{"id":19379,"date":"2026-02-12T11:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19379"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:31:43","slug":"holiday-activities-and-food-haf-final-chance-to-book-for-february-half-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/holiday-activities-and-food-haf-final-chance-to-book-for-february-half-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) \u2013 final chance to book for February half term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is still time for families to book February half term HAF activities. Please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">EEQU booking system<\/a> to secure places.<\/p>\n<h2>2026 Spring \/ Easter HAF bookings go\u2011live on Monday 23 February 2026<\/h2>\n<p>For this holiday it is possible to book up to 4 funded sessions per eligible child or young person, with sessions running 3rd \u2013 19th April.<\/p>\n<p>Remember for any previously expressed interest in a session, you will still need to return to EEQU and complete the booking from 23 February. EEQU will also send a reminder.<\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2011funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/\">Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme<\/a> offers free activities and a nutritious meal for children aged 5\u201316 who receive benefits\u2011related Free School Meals.<\/p>\n<p>Families of eligible children and young people, can access the user-friendly portal and filter\u00a0to see what is available in their area, or for their age group, to book online. Many providers offer paid for places alongside HAF meaning more availability for exciting opportunities!<\/p>\n<p>For our 2026 delivery, Devon has over 140 locations across the county offering activities for both primary and secondary ages: including cooking, crafts, sports, outdoor play, music, dance, life\u2011skills opportunities and accredited courses \u2013 something for everyone, whatever the age and interest!<\/p>\n<p>Book easily via Eequ: <a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">Eequ \u00b7 After school. In place of school. Beyond school.<\/a>\u00a0where eligibility is checked automatically and all bookings can be managed in one place.<\/p>\n<p>Devon has delivered HAF since 2018, and additional support is available for some families through our extended criteria. More information is available at: <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>There is still time for families to book February half term HAF activities. Please visit the EEQU booking system to secure places. Spring \/ Easter HAF bookings go\u2011live on Monday 23 February 2026.<\/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-19379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 09:42:13","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\/19379","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=19379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19381,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19379\/revisions\/19381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}