Lambeth's Summer Holiday Activity and Food programme
The Holiday Activity and Food programme, funded by the Department of Education, will expand in 2021 so that children aged between 5-16 years on free school meals in England will be offered free healthy meals and enriching activities over the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays in all Local Authorities in England.
The application form is for funding for Lambeth-based holiday provision providers and the programme will be managed by Lambeth Council.
The programmes' objectives are to encourage eligible children to:
- Eat more healthily
- Be more active
- Take part in engaging and enriching activities
- Be safe and not isolated
- Have greater knowledge of health and nutrition
- Be more engaged with school and other services
- Have greater knowledge and awareness of holiday club provision
The Department for Education also requests the following:
- Provision is inclusive and accessible
- Provision is offered to all FSM children in the local authority
- Ideally provision is offered 4 hours a day, 4 days a week for 4 weeks during the summer holidays
The criteria for selection are as follows:
- Spread across the eligible age group (4-16 years), with a particular focus on 12-16-year olds
- Geographical location (area of high deprivation)
- Ability to deliver SEND provision across eligible age groups
- Delivery in line with “gold standard’ model i.e. hubs that can deliver provision a minimum of 4 hours a day, 4 days a week across 4 weeks during the summer holidays.
It is anticipated that the funding level per child will be no lower than £11 per child per session, however the programme will not be able to confirm until they have received all applications.
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