Holiday Food and Fun

The London Borough of Croydon and Family Action received funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to co-ordinate free holiday food and activity provision during the 2019 summer holidays.

The scheme, entitled Holiday Food and Fun, aimed to help children (particularly those on free school meals) and, where appropriate, their parents:

to eat more healthily over the summer holidays
to be more active over the summer holidays
to take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience, character and wellbeing and other skills
to be safe and not to be socially isolated
to have greater knowledge of health and nutrition; and
to be more engaged with school and other local services and to have greater knowledge and awareness of local free holiday provision.

Read more about the programme’s background and aims

Useful links

Programme enquiries: Please email haf@family-action.org.uk
Feedback: Some providers talk about their experiences of delivering Holiday Food and Fun, and the impact of the programme on children and families