, said: “Christmas school holidays can be a stressful time for some families due to increased food and childcare costs, not to mention the gifts to buy and activities to plan.
“With Christmas around the corner and the current cost of living crisis, it can mean that families struggle to provide for children during the school holiday. “We want to ensure that all children can enjoy sport, activities and good food this school holiday, and we hope our programme will add some Christmas cheer for all to enjoy”.The Holiday Activity and Food Programme is a national, Government funded scheme that has been supporting families and children in the school holidays.
HAF has been running in South Ribble since the summer holiday of 2021. The programme provides free enriching activities and healthy food in the main school holidays to children on benefits-related Free School Meals.