{"id":19880,"date":"2026-06-04T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19880"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:32:27","slug":"summer-holiday-activities-and-food-haf-programme-bookings-open-monday-8-june-at-12pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/summer-holiday-activities-and-food-haf-programme-bookings-open-monday-8-june-at-12pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme \u2013 bookings open Monday 8 June at 12pm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited to let you know that Summer HAF bookings will shortly be live on <a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">Eequ \u00b7 After school. In place of school. Beyond school.<\/a> and will be taking place during the holiday period between 20th July and 6th September.<\/p>\n<p>This Summer, in more than 170 locations across Devon, exciting Holiday Clubs will be offering fun, safe and engaging activities for children and young people. Following our most successful Easter programme yet, we\u2019re delighted to be bringing even more exciting opportunities this Summer, with both our established providers and new organisations who have joined the programme this year.<\/p>\n<p>There are some fantastic new additions this holiday, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Family and friends\u2019 days, designed to support children who may feel a little nervous about attending a holiday club for the first time<\/li>\n<li>Reclaim the Parks outreach days, with teams of Youth Workers out across Devon delivering food and fun activities in local parks &#8211; particularly aimed at secondary-aged children, with spaces available to book in advance or on the day (via a simple registration process)<\/li>\n<li>A continued and strengthened focus on inclusivity and SEND provision, with support available across both universal and specialist settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What\u2019s on offer?<\/h2>\n<p>Children can enjoy a huge variety of activities, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reclaim the Parks events<\/li>\n<li>Family &amp; friends days<\/li>\n<li>Swimming, climbing, martial arts and horse riding<\/li>\n<li>Sailing, water sports and outdoor adventure<\/li>\n<li>Rugby, Football, tennis, archery and volleyball<\/li>\n<li>Cooking, crafts, drama, music and dance<\/li>\n<li>Specialist SEND provision<\/li>\n<li>Life skills and accredited courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There really is something for everyone, for a fun-filled Summer, whatever their interests!<\/p>\n<p>Many clubs offer extended hours for working parents and paid for places for friends who are not eligible for HAF provision.<\/p>\n<h2>Booking information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Families can book up to 16 funded sessions per eligible child<\/li>\n<li>Attendance at a family and friends day will not impact your child accessing their full 16 sessions<\/li>\n<li>Activities will take place throughout the Summer HAF holiday period &#8211; 20th July to 6th September<\/li>\n<li>Please do get in touch if you have any problems booking or accessing a place at any point throughout the Summer &#8211; we are here to help!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to book<\/h2>\n<p>Booking is simple via: <a href=\"https:\/\/eequ.org\/devonhaf\" rel=\"noopener\">Eequ \u00b7 After school. In place of school. Beyond school.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search for activities by area or age<\/li>\n<li>View all available sessions<\/li>\n<li>Automatically check eligibility<\/li>\n<li>Manage all your bookings in one place<\/li>\n<li>NO CODES NECESSARY \u2013 just book directly on the platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is HAF?<\/h2>\n<p>You can find out more about the HAF programme here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/family-support\/haf-programme\/what-is-haf\/\">What is the HAF programme? &#8211; Children, families and education<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is funded by the Government and provides free activities and a nutritious meal for children aged 5\u201316 who receive benefits-related Free School Meals \u2013 if unsure please check your citizen portal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/administration-and-finance\/administration\/free-school-meals\/\">Free school meals &#8211; Support for schools and settings<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Additional support<\/h3>\n<p>Additional eligibility is available for some children and Young People through our extended eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children with an EHCP<\/li>\n<li>Children who are Looked after, or formerly Looked After<\/li>\n<li>Children who are Young Carers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>We\u2019re excited to let you know that Summer HAF bookings will open on Monday 8 June at 12pm! This Summer, in more than 170 locations across Devon, exciting holiday clubs will be offering fun, safe and engaging activities for children and young people.<\/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-19880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:13:23","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\/19880","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=19880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19882,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions\/19882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}