Children and young people in Calderdale have been able to enjoy a huge range of activities and healthy meals throughout the school holidays thanks to the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) Programme.
Calderdale Council have been allocated £917,670.00 by the Department for Education’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme to provide activities and food for children eligible for benefits-related free school meals during the Easter, Summer, and Christmas holidays in 2022. Calderdale Council partnered with The Community Foundation for Calderdale to deliver this Government-funded programme. Healthy Holidays Calderdale provides a wide range of free holiday scheme places across the borough for children and young people eligible for free school meals. Children can go to holiday schemes within three miles of their homes and have fun in safe, inclusive, and non-stigmatising environments
The clubs provide a vast range of activities for eligible children including archery, drama, gardening, bush craft, food tasting, canoeing and day trips. Every child who attends also receives a hot, nutritious meal as part of the session.
Feedback
‘My children have been able to explore activities that I’d never be able to think of accessing’
Parent / Carer of children attending Healthy Holidays programme
‘This has been the best week of my life. I have learnt so much about healthy eating and had fun with new friends’
Child, Age 10, attending the Healthy Holidays Programme
100% of parents/carers completing the feedback form feel that the programme has had a positive impact on the physical, social, and mental wellbeing of their child.
Winter 2022 Programme
The Healthy Holidays Calderdale Winter Programme is fast approaching. You can book your free place at a holiday club taking place near you this December by visiting: www.calderdale.gov.uk/healthyholidays
Please book your place directly though the provider. There may also be sessions available for fee-paying children are not eligible for free school meals.
Make sure that you keep up to date and are the first to know when places are available to book for the Winter school holidays by following @HealthyHolidaysCalderdale on Facebook.
Places will be available to book from the end of November 2022. 
Facebook: @HealthyHolidaysCalderdale
Website: www.calderdale.gov.uk/healthyholidays
Email: healthyholidays@calderdale.gov.uk
Call: 01422 288001
No Internet? Visit a local Calderdale Library and they will support you in registering your children onto available activities.
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