have already expressed an interest in any sessions you will still need to go back and book from 30th January but you should have received a reminder via the EEQU system as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2011funded HAF programme\u00a0offers fun activities and a nutritious meal to children aged 5 to 16\u00a0who receive benefits\u2011related Free School Meals.<\/p>\n<p>Across Devon, we have around 80 locations delivering a wide range of activities including cooking, crafts, sports and coaching, outdoor and forest play, music, dance, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>If your child receives benefits\u2011related Free School Meals, you can book using the <a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">EEQU system<\/a>\u00a0where your child\u2019s eligibility will be checked automatically, and you can view and manage all bookings in one place.<\/p>\n<p>We have been delivering HAF since 2018, and many families who do not meet the Free School Meals criteria have been able to access places through our extended criteria. To learn more, please visit: <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><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 for our HAF programme for the spring half term open this week, with &#8216;Go Live&#8217; on Friday 30 January.<\/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-19282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 17:29:48","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\/19282","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=19282"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19300,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19282\/revisions\/19300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}